The unions appealed to the government to pay their withheld salaries, saying their members were not on strike with ASUU last year. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has presented certificates of registration to the Congress Of University Academics (CONUA) and the National Association Of Medical And Dental Academics (NAMDA), two breakaway labour … [Read more…]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has hinted that talks with his political allies in the G5 on the preferred presidential candidate to support in the February 25 election will soon be concluded. The governor also said the 2023 elections is a fight to finish. Wike spoke on Tuesday during a rally of the Rivers State … [Read more…]
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Peter Mbah has sent his sympathies to the victims of the fire incident which gutted many shops and goods worth millions of naira at Agu Nwede Plaza, Agbani Road, Gariki-Awkunanaw in Enugu metropolis. In a statement issued by his media office on Tuesday, the governorship … [Read more…]
With barely three days after Reverend Isaac Achi of the St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Kafin Koro Deanery was gruesomely murdered by yet to be identified gunmen in Kaffin-koro, Paikoro local government area of Niger state, some angry youths on Tuesday morning set the Kafin-koro police station ablaze. The Police was also said to … [Read more…]
About 15 shops with goods worth millions of naira have been completely razed down at Agbani Road, in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened on Monday night. The affected shops were situated at Agu Nwede Plaza, Agbani Road, Gariki-Awkunanaw in Enugu metropolis. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has maintained that the Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, is a critical document in the forthcoming general elections and registered voters yet to collect theirs before the deadline would not be allowed to vote. The Commission explained before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court that PVC is critical … [Read more…]
The intervention of one of the Service Chiefs yesterday saved Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from arrest upon return to Nigeria from his annual vacation abroad. This is coming at a time the Directorate of State Services (DSS) denied ever storming the CBN headquarters to arrest Emefiele, with the … [Read more…]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and commodities increased by 5.72 per cent to 21.34 per cent year on year in December compared to 15.63 per cent in December 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated yesterday. Month-on-month inflation also rose to 1.71 per cent … [Read more…]
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and Cadre Harmonisé, has released a scalding report, stating that 25 million Nigerians will experience food insecurity between June and August, this year, if urgent measures are not taken to address the trend. The figure is a projected increase from the over 17 million people currently at risk of … [Read more…]
Frank Nweke Jr, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance on Monday restated his commitment to urban renewal and improving the lives of people in urban slums on a visit to Ugwu-Aaron Community in Enugu. Ugwu Aaron, a hilltop settlement, is located just off Aria Road, G.R.A, Enugu, less than one kilometre from … [Read more…]
The first prosecution witness, Inspector Matthew Ameh, a member of the patrol team led by ASP Drambi Vandi has told the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that the police were conducting a stop and search on Christmas Day when Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem was shot. Led in his testimony by the … [Read more…]
The Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday, said it did not invade the office of the Central Bank of Nigeria. A photo combination of CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele and DSS operatives. In a statement, DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, also said the secret police did not arrest the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Dismissing media reports … [Read more…]