The organised Labour and the Federal Government may be heading for another showdown over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers. Workers in the Federal Civil Service, noted that the Federal Government only paid N35,000 wage award for September. Following the removal of the fuel subsidy by President Bola…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct new elections in the 27 state constituencies of Rivers State. The party said this in a Monday statement in the wake of the defection of 27 Rivers State Assembly members (from the PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
A renowned Islamic scholar based in Sokoto, Sheikh Bello Yabo, has expressed concerns over the constant bombing of innocent citizens in the north by the military. The Islamic cleric stated this while reacting to the bombing of Maulud celebrants in Tudun Biri village of Kaduna State by the military on Sunday. In a viral video…
The ECOWAS Commission said more than 4.8 million people across Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are facing food insecurity resulting from the spate of terrorist attacks and military takeover of their governments. President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, said this in his address at the 51st Ordinary Session of the Mediation and Security Council…
Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been advised to avoid traveling at night. In a speech to the corps members undergoing orientation at the camp for 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream 2, the director of the North Area Office of the NYSC Kehinde Aremu-Cole stated, “The most disheartening experience parents could ever imagine…
Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has conveyed his sincere wish for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to release his brother. In an interview with Vanguard, Emmanuel expressed this sincere request, saying that the family had been through a great deal of suffering…
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has just given a major boost to state workers by paying their salaries and pensions for December. This happened in the early hours of Monday, December 11, 2023, just as it was announced earlier. The governor and his administration made a pledge to pay a 13th-month salary on Workers…
Senator Aminu Tambuwal, the immediate past governor of Sokoto State, has given his approval for the appointment of 64 aides across the local governments in his constituency. The announcement was made in a press statement by his media aide, Muhammad Bello, on Monday. This move is part of Senator Tambuwal’s commitment to empower his constituents…
President Bola Tinubu has just embarked on a visit to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. He departed from the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja earlier today at around 10:35am. This visit holds great significance as it marks President Tinubu’s first official visit to the North-Eastern region of the country…
Recall that we earlier reported that the Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru submitted a budget proposal of Two Hundred and Two Billion, One Hundred and Twenty Seven Million, Nine Hundred and Eighteen Thousand, Nine Hundred and Seven Naira to the State House of Assembly for consideration and passage for the 2024 fiscal…
