A Benue State High Court has restrained the State Government from probing the administration of the former Governor of the state, Chief Samuel Ortom. Recently the Benue State Government set up a commission of inquiry into the funds (income and expenditure) of Benue State Government from May 29, 2015, to May 28, 2023, to probe…
Two out of the three children of the same parents, who were abducted by a motorcyclist in Amaba Ime, Ikwuano LGA of Abia State, have been rescued and brought back to their parents. They were rescued in Ekwulobia and Nkpor, two different towns in Anambra State, by security operatives. The rescue of the two children…
Today is being observed as Biafra Heroes Day in the entire South Eastern part of Nigeria. The Indigenous People of Biafra made the declaration to honour those who died during the Nigeria civil war Throughout today, movement is restricted shops , markets and offices are expected to be closed across the South-East. The Commissioner of…
The Federal Government has invited organised Labour for the continuation of minimum wage negotiations The invitation according to reports was extended on Wednesday after previous talks ended in stalemate “A letter has been addressed to Labour by the committee chairman and signed by the NSIWC chairman. The meeting is scheduled for Friday, a source said…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has discharged the leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Kore, Bello Bodejo, of an alleged terrorism charge filed against him by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation. In a ruling, Justice Ekwo discharged Bodejo after counsel for the AGF, Aderonke Imana, moved an oral…
President of Trade Union Congress in Nigeria Festus Osifo, on Wednesday said it may shift ground from its N494,000 minimum wage demand from the Federal Government. The Organised Labour also moved its stance from ₦497,000 last week to ₦494,000. Speaking during a live television programme TUC President, Festus Osifo, said Nigerian workers are suffering. “We…
The Imo State government on Wednesday directed the stoppage of a gas plant construction site in Umuriem Autonomous Community, Nekede in Owerri West Council Area of Imo state. A team of government officials from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, led by Ifeanyi Onyiche, stormed the community following the protest by some leaders of…
A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress APC in Anambra State, Chief Marcel Okey Udegbunam said President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has put smiles on the faces of Nigerians through the various interventions, transformative economic and social-oriented policies of his government. Chief Udegbunam said this in an exclusive interview with Ekweanaedo in Awka, the capital city…
The former Minister of Education, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said that she would not revert to the old national anthem, newly signed by President Bola Tinubu as the country’s new anthem. Ezekwesili made this disclosure in a post on her X handle on Wednesday. According to her, no one can suppress her right to dissent…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the extension of free train rides on the Abuja Rail Mass Transit, also called the Metro Rail, for the next six months until the end of the year. The President gave the approval during his address at the inauguration of the commencement of operations of the Abuja metro rail in…
