Abiola’s running mate, Kingibe thanks FG

  AMBASSADOR Babagana Kingibe, running mate of late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola in the June 12, 1993 presidential election, said Federal Government’s declaration of the day as Democracy Day was a great honour. He also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the announcement that national honour would be conferred on Abiola, acclaimed winner of the election, […]

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My life under threat, Obasanjo cries out

By Banji Ayoola FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has cried out, alleging that President Muhammadu Buhari is plotting to frame him on false charges, arrest and detain him indefinitely. The allegation was contained in a statement on Friday by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, which The Radiance sourced from the WhatsApp page of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, […]

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Nigeria: Fresh concerns on illicit arms proliferation

By Akanimo Sampson THERE are growing concerns in some civic groups that the Federal Government is not yet ready to fight the illicit proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in Nigeria. Critics say more than eight years after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Convention on SALW came into force, Nigeria […]

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Governor Ugwuanyi’s Chief Press Secretary, Abugu passes on

ENUGU State Government has confirmed the death of Mr Uwakwe Abugu, the Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor, Mr Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. A statement by the Commissioner for Information, Mr Ogbuagu Anikwe, in Enugu on Tuesday said Abugu passed on on Tuesday in a hospital in India after a protracted illness. He said that Governor […]

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Maternity leave now four months, as FG bans sack of married women

The Federal Government has increased maternity leave from three to four months, the government also barred employers from sacking married women. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, made this known at the ongoing International Labour Conference (ILC), in Geneva, Switzerland. He said: “Employers of labour (in Nigeria) are, by regulation, requested to provide […]

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COREN goes tough on non-licensed engineers’ recruitment, threatens to sanction erring companies

The Engineering Regulations Monitoring team of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria has threatened to sanction erring contractors over recruitment of non-COREN licensed engineers. Head of COREN Engineering Regulations, Mr Aku Agabi, gave the warning on Tuesday in Lokoja during an inspection of the ongoing Obajana-Kabba road rehabilitation project. The News Agency […]

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2019: Anti-Buhari coalition agrees

  Plan by the opposition parties to form a grand alliance to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari, the expected torch bearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in next year\’s election, is finally taking shape as the parties have almost concluded the terms of the alliance. Reportedly, the leading opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social […]

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Catholic Archbishop to Buhari: Halt execution of five youths

A PASSIONATE plea from the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Revd. Alfred Adewale Martins has gone to President Muhammadu Buhari to halt the planned execution of five youths who were sentenced to death by an Adamawa High Court for alleged murder The convicts on the death row, all Christians, Alex Amos, Alheri Phanuel, Holy Boniface, Jerry Gideon […]

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PDP says allegation by Tinubu APC plot to sack workers

NATIONAL Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has accused some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of hindering his party’s progressive agenda. But swiftly, the PDP fired back, describing the allegation as extremely wicked, reprehensible, unacceptable, and an alleged plot to clamp down, victimise and sack workers as well as […]

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