PDP Senate Caucus Warns EFCC Against Probing Its Party Leaders

NewsPoliticsPDP Senate Caucus Warns EFCC Against Probing Its Party Leaders

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 21, 2021

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the Senate, on Thursday, cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to desist from probing its party leaders. The anti-graft agency urged the anti-graft agency not to allow it to be used to stifle the opposition in the country. Members of the caucus said this after a meeting held at the residence of the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, in Abuja. The senators also passed a...

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NCC Says Nigerians Will Start Submitting Their Phone IDs in July

Crime & SecurityTelecommunicationNCC Says Nigerians Will Start Submitting Their Phone IDs in July

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 21, 2021

The Nigerian Communications Commission has said Nigerians will have to submit their phones’ International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) to it from July. The NCC said this in its Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration. The move of the NCC to start the implementation of the Device Management System (a Centralized Equipment Identity Register) has the support of President Muhammadu Buhari. Part of the policy read, “Accordingly, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has...

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Financial Autonomy: State Governors, JUSUN, PASAN Agree On Implementation Deadlines

JobsLabourFinancial Autonomy: State Governors, JUSUN, PASAN Agree On Implementation Deadlines

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 21, 2021

ABUJA — State governors and the leadership of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have signed an agreement on the modalities and deadlines for the commencement of full financial autonomy for the state judiciary and legislative arms of government. The deal was orchestrated by the committee on the implementation of financial autonomy for the state legislature and judiciary arms of government led by the Minister of Labour...

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NLC Suspends Five-Day Warning Strike To Honor FG Invitation

LabourNewsNLC Suspends Five-Day Warning Strike To Honor FG Invitation

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 20, 2021

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its five days warning strike in Kaduna State. Announcing the suspension, the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said the suspension was to honor the invitation of the Federal Government on Thursday to mediate in the dispute between labor and the Kaduna State Government. Earlier on Wednesday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, waded into the ongoing face-off between the Kaduna State Government and the Workers’ unions...

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Buhari In France, Seeks Debt Relief, More Vaccines For African Countries

AfricaEconomyBuhari In France, Seeks Debt Relief, More Vaccines For African Countries

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 20, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Paris, France, urged the European countries and global financial institutions to consider loan restructure or complete debt reliefs, and release more vaccines to the Africa continent. President Buhari said this will reduce the devastating effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on African economies. Buhari made the call on Tuesday at the Financing Africa Summit held at Grande Palais Ephemere, Paris. The spokesperson to the Nigerian President, Garba Shehu, quoted Buhari...

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Buhari Confirms the Appointment of Abubakar Fikpo, Issa Aremu

JobsBuhari Confirms the Appointment of Abubakar Fikpo, Issa Aremu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 20, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mallam Abubakar Nuru Fikpo as the substantive Director-General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE). According to a statement by the Presidency on Tuesday, Mallam Fikpo has held the position in an acting capacity before his appointment. The statement which was signed by President Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, also stated that Buhari has approved the appointment of Comrade Issa Aremu, as the Director of the National Institute for Labour...

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Northern Governors Forum Calls for Calm, Negotiation over Kaduna, NLC Disputes

LabourNewsNorthern Governors Forum Calls for Calm, Negotiation over Kaduna, NLC Disputes

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 19, 2021

The Northern Governors Forum has called for calm and negotiations in resolving the ongoing dispute between the Kaduna State Government and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over the purported plan by the government to down-size its workforce. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, in a statement on Tuesday, said the forum is concerned about the impact of the strike on the State and its citizens. The Forum called for...

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Germany to Return All Stolen Benin Artifacts By 2022

Arts & CultureNewsGermany to Return All Stolen Benin Artifacts By 2022

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 19, 2021

Germany has agreed to return all stolen Benin artifacts by 2022. The artifacts are those stolen from the Benin Royal Court during the British incursion in 1849. This was announced on Tuesday as a press briefing in Abuja, this Nigeria capital. This event was attended by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed; the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki; and the German delegation. At the meeting, the German Director-General Culture and Communication, Dr. Andreas Gorgen said...

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El-Rufai Sacks Nurses Below Level 14 in Kaduna for Joining NLC Strike, Protest

JobsLabourNewsEl-Rufai Sacks Nurses Below Level 14 in Kaduna for Joining NLC Strike, Protest

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 19, 2021

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday ordered the sack of nurses below level 14 for joining a strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The government also directed the Ministry of Health in the state to place an advertisement for immediate recruitment of new nurses to replace those dismissed. The NLC commenced an industrial action in the state on Monday over the sacking of over 7,000 civil servants in the state. Governor...

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Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, Dissolves Cabinet, Asks Permanent Secretaries to Takeover

JobsPoliticsDelta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, Dissolves Cabinet, Asks Permanent Secretaries to Takeover

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 19, 2021

The Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has dissolved the State Executive Council where he relieved all commissioners, secretary to the government, his Chief of Staff and senior special advisers of their portfolio. Speaking to journalists on the development after a State Executive Council meeting on Tuesday, former Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, disclosed that the governor has instructed all former Commissioners to immediately hand over to Permanent Secretaries of their ministries respectively. In another...

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