Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow As the economic hardship caused by unpaid salaries bites harder, labour unions in Oyo and Osun states have directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike action in order to press home demands for the payment of owed salary arrears. Jacob Adekomi, […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday approved the nomination of the former Acting National Chairman of the party, Haliru Bello Mohammed, as its acting Chairman. Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, told State House Correspondents at the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, Osun State House of Assembly member-elect in Obokun Constituency, has described Rauf Aregbesola, Osun State Governor, as a leader worthy of emulations. Oyintiloye stated this in a statement he issued on Monday, May 25, while congratulating Aregbesola on his 58th birthday. […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Godswill Akpabio, the outgoing Governor of Akwa Ibom State, has asked the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to support the 8th National Assembly in reducing the powers of the Federal Government and allow the state governments to have more power. The governor, who claimed that […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Some officials of the Nigerian Army, on Monday, took over the Ojodu Berger outlet of Capital Oil filling station, buying petroleum products in drums, after scaring away thousands of other consumers who had duly queued. The armed personnel came first under the guise […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Capt. Muhtar Usman, director-general, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, has charged the new Commissioner of Police, Airport Command, Taiwo Lakanu, to do his best to help stop the incessant cases of stowaways at the airports. Usman, according to a statement issued by Fan […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, has called on the international community and other humanitarian organizations to do more to address the devastating consequences of the crisis in the Lake Chad region. Maurer, who visited the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has promised to motivate junior police officers of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, with immediate promotion. The exercise will take place immediately after May 29 inauguration of the new government. The IGP who spoke through Hillary […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Humanitarian agencies are struggling to cope as tens of thousands of Burundian refugees stranded on Kagunga Island in Tanzania face worsening medical conditions. At least 33 people have died, with 27 deaths believed to have been cholera-related. The World Health Organization declared cholera […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, has apologised for wrongly publishing a story about a restaurant in Anambra State, Nigeria, where human flesh is served as meat. In a published letter of apology the international news outfit said the story was false and inappropriate. […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Human rights lawyer,Femi Falana SAN, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, to transfer some police officers from Ekiti State for allegedly collaborating with kidnappers who are behind the recent wave of abduction in the state. In his letter dated May 19, […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri has announced that all curfew passes issued to individuals in Borno State have been revoked. Tukur Gusau, spokesman of the division, stated this on Wednesday in a statement issued in the state capital. Gusau […] More
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