Some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State have described the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the rescheduled Edo governorship primary election as a gross violation of the party’s. constitution. The party members who stormed the APC national secretariat on Monday in Abuja described last Thursday’s governorship primary…
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has fixed March 18, 2024, to hear a suit seeking to sack the 27 members of the Rivers state House of Assembly who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. The 27 lawmakers, led by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, are loyal to immediate-past Rivers…
The meeting between representatives of the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has ended in stalemate. In last-minute efforts to prevent the protest, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, had invited Labour leaders to his office. Aside from the SGF, Ministers of Agriculture; budget and national planning; Labour…
As part of a strategic measure to ensure the maximum safety and security of all and sundry in the State during the proposed nationwide protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), on the 27th and 28th of February, 2024, the Commissioner of Police Imo State Command, CP Aboki Danjuma, has deployed water-tight security across the…
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday, flagged off the Light Up Nigeria project in Enugu as part of the federal government’s efforts to improve energy supply to industrial clusters in the southeast region. Shettima, who spoke during the Light up Nigeria Southeast Business Roundtable held in Enugu, also disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has vowed to…
The Federal Executive Council has approved the implementation of part of the Stephen Oronsaye Panel report to merge some parastatals, agencies, and some commissions, while others will be subsumed, scrapped or relocated. The decision was made at the FEC meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu on Monday. This, according to the Special Adviser to the…
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria said it will join the two-day nationwide protest being organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Head of Media, Kennedy Ikemefuna. Ikemefuna said the move was necessary following the directive of NLC that its affiliate members across the nation should…
The Trade Union Congress has called on the Federal Government to fix a new minimum wage to tackle the rising cost of living in the country. Since the removal of fuel subsidy, the cost of living has spiked and inflation figures pushing new highs in Nigeria. Although there have been protests and meetings between labour…
The National Examination Council, NECO, has released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, external results with a total of 50,066, out of 74,342 candidates, representing 67.35 per cent, scoring five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics. The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Professor Ibrahim Wushishi disclosed this while releasing the results/launching…
A cardiac consultant with the Department of Medicine at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) Zaria, Muhammad M. Yakubu, has noted that indequate policies have made it difficult for several Nigerians to access medicine, meanwhile “access to essential medicine is a right in every nation for all its citizens at all levels.” Yakubu made the…
