The Deputy President, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Mr Tommy Okon, has said that the death of the former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ali Ciroma, came at a time when his counsel was most needed. Okon spoke in Lagos on Wednesday when he...
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The Police Command in Lagos State says it has received a suspected fake soldier parading himself in public from the Nigerian Army. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the handing over to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Hundeyin said that on Sunday at about...
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of NIGERIAN NEWS LEADER Newspaper, Mr Celestine Okafor, has lost his mother-in-law, Mrs Evelyn Happiness Okwosha-Nwabiani. Mrs Nwabiani passed on at the age of 85 years in her home town Oguta, Oguta Local Government Area, Imo West Senatorial district, Imo state, South East, Nigeria. Until her...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun Corps in Osun, has arrested one Babalola Timothy, 35, for allegedly hypnotising and keeping a 35-year old married woman hostage after she refused his love advances. The Commander of Amotekun Corps in Osun State, Bashir Adewinmbi, disclosed this...
The police in Borno confirmed the arrest of eight suspects in connection to the alleged murder of Dr Kamar Abdulkadir, a Lecturer of the Department of Physical Health Education, at the University of Maiduguri. Abdulkadir was murdered in his office on campus on Sunday by unknown attackers...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 23-year old man for allegedly sodomizimg a mentally disabled 10-year old boy after luring him with a N30 sweet. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, stated this in a media...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The State Joint Transport and Traders and Marketers Association have announced a one-day warning strike in response to the Plateau State Government’s Executive Order 003, which bans trucks from entering Jos-Bukuru metropolis. The association expressed dissatisfaction with the order, stating that it is...
A former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ali Ciroma, has died at the age of 91. He was born in 1933. The Secretary of the Borno State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ali Ibrahim Ciroma, said in a statement that the late labour leader died...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has emphasized the immediate need to resettle displaced persons back to their ancestral homes. Speaking during a courtesy call with a delegation from the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation, led by Pastor Arinze Emmanuels, Governor Mutfwang emphasized the challenges faced...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Stephen Odey, has debunked claims in some quarters that the list of state indigenes submitted by school principals was padded . The Commissioner stated this on Monday during a press conference in his office in Calabar, the...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – Palestinian Ministry of Health on Sunday said about 32,200 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli occupation forces. Among the victims, 72% were women (around 8,800) and children (approximately 13,750). Additionally, around 74,500 Palestinians have been injured, with a majority being women and children....
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Chairman of the Senate Committee on Employment and Productivity, Senator Diket Plang, has made strides in fulfilling his promises to empower his constituents. During a recent press conference at his residence in Jos, Plang revealed his latest initiative, procuring 600 bags of maize,...
BY DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Catholic Bishop of Jalingo Diocese, Taraba State, Most Reverend (Dr) Charles Michael Hammawe, has expressed disappointment with the democratic leadership and economic policies imposed by government on Nigerians which turned to be curse instead of blessing. Bishop Charles spoke during an interview...
OLADIMEJI SOLOMON (Lead Writer) – “Our Climate is Changing…. Why Aren’t We?” — Vanini Aggarwal, a 15-year-old telling climate stories by young people in Nigeria. Children make up 51% of the 223 million people in Nigeria who are disproportionately impacted by climate change. They are often the first to be affected by climate change...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Member of the House of Representatives for Gwer East / Gwer West Federal Constituency, Dr. Asema Achado has promised to provide projects that would have direct bearing on the lives of his constituents and to cooperate with the relevant stakeholders to develop...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has tendered an unreserved apology to the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) over its Easter message which generated controversy amongst Christians. In celebrating Easter, the FIRS had shared a flier showing a Point of Sale (PoS) machine which...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State, Governor Bassey Otu has appealed to His Holiness, Olumba Olumba Obu, spiritual leader of Brotherhood of the Cross and Star to help pray for the liberation of the state from occultic and other evil forces that may have held it...
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election Omoyele Sowore has faulted the attitude of young Nigerians to politics in light of the swearing-in of 44-year old Bassirou Diomaye Faye as the Senegalese president. Faye was sworn in at an event...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has reiterated enforcement of approved guidelines as a condition to enjoy the new retirement age, 65 years old and length of service, 40 years for teachers in Osun public schools. This is contained in a circular issued by Mr Ayanleye Aina, the Head...
All Progressive Congress (APC), South-West National Vice Chairman, Mr Issac Kekemeke, has declared his interest to participate in the Ondo State governorship primary election scheduled to hold on April 20, 2024. Kekemeke made this known at a press conference and public presentation of the LEKELEKE agenda of prosperity...