*We will continue to be an advocate for Ibeto Group -NAF *Ibeto Group is ever willing to collaborate with NAF in defending Nigeria – Engr. Ejike * Human capacity building is a panacea for achieving a combat-ready Air Force- Sir Ogbonnah By Ononuju Egwuonye, Staff Writer NNEWI — On Tuesday 10th August 2021, a team of officers from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) led by the Director of Aircraft Engineering, Headquarters Nigerian Air Force, Air...
ENUGU — The current economic situation of the state no doubt has been biting hard on Nigerians with the skyrocketed inflation rate. Traders complain of low turnover in business while consumers lament the high cost of goods and products; in all, it has been a very trying year as majority of the populace can barely feed from their daily hustle. Regardless of the above premise, the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, ECTDA, has swooped in...
ENUGU — The Enugu State Government is set to join a league of states in the Southern region of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to enact a law banning open grazing in the state. The Bill for law prohibiting open grazing and regulation of cattle rearing was sponsored by Ikechukwu Ezeugwu Leader of the House; The bill on Thursday scaled through second reading on the floor of Enugu State House of Assembly and was referred...
World Bank has listed Nigeria and nine other countries as Nations with high-debt risk exposure. In a financial statement for the International Development Association (IDA) released on Monday, the World Bank pegged Nigeria at number five with an $11.7b IDA debt stock. “As of June 30, 2021, the ten countries with the highest exposures accounted for 66% of IDA’s total exposure,” it explained in the document. “IDA’s largest exposure to a single borrowing country, India,...
The Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment threatened to replace striking resident doctors if they did not resume work by Monday. The Minister made the threat on Friday evening while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He posited that an employer has the right to replace an employee who abandons their duties, most importantly, as it related to essential services. “He will also withdraw your money and use it to pay those...
WASHINGTON — The United States (U.S.) employers added 943,000 jobs in July, the Labour Department announced on Friday. The figure was higher than previous forecasts, while the unemployment rate stood at 5.4 per cent in a job market still underperforming 17 months into the coronavirus pandemic. “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 943,000 in July, and the unemployment rate declined by 0.5 percentage point to 5.4 per cent,” the Bureau of Labour Statistics, a unit...
ASABA — Mrs. Flora Alatan, Delta State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Community and Social Development, says government has embarked on leadership, skill acquisition, and mentorship programmes for women and the girl-child, to equip them with the needed life skills for decent livelihoods. Alatan, stated this during a one-day sensitisation workshop on ‘Rape and Gender-Based Sexual Violence and Violence Against Persons Prohibitions (VAPP) Law’, on Friday, in Asaba. She said that the essence of the programmes...
UYO — A Bill to establish the State Tourism, Arts and Culture Endowment Fund (AKSTACEF) has been passed into law by the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on Thursday. The member representing Itu State Constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Industry, Commerce and Tourism Hon KufreAbasi Edidem while presenting the report explained that the new law, when assented to by the state Governor, would boost the funding of the tourism sector as well as improve the...
ABUJA — The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved contracts for the rehabilitation of Warri and Kaduna refineries at a sum total of $1.4 billion. The breakdown of the rehabilitation showed that $897 million will go for the Warri refinery and $586 million for the Kaduna refinery. The Minister of state for petroleum revealed this to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting, which was chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The...
By Ononuju Egwuonye, Staff Writer NNEWI — The commercial city of Nnewi was shut down on the 4th of August, 2021 by a group of male youths under the auspices of Uruagu youths forum who embarked on a peaceful protest around strategic points of the ancient town of Nnewi north. They went to the palaces of all the four traditional institutions in the only one- town Local Government Area of Anambra State to express their...
