The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) says the private sector is well positioned to assist the federal government to change the narratives surrounding issues of national development, growth and unemployment. The association said this at its 66th Annual General Meeting with the theme, “Rethinking the Role of the Private...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Deputy Governor of Cross River State, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, has assured members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) that the government is fully committed to securing the release of Prof. Ekanen Philip-Ephraim from her abductors. Rt. Hon. Odey expressed Governor Bassey Otu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), AVM Hassan Abubakar, has visited the two NAF pilots who successfully ejected from the crashed FT-7NI trainer aircraft on July 14, in Makurdi. This is according to a statement issued by The Director of Public...
Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says Nigerians must change their behaviours for the country to change to the level they desire. The ICPC Chairman said this on Tuesday in Minna at a workshop on National Ethics and Integrity Policy, organised for...
Former military president Ibrahim Babangida’s family has thanked the Federal Government’s decision to rename the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), Abuja, after their matriarch, late Maryam, who established it. Alhaji Mohammed Babangida, first son of the deceased former First Lady, relayed the family’s gratitude on Tuesday in Abuja...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate review of the palliative to cushion the effect of removal of fuel subsidy. In a statement issued by Mr Dele Alake on Tuesday in Abuja, Tinubu directed the immediate review of the N8,000 conditional cash transfer programme meant to bring succour to...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State House of Assembly Service Commission, has commenced the screening of over 100 casual staff of the State House of Assembly, to be absorbed into the main stream of the civil service. Permanent member one of the Commission, Yusuf Ibrahim Wamba, disclosed...
Mr Issa Aremu, the Director General of Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILs), Ilorin, has urged governments in Africa and organised labour to emulate the statesmanship of late Nelson Mandela. Aremu made the call on Tuesday in Ilorin while speaking on the sidelines of the commemoration of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Pursuant to the judgement passed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Asaba, Delta State in Appeal No. CA/AS/276/2019: FRSC and Darlington Ugo Ehikim, wherein the the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) operations were restricted to only federal roads, the Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed sadness over the death of 2-year-old Ivan Omhonrina killed by a stray bullet during an operation by officers of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Okpanam in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State....
The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an Ad hoc Committee to investigate and ensure federal character compliance across agencies of government. The committee, when constituted is to invite and request the Federal Character Commission (FCC) to forward the returns on appointments undertaken by agencies of government under...
The President, Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife Chapter, Dr Anthony Anuforo, has assured the citizenry that immediately the Federal Government pays members’ salaries, their current strike would be called off. Anuforo gave the assurance in an interview with the News...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, disowned a lawyer, Ibrahim Mohammed, who filed a fresh charge bordering on perjury and document falsification against Sen. Stella Oduah in the name of the anti-graft agency. EFCC’s counsel, H. A Okonofua, told Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High...
The First lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja officially immortalised the late Mrs Maryam Babangida by renaming the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) after her. The first lady who commissioned the former National Women Development Centre as Maryam Babangida National Centre also unveiled her First Lady’s...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has declared Wednesday a public holiday in commemoration of Hijrah 1445 AH, the Islamic New Year. This is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Osogbo by Mr Mudashiru Oyedeji, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Regional...
Sheriff’s authorities on Tuesday reported that a three-year old baby shot and killed a one year old sibling with a handgun that had been left unsecured in a home in San Diego in California. It was not immediately clear who reported the shooting or where the children’s parents were...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Abdu Umar, on Monday assumed office as the AIG in Charge of Zone 15 Command of the Nigeria Police Force. He assumed leadership of the Zone 15 immediately after handing over the office of Borno State Police Command...
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a girl and her boyfriend who allegedly killed their baby and dumped the body in a dustbin on July 8, in Yola. The suspects, Blessing Ben and Luka Iliyasu were said to have been in courtship for two years before the girl...
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife, has issued notice of its members intention to embark on a two-week warning strike from July 18. The notice is contained in a communique signed by Dr Anthony Anuforo, the President of NARD, OAUTH, released...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has threatened that traders in Enugu who observe next Monday’s sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will lose their shops and licenses. Mbah stated this when he toured various parts of the state capital on Monday to monitor the level...