No fewer than 36 persons were kidnapped when bandits attacked Keke area of New Millennium City, Kaduna on Monday night. It was gathered that the attack occurred between 8:00 and 9:00 pm when many residents were still returning to their homes. Though Kaduna Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Muhammad Jalige was yet to […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has asked the Federal Government to end the ongoing strike by the university-based unions. The Congress warned that should the government fail to end the strikes, it would embark on a three-day warning strike. President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, said this while featuring on Sunrise Daily, a breaktfast programme […]
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Edo State Police Command has rescued three abducted traditional worshipers and arrested a female murder suspect. Its Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Jennifer Iwegbu, in a statement, noted that the feats were in line with the renewed fight to stem the increasing rise in violent crimes, especially kidnapping, in Edo. She said: “The command, through […]
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The Senate on Tuesday passed the National Senior Secondary Education Commission Bill, 2022. The bill’s passage was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary). Senator Akon Eyakenyi (PDP – Akwa-Ibom South), in a presentation on behalf of the Committee’s Chairman, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam (APC – Yobe East), […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday, began its three day nationwide warning protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU in the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Workers against President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government. In Lagos, the protesters were led by NLC Chairman, Mrs Agnes Sessi, along rights lawyer, […]
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Urge govt to declare emergency on pension matters South-West retirees lament backlog of entitlements Ask governors to implement increment approved by FG The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Ekiti State chapter, has threatened to approach the court to compel the state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to pay their outstanding benefits before the expiration of his […]
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Osun State governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has constituted a 37-member Transition Committee to facilitate a smooth transition between the incumbent and the newly elected administration in the state. This was contained in a statement by the spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Osun State chapter, Oladele Bamiji, on Tuesday. He said that the transition […]
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Afrobeat queen Tiwa Savage has put across a surprise video call to the World 100m hurdles golden record holder, Tobi Amusan during which she gushed over her. Savage joined the multitude over the world to congratulate the 25-year-old, who ran a time of 12.12 seconds, shaving almost a tenth of a second off the previous […]
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House of Representatives’ Deputy Speaker, Idris Wase, has stated the Department of State Services (DSS) released about 44 security reports before the terrorist attack on the Kuje Custodian Centre in Abuja. Wase, who was ruling on the need to step down a motion sponsored by Abubakar Makki Yalleman asking the government to stop the proposed […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the Oluwarotimi Akeredolu administration in the state has turned Akure, the state capital into a huge dumpsite having abandoned its waste disposal and environmental cleanliness responsibilities. In a statement by its State Publicity Secretary, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, the party said: “Akure, a city that attracted tourists […]
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