Unpaid Wages: NASU, SSANU Down Tools

Due to non-payment of four months’ withheld salaries, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), have instructed its members to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike starting Monday. According to the leadership of both unions, the strike is scheduled to begin on the night of Sunday, October 27, 2024. In a circular addressed to all branch chairmen...

Politics: 19 Traditional Rulers Quit Their Positions In Sokoto

For their allegiance to Senator Ibrahim Lamido, nineteen traditional rulers including district and ward heads in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State have resigned their positions. They are ward heads of Sabon Birnin Gabas, Tsilba, Sabon Garin Danbaki, Magajin Dawakin, Dan Faru, Zumbuli, Dawakin, Kanwuri, Hande, Sabon Fegi, Tudun Dankusu and Alhazzai among others. Recalled that few weeks ago, the District Head of Sabon Birni, Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad Bawa, resigned his position as...

17 Trafficked Nigerian Girls In Ghana Rescued

The combined and coordinated efforts of the Ghanaian Anti-Human Trafficking Police, Nigerians in Diaspora Organization (NIDO) Ghana, and the Nigerian High Commission in Accra has rescued seventeen young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana. Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the spokesman of NiDCOM, said the rescued girls were repatriated back to the country while five traffickers were equally arrested. This latest rescue operation brought the number of girls repatriated back to Nigeria from Ghana alone since July 2024 to 130. Balogun...

NNPP Sweeps All 44 Chairmanship Seats, 484 Councillor Positions In Kano

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has won all the Local Government elections in all the 44 council areas of Kano State in the Saturday’s Council polls. Chairman, Kano Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) Prof. Sani Lawan Malunfashi, who announced the results at the commission’s headquarters in Kano said six political parties participated in the elections. “Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) had exercised and observed its Constitutional mandates of planning, organizing, coordinating, observing and conducting...

Security Chiefs Assure Hitch Free Burial Of Late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu

Security Chiefs in Imo State have given an assurance of adequate security during and after the burial ceremony of former President General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, the late Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, whose burial is slated for November 2, 2024. The security chiefs gave the assurance while paying a condolence visit to the family of the late leader of the Igbo socio-cultural organization at his country home in Umuohii Atta, Ikeduru LGA of the state over the...

Over 200 Environmental Law Violators Arrested In Kwara

No fewer than 200 persons were arrested and charged before mobile courts across Kwara state during Saturday’s environmental sanitation exercise for violating Kwara State environmental law. The spokesman of the state Ministry of Environment, Kamaldeen Aliagan in a statement in Ilorin on Sunday, said the Commissioner for Environment, Nafisat Musa Buge, She warned residents and commercial transporters against violating the environmental law of the state during the monthly sanitation exercise. The commissioner urged residents to...

Blackouts: Efficient Supply Of Energy Vital To Economic Growth – Yagabi

Engr. Sani Yabagi, the National Chairman of Action Democratic Party (ADP) and immediate past National Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has condemned the blackouts in three regions of the country, saying that  efficient supply of energy is vital to economic growth. It will be recalled that three regions across the country, South-East, North-West and North-East regions have experienced blackouts in as a result of national grid collapse in the past three weeks. Yabagi in...

Enugu Govt Approves N80,000 Minimum Wage For LG, State workers

The Enugu State Government has approved eighty thousand naira (N80,000) as the new minimum wage for both Local and State Government workers in the state with effect from October 2024. The State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah announced this on Thursday after a meeting with the Enugu State Minimum Wage Implementation Committee headed by the Head of Service, Kenneth Ugwu and leaders of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, Enugu chapter at the...

Delta Communities Gets Electricity After 15 Years Of Blackout

There was jubilation among Ekuku-Agbor and other communities in Ika South Local Government Area, Delta State following the restoring electricity in their communities after 15 years. The communities include Ekuku-Agbor, Obi-Agbor, Egbudu Akan, and several others. Residents of the community and its environs were not only enveloped in ecstasy but jubilated as they showered encomiums on the Delta State Governor, Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, and the Chairman of Ika South Local Government, Engr Jerry Ehiwarior for...

Northern Senators Ask Federal Govt To Restore Power In Parts Of North

Disturbed by the lack of electricity in some parts of Northern Nigeria for some days, the Northern Senators Forum has asked the federal government to swiftly restore electricity supply in the affected states. Some parts of the North are experiencing blackout following a fault at the 330kV DC Transmission Line. The incident, which caused a blackout in the North-East, North-West and parts of the North-Central, affected the line that is supposed to be a backup...

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