Nigerian workers resume work after two-day strike

Public and private sector workers in Nigeria returned to their various workplaces on Thursday after a largely successful two-day industrial action following directives from the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC. Workplaces were shut down across Nigeria’s 36 states and the capital city Abuja on Tuesday and Wednesday. While the strike was observed strictly in some states, it wasn’t in others. The NLC and TUC suspended the strike...

Two dead as fire razes over 1,000 homes in IDP camp

Devastation descended upon the Muna Alamdari IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday morning. A raging fire that swept through the camp claimed two lives and destroyed more than a thousand homes. The inferno sparked at dawn around 6:00 a.m. and reigned for over an hour before it was brought under control by emergency firefighters. Security agencies and some internally displaced persons [IDPs) in the camp also assisted in extinguishing the fire. The State...

Inflation rate jumps to 27.33%, food inflation falls to 1.91%

Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped in October to 27.33 per cent, which is a 0.61 per cent rise from September’s 26.72 per cent. On a year-on-year basis, the inflation rate is 6.24 per cent higher than the 21.09 per cent recorded in October 2022. The data is from the Consumer Price Index, CPI, report for October 2023 published on Wednesday by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, Nigeria’s statistical office. The latest figure marks the tenth...

Liberia’s Presidential run-off: Jonathan, West African Elders warn against unofficial declaration

The West African Elders Forum (WAEF) Mission to Liberia has called for caution and restraint as Liberians wait eagerly for the final results of the November 14 presidential run-off elections which is currently being collated by the country’s National Electoral Commission (NEC). Head of WAEF Mission and former Nigerian President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in a statement issued in Monrovia on Wednesday urged leaders of the two political parties to desist from premature declaration of results...

Guber Poll: Kogi Indigenes occupy INEC headquarters, back outcome of election

…Warn losers against blackmailing commission Indigenes of Kogi State, on Wednesday, marched, in their numbers to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, to declare their confidence in the umpire and also affirm support for the Governor-elect, Usman Ododo. The Kogites, also warned mischief makers in the state, under the guise of opposition parties, to desist from blackmailing the Commission, stressing that the good people of Kogi State “stand by the...

Appeal Court Judgment:  PDP says it’ll review, take appropriate action 

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that it will review the Appeal Court judgment which upheld the judgment of the tribunal in favour of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) A press statement on Wednesday signed by Hon. Hakeem Amode, the state Publicity Secretary of the party noted that   it is in the process of reviewing the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos,...

Guber Poll: Traditional rulers in Kogi commend INEC, congratulate governor-elect, Ododo

Traditional rulers in Kogi State have commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies and other stakeholders for the peaceful conduct of the Saturday, November 11 governorship election in the state. The royal fathers congratulated the governor-elect, Usman Ododo and affirmed the traditional institutions’ commitment to continued collaboration with the Kogi State Government to enhance the unity and development achieved under the current administration. The remarks were made when they paid a congratulatory visit...

Soludo lambasts APC, says party doesn’t exist in Anambra

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that party doesn’t exist in Anambra State. Soludo who spoke through his Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Aburime, was responding to the claims by the APC that the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) will die a natural death in 2025. Aburime, made the remarks in Awka on Wednesday, pointing out that the APC state chairman Mr. Basil Ejidike, spoke from the figment...

FG begs organised labour to call off nationwide strike

The Federal government on Wednesday through the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, begged the organised labour to call off their nationwide strike which began on Tuesday. It will be recalled that the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) embarked on the strike on Tuesday to protest against the attack on the NLC president, Joe Ajaero, in Imo State on 1 November. Ribadu, in a statement by the Head of Strategic...

Zamfara State Government Declares State Of Emergency In Education

Worried about the issues affecting education at all levels, including poor learning environments and staff, the Zamfara State Government has declared a state of emergency in the education sector. Sulaiman Baba Idris, the spokesperson for the Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal in a statement that the governor declared this during a broadcast. Idris stated that the declaration fulfills Governor Lawal’s campaign promises to overhaul the education sector, which has almost completely collapsed. “As part of...

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