The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kogi has confirmed four persons dead and 9 injured in a lone auto crash in Elete Community of Ajaokuta Local Government Area of the state. Mr Stephen Dawulung, Kogi Sector Commander, in a telephone call, confirmed the incident to the News Agency...
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Mixed feelings enveloped the National Assembly as non returning 9th House of Representatives members began to take their exit, moving items, documents and others from their offices ahead of the final disolution of the parliament. In a twist of fate, the sitting for the 9th National Assembly will officially...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 rewarded two secondary schools: Government Girls Secondary School, Dutse, Abuja and Intelligence Quotient Academy, Garki, Abuja for their outstanding performance in a debating competition on evils of economic and financial crimes. The two...
Civil servants in Ebonyi State have appealed to the leadership of the organised labour to dialogue with the Federal Government in resolving the dispute arising from petrol subsidy removal. A cross-section of the workers, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that dialogue...
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has released demands it made at the meeting held with the Federal Government on Sunday over the recent fuel subsidy removal. In a statement signed by the union’s President, Mr Festus Osifo, and General Secretary, Mr Nuhu Toro on Monday, the union...
Oyo State Government on Monday set up a committee to review the N30,000 minimum wage to meet up with present day realities in view of the fuel subsidy removal. Gov. Seyi Makinde set up the committee at a meeting with the leadership of the labour unions operating in the...
The meeting between the federal government and the labour unions ended on Monday with a resolution to reconvene on June 19 to agree on implementation framework on resolutions reached. Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, who led the government side, disclosed this at the end of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ebonyi Chapter, has said the authorities should have listened to the poor masses before the removal of Fuel Subsidy. Prof Oguguo Egwu, the state chairman of the Congress, made the remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in...
The National Industrial Court on Monday granted an order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on their planned Wednesday industrial action. Justice Olufunke Anuwe also ordered that there should not be strike of any nature, pending the hearing and determination of the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state on Monday announced the creation of Climate and Renewable Energy Advisory Council as well as the establishment of a Carbon Tracking Research unit at the Osun State University. While delivering his speech at the World Environment Day program...
Wife of Nigerian President, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, on Monday in Abuja, took up her first official role as the First Lady of Nigeria. Tinubu officially met with the heads of units in the first lady’s office and took a tour of the office, in company with the Permanent Secretary,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday tasked security and intelligence agencies in the country on the importance of sharing information and intelligence among themselves, saying hoarding such resources could be counterproductive in the fight against terrorism. The President spoke after undertaking a tour of...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Experts in Migration, Humanitarian Affairs and Health Specialists are currently meeting in Abuja to elaborate a contingency plan for the management of displaced parsons in the ECOWAS region. The 5-day workshop, which opened on Monday in the Nigerian capital, will focus on the current...
A section of Magistrate Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital was gutted by fire suspected to have been caused by a spark from an electricity transformer. Mr Nnenna Onuoha, Chief Registrar, Ebonyi high Court told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the fire which occured on Friday...
The Cross River Government has directed the State Auditor General (AG), Mr John Odey, to proceed on compulsory retirement. The directive is contained in a memo dated June 2, 2023 and signed by the Chairman of the State Civil Service Commission, Mr Inaku Uko. In the memo with reference...
Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue has appealed to indigenes of the state in diaspora to invest in the state in order to achieve the desired growth and development. Speaking at an inaugural party organised by Chief Steven Lawani, a former Deputy Governor of the State in Makurdi, Alia invited...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), says former Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is neither in hiding nor being probed for fraud. Mr Emmanuel Onwubiko, the National Coordinator of HURIWA, made the disclosure in a statement issued and made available to newsmen in Owerri, on Monday. Onwubiko said...
The Kwara Government on Monday directed that work days be reduced from five days to three per week for every worker in the state. This according to the government is following the astronomical hike in transport fare. This is contained in a statement in Ilorin, by Murtala Atoyebi, the...
The Governor of Benue, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, on Monday, inaugurated the 10th Benue House of Assembly. The governor charged the legislators to collaborate with the executive arm of government in order to deliver the much-expected dividends of democracy to the Benue people. Alia, however, assured the lawmakers of...
The Convener of Project 774, Mr Adamu Ahmed, has expressed optimism that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will transform the fortunes of Nigeria with his leadership skills. Ahmed who made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday congratulated Tinubu on his assumption of office as the 16th President...