The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended the planned strike to commence on Wednesday over the removal of the petrol subsidy. The resolution was announced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and confirmed by the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, after a six-hour meeting between the Federal Government … [Read more…]
Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal has alleged that his predecessor, Bello Matawalle, spent N2,794,337,500 on vehicles and failed to leave them behind upon his exit from office last Monday. The governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Sulaiman Bala Idris, in a statement on Saturday, said a contract awarded by the former governor, for … [Read more…]
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former military governor of old Ondo State, Chief Olabode George, has described as sheer fallacy and bundle of untruth, the reports that he has accepted a job in President Bola Tinubu-led APC’s administration. The statesman said that he’s too old to engage in any full time … [Read more…]
Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, who alleged that the 2023 presidential election was rigged, on Friday, tendered before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, 136 additional exhibits to support his claim. The exhibits, which were admitted in evidence by Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel, comprised of results of … [Read more…]
Misfortune does one of two things, it either forges resilience or it breaks you – it reveals the best of men or it unmasks the ugliness in the heart – it allows strength flow from your reserve or it unearths your weakness. From bad governance to insecurity to a sickly health system and death traps … [Read more…]
By Daberechukwu Egbo Remember your secondary school subjects, History and Government, where you were taught that democracy is a government of the people, a government by the people and a government for the people. You were taught – no one is above the law in a democratic society; the rule of law which is also … [Read more…]
By Samson Abanni We know fame, that stuff that’s wildly difficult to pin down but which everyone knows on sight. The numbers say less that 0.008% of the world population get to win fame but today we will meet a young black woman who cooked it in 4 days and did not break a sweat … [Read more…]
The Nigeria Labour Congess (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike from next Wednesday. This comes amid fuel shortages across the country occasioned by President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech in which he declared that “fuel subsidy is gone”. NLC President Joe Ajaero made the announcement after an emergency meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) … [Read more…]
The Progressive Governors’ Forum has thrown its weight behind the federal government on the decision to remove petrol subsidy, stating that President Bola Tinubu respected the law by enforcing the removal. The APC governors’ decision was disclosed by the newly elected Chairman of the forum, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State. Speaking to House correspondents … [Read more…]
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has upheld the re-election of Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The governorship election held on Saturday, March 18, 2o23, and the result was declared on Sunday March … [Read more…]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Friday, in Abuja announced the appointment of outgoing Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, as Chief of Staff (CoS), and Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff to the President. In a meeting with Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the … [Read more…]
The Enugu State government has ordered all illegal mining activities in the state to stop immediately, warning of dire consequences for any illegal miner that flouts its directive, the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia announced in a statement on Thursday. The government observed that it was in the overriding interest of the … [Read more…]