Following the conclusion of collation of votes, Mr Diomaye Faye has officially been declared winner of the presidential election in Senegal, winning 54.28% of votes in the first round. According to reports Faye placed well ahead of the governing coalition’s candidate, former Prime Minister Amadou Ba, who had 35.79% of the votes. The victory for…
President of Trade Union Congress Festus Osifo says it is designing a clause in the framing of a new minimum wage that will sanction state governments who fail to pay the revised minimum wage when approved. Osifo said the sanction will require that the Federation Account Allocation Committee directly pay workers in states where governors…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, conferred national posthumous awards on 17 slain military personnel killed in the Okuama area of Delta State. At the burial of the officers and soldiers at the Military Cemetery, Abuja, the President also announced scholarships and house gifts for the children and families of the slain military personnel. The officers…
Rev. Emmanuel Emenike, has thrown his weight behind Chief Barth Nwibe, a businessman and oil magnate, for the position governor of Anambra, come 2025. Emenike, an Anambra-based Clergyman said in Awka on Tuesday that the Anambra Government House was yearning for change and should be occupied by someone who shared the common vision of all…
A major danger and would-have-been disastrous fire outbreak has been averted in Anambra State, as officers of the State Fire Service intervened on the accident scene of a fallen tanker laden with petrol. The incident happened around an Ihiala Army Checkpoint, off the Abott Boys Secondary School, Ihiala, in Ihiala Local Government Area of the…
Music equipments and other properties worth millions of naira, have been razed to ashes, as fire gutted the music studio of Nigerian gospel musician Mrs. Chinyere Udoma. The fire outbreak, which occured on Tuesday, started at about 11.am at the music studio, located along the Plot 3115 Eko Akete Jakonde Estate Amuwo Odifin LGA Lagos…
In a bid to end the persistent border disputes between Cross River and Ebonyi states, the two states have resolved to unite and work for peace on the border corridor of Ndiagu Amagu, Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and Adadama, in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State. The resolution was contained…
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that the federal government saved over N300 billion by redesigning a defect noticed two weeks ago on the Onitsha axis of the Second Niger Bridge bypass in South-east Nigeria. Umahi, a statement from his spokesman, Uchenna Orji, said, also expressed his commitment to building lasting road infrastructure,…
As part of its effort to promote sporting culture and fitness in the state, the Enugu State government has announced that it would be hosting the Coal City Half Marathon on 4th May. Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Barr. Llyod Ekweremadu, made the announcement yesterday, saying the state had already commenced playing night matches…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has called on international bodies to investigate the insecurity in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. IPOB said the continuous insecurity in the Southeast is state-sponsored. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, IPOB insisted that it is a peaceful organization. The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has…
