Palliative: Workers In Jigawa State Reject Wage Award Of N10K

The N10,000 wage award proposed by the Jigawa state government as a palliative in response to the removal of fuel subsidy to workers has been rejected by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC. The Unions in a joint press statement signed by the state chairmen and secretaries of NLC and TUC after a meeting held in Dutse, the state capital, described the state government’s announcement of the wage award as...

Nigerian Immigration Service Repatriates18 Cameroonians

No fewer than 18 Cameroonian irregular immigrants residing in Makurdi, the Benue state capital have been repatriated by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Benue Command. The State Comptroller, Mr. Jerry Omezi, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Makurdi on Monday, saying the Command got an intelligence report that a residence in Makurdi, at No. 22, Jonah Jang Crescent, Nyiman, was housing irregular immigrants. “The place was identified, our officers were detailed to carry out surveillance there, and they identified...

Economic Hardship Bits Harder On Beggars In Kogi State

With the economic crunch across the country, beggars in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, have described their condition of living as terrible and unbearable due to the decline of assistance from members of the public. The beggars called on the State and the Federal Government to find meaningful solutions to the current social and economic challenges facing the country. A beggar at the popular old market in Lokoja, who identified himself as Malam Abubakar Alli,...

Governor Sani Identifies Causes Of Security Challenges In The North-West

Security challenges bedeviling the North-West region of the country have been attributed to poverty and unemployment. Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State observed on Monday while receiving members of the Kaduna State Elders Forum who paid him a congratulatory visit over his victory at the Supreme Court. He said that the best way to tackle the challenges was through good governance, saying his government was adopting good governance as the best non-kinetic approach as a...

First Lady gives Nigerians hope, says “hardship will soon fade away”

The First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu is full of hopes that the economic challenges in Nigeria will soon be history, and she wants Nigerians to share in her optimism. “The hardship situation is temporary; it will soon fade away,” said Mrs Tinubu on Monday when she hosted the wives of State governors in the State House, Abuja. Nigerians are faced with soaring prices of gas, food and transportation. Tinubu is still struggling to bring...

Anambra rerun polls: I have shown Soludo, APGA that I’m a street General – Ubah

The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Chief Ifeanyi Ubah has described last Saturday House of Representatives rerun polls in the state as a litmus test for 2025 Governorship elections in the state. Ubah who recently announced his intention to contest the governorship poll of the state next year on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said he used the Saturday February 3 rerun polls in Orumba and Nnewi areas of the state...

Gov Oyebanji visits rescued Ekiti school pupils, teachers in hospital

…Appreciates Tinubu, security agencies over release of kidnapped school children Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State on Sunday visited the rescued pupils and teachers of Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School, Emure -Ekiti, at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado- Ekiti, where they were receiving treatment. The students and their teachers were brought to the hospital from Emure Ekiti by the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani and some ministry officials, following...

President Tinubu mourns demise of Namibia president, Geingob

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the passing of Nambian President, Hage Geingob on Sunday. The President in a press statement on Sunday stated, “On behalf of the government and people of Nigeria, I extend our deepest condolences to the government and people of Namibia over the passing of His Excellency, President Hage Geingob. “I mourn the painful loss of a veteran in the struggle for democracy, a proponent of good governance, and an advocate for economic,...

APC Group Advocates Supremacy of Party in Anambra State

An APC group under the aegis of “APC First” has commenced a campaign, emphasizing the supremacy of the party in Anambra State. The group led by Mr. Magnus Eziokwu, former Anambra State APGA youth leader, has said that the campaign is necessary to remind all members that irrespective of diverse personal interests, the ultimate interest of all party members should be the party and its victory in any outing. Mr. Magnus who recently joined the...

Anambra Re-run: YPP Wins the Two Federal House Seats

The re-run election conducted on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission – INEC, in Anambra State, for the Nnewi North, Nnewi South, and Ekwusigo Federal Constituency, as well as the Orumba North and Orumba South Federal Constituency, was concluded with YPP picking both seats. The re-run election adjudged free, fair, and credible by many observers, resulted in APGA losing its seat to YPP, while YPP also retained its seat in contention in Orumba. In...

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