Announces Free Education For SS Students In All Public Schools Anambra State Government will commence payment of the N70, 000 minimum wage next month. Governor Chukwuma Soludo made the announcement at Prof. Dora Akunyili Women’s Development Center, Awka while meeting with all principals and head teachers in public primary and secondary schools. Governor Soludo who also announced that from next week, the free education policy will be available to senior students in all public schools...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has filed fresh 16-count charges against former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, before an Abuja Federal High Court. The charges, which accuse Bello and two others, Umar Shuaibu Oricha and Abdulsalami Hudu, both officials of the Kogi State government, of fraud and criminal breach of trust, amount to ₦110.4 billion. Filed by EFCC’s legal team, including Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) and Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), the charges detail that the...
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Honourable Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, following her nomination by President Bola Tinubu. The confirmation took place during a screening session where the Senate engaged the acting CJN on her plans to reform the judiciary. Justice Kekere-Ekun, who had been sworn in by President Tinubu on 23 August 2024, in an acting capacity, is now the second female to hold the position...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government, demanding urgent resolution of several unresolved issues. These include the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement, based on the Nimi Briggs Committee’s 2021 draft, and the release of withheld salaries following the 2022 strike action. ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, in a statement on Wednesday, expressed the union’s frustration with the government’s consistent delays, accusing them of fuelling a...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday harped on processing raw materials to avoid deepening Africa’s underdevelopment, cautioning against the dire consequences of the continent’s long-standing profile as a supplier of raw minerals to countries of other continents. The President made the observation while delivering his keynote address during the African Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG) meeting on the sidelines of the ongoing 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in York, United States. He pointed...
The Ekiti State government has charged chairmen of local government areas to be alive to their responsibility of maintaining effective and adequate security of lives of property in their areas. Brig. Gen. Ebenezer Ogundana (rtd), Chairman of the State Security and Intelligence committee, at the third quarterly meeting of the committee on Wednesday stressed the need for council chairmen to synergize with government to bring permanent end to reports of insecurity in the state. While...
The Federal Government has approved the increase of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members monthly allowance to Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira (N77,000) with effect from July 2024. This is in line with the enactment of the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024. This was disclosed in a letter from the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, dated 25th September 2024 and signed by the Chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta. Prior to this, the Director General, NYSC Brigadier...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agencies aided and abetted the irregularities that marred the last Saturday Edo State governorship election. The party described the election as the worst poll ever conducted by the electoral umpire and expressed concern that electoral body and the security agencies provided the cover for the massive irregularities. Rev. Olu Martins, the Deputy Director-General, Media and Publicity, of the Asue/Ogie...
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned the call by some people for an enthronement of acting President General of the Igbo socio-cultural organisation. Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, Publicity Secretary of the organisation made this known on Wednesday in a press statement. The press statement reads, “The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to some documents making the rounds to the effect that there is an urgent need for an Acting President General to...
Ahead of Saturday’s Local Government Election in Anambra State, the Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Services, NHFSS, has called for a free and credible election. Speaking, the State Commander of the group, Destiny E. Jonas, assured voters and all participants in the upcoming local government elections to be held this Saturday, 28 September 2024, of adequate discharge of their responsibilities to ensure a hitch-free election across the State. Addressing newsmen...
