Civilian members of staff of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Abuja, on Tuesday protested against alleged inhuman treatment of their colleague in Lagos by some military personnel. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesting workers locked the gates to the ministry preventing staffers and...
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A High Court in Rivers State has nullified section three of the Rivers State House of Assembly Service Commission Law recently amended by the Martins Amaewhule-led Assembly. The amendment, which was recently enacted after the Assembly vetoed Governor Siminalayi Fubara, transferred the power to appoint the chairman and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Government has reiterated it readiness to provide equipment for research in the country. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the inauguration of the reconstituted TETFund National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee (NRFS&MC) and...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has expressed desire to pay salary of workers for the month of June, ahead of the Sallah celebration billed for Sunday, 16th June. Governor Sule, made this known while speaking during the empowerment programme organized by the Commissioner...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a bid to tackle the pressing issues of desertification and environmental degradation, the Borno State Government has launched an ambitious tree planting campaign aimed at nurturing 10 million seedlings for distribution across the state’s 27 local government areas. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that...
IN a shocking revelation, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has written a complaint letter to the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, over alleged sexual harassment of a married staff member by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry. According to a...
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera said Tuesday there had been no survivors when a plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others crashed into a forest. “The plane has been found and I am deeply saddened and sorry to inform you all, it has turned out to be...
The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Kemi Nandap has announced plans to inaugurate a more accessible e-Visa application channel for short visits in line with the Nigeria Visa Policy 2020. Nandap said this in her address delivered at the graduation ceremony of the 12th Command Course of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage has submitted its highly anticipated report to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), marking a significant milestone in the quest to determine a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The Director of Information...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, on Monday said he has not touched or misused local government funds since he became the governor of the state. Mutfwang said this in Jos at the swearing-in of the newly appointed chairman and members of the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC)....
Akwa-Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno has relieved the Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr Bassey Okon, of his appointment with immediate effect. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Enobong Uwah, disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Monday. Uwah, who did not give reasons for the commissioner’s...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Police Service Commission (PSC), says it has not fixed date for training of the recently shortlisted candidates for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force. The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani said this in a...
The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, has restated the commitment of the President Bola Tinubu led administration to supporting Nigerian youths to reach their potential and contribute to the growth and development of the country. Shettima’s remark was contained in a statement by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant...
The Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) Sokoto/ Zamfara Area Command on Monday auctioned 11,270 liters of petrol it apprehended from smugglers at N180 per litre. The Command’s Comptroller, Mr Kamal Muhammad, said the petroleum products were seized by the intelligence -driven tactical team in the border areas in Sokoto...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has inaugurated the Chairman and members of the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC), charging them with the responsibility of conducting free, fair, and inclusive Local Government elections in the state. In his address at the inauguration ceremony...
The Organised Labour has said it won’t accept any ₦62,000 or ₦100,000 “starvation wage” as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. An Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Chris Onyeka, stated this on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief show on Monday. He insisted on...
A military aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president Saulos Chilima has been reported missing after it failed to make a landing Monday morning, the government said. “All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,”...
A man in Denmark has been sentenced to life imprisonment and subsequent preventive detention after stabbing a heavily pregnant woman to death in 2016. The district court in Glostrup announced the sentence on Monday. The now 30-year-old man is said to have stabbed the woman 11 times with...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), has expressed dismay over a report in a section of the media alleging that it inflated subsidy claims by N3.3trillion. A statement issued in Abuja by the company’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi O. Soneye, state...
Edo House Of Assembly on Monday passed a bill for a law to declare ‘Beautiful Edo, Glorious Edo’ as the official Anthem of the state. A motion to consider the bill was moved by the Majority Leader, Charity Aiguobarueghian, (PDP Ovia North East) and it was seconded by...