…as CP Kanayo reiterates resolve to sustain the onslaught against vandals and other criminal elements Enugu State Police Command’s Operatives serving in the New Haven Division, in separate operations, arrested two male suspects for vandalizing a transformer and solar-powered streetlights. The vandalized transformer components and streetlights were recovered from them. The suspects have been separately … [Read more…]
The Federal Government and organised labour have settled for N70,000 as minimum wage for Nigerian workers. Briefing newsmen on Thursday after a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the State House, Abuja, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris announced … [Read more…]
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE PDP GOVERNORS’ FORUM AT THE END OF ITS MEETING IN ENUGU, ENUGU STATE ON WEDNESDAY, 17TH JULY 2024. The PDP Governors’ Forum under the leadership of H.E. Governor Bala A. Mohammed, CON, held a meeting at the Enugu State Government House, Enugu, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. 2. The meeting deliberated … [Read more…]
…We can’t allow a national drift to anarchy – Bala Mohammed Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have gone into a closed-door meeting at the Government House Enugu. In his opening remark Wednesday morning, governor of Bauchi State and Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Senator Bala Mohammed, said it … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Tuesday, threatened to shut down the country for a month in protest against plans by the National Assembly to deregulate the national minimum wage. NLC’s threat came as the nation awaits a new national minimum wage following months of negotiations between Organised Labour, the Federal Government, and the Organised Private … [Read more…]
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has written the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, to ask the Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) to resign from the party and join either the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, or any of the opposition party. In a letter from the … [Read more…]
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, voided the impeachment of Phillip Shuaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. Justice Omotosho, while delivering judgment in the suit, ordered that Shaibu be reinstated to office because the Edo State House of Assembly failed to comply with due process in impeaching … [Read more…]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its forecast for Nigeria’s economic growth in 2024 to 3.1%. The downgrade is contained in a newly released report ‘in the July 2024 World Economic Outlook’ published Tuesday. The IMF cited a weaker growth recorded in the first quarter of the year, Q1’24 as reason for the new … [Read more…]
Justices Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday dismissed a suit by a Lagos-based lawyer, Malcom Omirhobo, challenging the use of Arabic inscriptions on Naira notes. According to the judge, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is empowered by Section 53 (1) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act … [Read more…]
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has approved the appointment of second class Emir of Rano, Alhaji Isa Umar, and emir of Karaye Alhaji Muhammadu Karaye, as well as the reinstatement of Emir of Gaya Aliyu Gaya. According to a statement issued by Mr. Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the Spokesperson to the Governor and … [Read more…]
The 13 governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are already converging on Enugu for a meeting of the PDP Governors Forum holding in Enugu on Wednesday. Among the governors received by the host and governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, as they came to register their presence at the … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has released the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) results for admissions into JSS1 of the Federal Unity Colleges. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, who announced the results at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, said one candidate scored the highest mark of 203 in the examination. … [Read more…]