The Organised Labour has reiterated its May 31 ultimatum for the Federal Government to finalise the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers. The position was contained in a communique issued at the end of a joint emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Labour...
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A Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Mr George Okoye, has urged stakeholders not to allow the party go into extinction in the country’s politics. Okoye, also a former member of the State Assembly, told journalists in Awka on Monday, that the leadership of PDP...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to enter his defence following the dismissal of his fresh application for bail. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, fixed June 19 and June 20 for commencement of trial...
The Lagos State PDP Chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji, has described former President Goodluck Jonathan’s call for truce to end the political crisis in Rivers as commendable. Aivoji commended Jonathan in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN reports that Jonathan had...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday commissioned the commencement of work on the 13.59km Trans-Kalabari Road in Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the first phase of the road, awarded at the cost of N225bn is expected to boost the local economy of the state....
Nigeria’s cinema has generated a revenue of N2.25 billion from tickets sold in the first quarter of 2024. Filmone Entertainment, an independent film distribution and production company, revealed this in its Nigerian Box Office Year Book for 2023, released on Monday. The period under review had a remarkable...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has said that the state has full of investment opportunities, especially in the area of agriculture Governor Alia disclosed this on Saturday, when he received a Member, House of Lords, United Kingdom, Baroness Sandip Verma, at Government...
The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State have began a 24-hour bike patrol on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. RRS made this known in a post it shared on its official X handle @rrsLagos767 on Monday. It stated that the Commander of...
United Bank of Africa (UBA) Group Managing Director, Mr Oliver Alawuba, on Monday commended the role played by the bank’s Group Chairman, Mr Tony Elumelu, in shaping UBA’s trajectory. Alawuba gave the commendation at a world press conference in commemoration of the bank’s 75th Anniversary on on Monday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Special Adviser on Media to Kogi State Governor, Ismaila Isah has sympathized with Deborah Agbonika, Chief Executive Officer of an online television channel in the state, Akoni TV, over the robbery attack and vandalisation of the Online Television Studio in Lokoja. In...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the Abuja Light Rail is ready for commercial operations. Wike, who stated this after he inspected the project, in Abuja on Monday, added that 15 million dollars, translating to more than N10 billion was expended...
Hearing of an ex-parte motion for stay of proceedings filed by EFCC Chairman, Mr Ola Olukayode, against contempt charge instituted by former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bell, was on Monday stalled at the Court of Appeal, Abuja. The case, scheduled for today, could not proceed due to...
The Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating the arbitrary increase in the price of cement has expressed disappointment in the agency for not doing enough to protect the consumers of cement in line with the agency’s Establishment Act. The committee also issued a final summon to...
ASUU wants Tinubu to intervene in its demands The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on President Bola Tinubu to look into the yearnings of the union to reposition the nation’s tertiary institutions. The union decried the neglects of its demands by the past administrations, saying the...
Women in the oil producing area of Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo on Monday, stormed the streets of Mmahu community to protest alleged police brutality to the people. The women, numbering over 500 were seen with placards with various inscriptions, appealing to the State, Federal Governments...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has foiled a kidnap attempt and rescued victims in Dawaki area of Abuja. The Command’s spokesman, SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. SP Adeh said that the kidnap attempt was foiled...
Numerous Arab countries expressed their condolences following the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a helicopter crash. Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, writing on X, offered his sincere condolences to the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Also...
The President of the Court of Appeal , Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Monday said 99 panels were set up to sit on election petitions in 2023. Dongban-Mensem, made this known on Monday in Abuja at the opening of a- two-today workshop to review the 2023 Election Petition...
The Speaker of Delta House of Assembly, Mr Dennis Guwor, on Monday, said that Nigeria was due for state policing. Guwor, while speaking with the News Agency (NAN) in Asaba, said state policing should be because ”the locals understand the security situation of their environment”. ...
A Fidelity Bank compliance officer, Mr Ezekoli Ozoemenam, on Monday testified against a social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (alias Mompha) charged with six billion Naira money laundering. Ozoemenam, the fourth prosecution witness, was led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel, Mr Suleiman Suleiman. The...