Labour links sack of 30,000 workers to insecurity in Kaduna

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai Organised Labour has linked the security challenge in Kaduna to the sack of workers by the State Government. It claimed the Governor El -Rufai led administration has sacked 30, 000 workers since it came into power in 2015. General Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational […]

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Board members kick as minister dissolves 31 sporting federations

sets Up Caretaker Committees The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, yesterday dissolved the board of all 31 sporting federations and set up caretaker committees to take charge of them pending when the election will hold. Dare said the decision was in line with the Olympic Charter, which stipulates a four-year tenure for […]

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Inside story of arson, killings as unknown gunmen terrorise Southeast

It would appear that the peculiar security situation in the Southeast region of the country is not abating. Almost on a daily basis, the zone records cases of arson on security facilities and the killing of security operatives. Snuffing precious life out of innocent residents has also become a common thing. Consequently, there is no […]

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May day: No new song for Nigerian workers

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Waba leads other workers in one of their union protest pressing their demands from Government. Photo: Sunday Akinlolu Minimum Wage Debate Lingers Industrial Disputes Unresolved Labour Dead In Nigeria, Workers Insist ‘Things Are Tough For Us, Hike In Prices Worsening Our Situations’ Union To Speak Truth […]

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Nigerian teen gets 19 $5m scholarship offers in US, Canada

Nigeria’s Victory Yinka-Banjo, a 17-year-old high school graduate, was offered more than $5 million worth of scholarship money for an undergraduate program of study, according to admission documents and estimates of financial aid awards. “It still feels pretty unbelievable. I applied to so many schools because I didn’t even think any school would accept me,” […]

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Shakeup as IGP redeploys Anambra CP, others

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered the posting of Christopher Owolabi as new Commissioner of Police (CP) of Anambra Police Command. The deployment of the new CP, Baba said, is part of the ongoing efforts at re-ordering, overhauling and strengthening the security and policing architecture in Anambra, South-East and South-South regions. […]

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Kaduna bandits kill 323, kidnap 949 in 3 months

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai A total of 323 persons were killed and 949 kidnapped by bandits in the last three months across Kaduna, Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, has said. The Commissioner, who disclosed this on Friday while presenting report of security situation in the State for the first quarter […]

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Afenifere marks 70th anniversary with special Jumat service

Members of the Ondo State chapter of the Pan Yoruba socio cultural Organisation, Afenifere led by the State Chairman, Basorun Seinde Arogbofa who also doubles as the Organisation’s Secretary General, at a special Jumat service held at the Akure Central Mosque, to mark the 70th anniversary of Afenifere. On Arogbofa’s left is Chief Korede Duyile, […]

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Pensioners part of new minimum wage increment — FG

The Federal Government has approved the adjustment in pensions of retirees under the defined benefit pension scheme arising from the implementation of the New National Minimum Wage Act 2019. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, Mr Ekpo Nta, Acting Chairman, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) said the approval would take effect from April […]

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Afenifere at 70: Footprints of a colossus movement – Part 3

Existential transformation/metamorphosis of Afenifere 13(i)After the first military insurrection of January 15, 1966, the Military Junta under General Thomas Aguiyi Ironsi issued series of decrees that suspended and abrogated the 1960 & the 1963 Republican Federal Constitutions to give itself some semblance of legitimacy. Let it therefore be stated again and for posterity that the […]

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