Kogi traditional council of chiefs condemns Yahaya Bello’s convoy attack

State Traditional Council of Chiefs, led by His Royal Majesty, Alaji Mathew Opaluwa Ogwuche-Akpa, Atta Igala, has condemned the attack on the convoy of Governor Yahaya Bello. The royal fathers made their position known on Monday when they paid a visit to the  Governor at the Government House in Lokoja, Kogi State. The group sympathised with the governor regarding the attack on his convoy by a political group on his way from Abuja to Lokoja...

Kogi: Be good ambassadors, Yahaya Bello tells intending pilgrims

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has told intending 2023 Muslim Pilgrims who are embarking on the sacred journey to Saudi Arabia, to be good ambassadors of the state. The governor who was represented by Senator-elect Abubakar Ohere emphasised the importance of being exemplary ambassadors of Kogi State, stressing that their actions during the pilgrimage would bring honour to the state. In a press statement on Monday, signed by Onogwu Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to...

JOHESU suspends 12-day strike after meeting with Tinubu

The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has suspended its 12-day strike after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu, though with a caveat to review it after 21 days. JOHESU in a statement signed by Mathew Ajurotu, its acting National Secretary, stated that JOHESU called off its strike after a one-hour meeting with President Bola Tinubu who promised to respond to the union’s demands after due consultation. The health workers union was reportedly to have said...

Subsidy Removal: TUC seeks FG to increase workers minimum wage to N200,000

…Lists other demands The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has asked for an increase of the national minimum wage from N30,000 to N200,000. The requests by the labour body which has already been forwarded to the Federal Government, is part of conditions being put forward by the labour union to shelve its proposed strike, in the wake of the sudden removal of fuel subsidy by the government. There is also a list of other...

Industrial Court halts planned labour strike, on Wednesday

The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja, under Justice O. Y Anuwe on Monday restrained the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) from embarking on the planned nationwide strike, scheduled to begin on Wednesday, June 7. Justice Anuwe made the order upon an ex parte application drawn from a suit marked NICN/ABJ/158/2023, dated June 5, and filed by the Federal Government, and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister...

Group seeks safety infrastructure to support non-motorised transportation

A Non-Governmental Organisation, (NGO), the GreenLight Initiative has called on governments at various levels to provide safety infrastructure that supports the development of non-motorised transportation in Nigeria. The call was made in commemoration of this year’s Annual World Bicycle Day, designated by the United Nations to be observed every June 3, in recognition of the bicycle as a versatile, and efficient means of transportation, with numerous benefits to individuals and communities worldwide. The theme for...

No going back on our proposed strike, NLC vows

The Nigeria Labour Congress has vowed that there is no going back on its proposed industrial action on Wednesday, unless the Federal Government and by extension the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited NNPCL does the needful by returning to statusque. Benson Upah, Head of Information and Public Affairs of NLC on Sunday insisted on the position in a press statement he signed on behalf of the organisation. The workers body was reacting to a story in...

FCTA sets to develop bicycle lanes in Abuja metropolis  

The Federal Capital Territory Administration  (FCTA) is set to promote the development of bicycle lanes in the supply of arterial and district infrastructures across the Federal Capital City, Abuja, so as to advance the mitigation of climate change and for the comfort of cyclists, The FCT Permanent Secretary, Mr. Olusade Adesola, provided this guarantee on Saturday, in Abuja, at the start of the 2023 World Bicycle Day, which has as its subject “Cycling – A...

Fuel Price: Civil Society Front backs nationwide strike by labour, CSOs

Following the announcement of removal of fuel subsidy and the subsequent increment in pump price of fuel by the federal government, the Labour – Civil Society Front (LCSF), an umbrella Coalition of Labour Unions, human rights organisations, Civil Society affiliates, faith-based organisations, women-led associations, indigenous bodies and youths movements in Nigeria has declared support for the Wednesday strike and mass action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Organised Civil...

Nothing positive will happen unless Tinubu unites Nigerians – Agbakoba

Olisa Agbakoba Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former President Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has told President Bola Tinubu to unite Nigerians by meeting with the leaders of sub nationalities across the country if he wants anything positive to happen. Agbakoba who spoke on Arise TV noted that the country is more divided now than ever before and there must be intentional effort to unite Nigerians. “The country is so divided that nothing can happen...

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