Head of Service, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan By Boluwaji Obahopo- Lokoja The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has lambasted the Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi Esan, for warning civil servants against participating in the planned nationwide strike called by the organised Labour. TUC chairman in Kogi State, Ojo Ranti on Sunday insisted that the …

Challenges governor to allow independent Inquiry Rotimi Akeredolu By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The PDP national campaign council for the Ondo governorship election has charged Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, to clear the air on the alleged diversion of billions of naira COVID-19 intervention funds received by the state. This is as the party noted that the demand …

Speaker of House of Reps, Femi Gbajabiamila To avert the strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) billed to commence on Monday, the House of Representatives has offered organised labour some palliatives. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at a negotiation meeting with labour on Sunday in Abuja said the palliatives would be included …

A political pressure group in Ondo State, Ikale Accountability Network (IAN), has called on the member representing Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Gboluga Ikengboju, to explain the whereabouts of the sum of N24million which the group claimed to have been approved by the Federal Government for supply of books and shelves to …

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru IN a bid to avert the planned strike by the organized labour expected to start on September 28, the Federal Government has scheduled to meet with the labour leaders today by 7pm. Recall that government representatives and the organized labour had met on Thursday over the impending strike occasioned by the increase …

Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu, National Public Relations Officer, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has urged their members to dissociate themselves from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) strike. Yakubu said this during an interview. on Sunday in Abuja while reacting to the planned strike by the …

Refund cost of using presidential jet for your PA’s Wedding, Reno tells Buhari Number one bestselling author and former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to refund to the National Treasury the cost of using Presidential jet to ferry his representatives to his Personal Assistant, Bashir Ahmed’s wedding in …

…In talks with varsities on locally fabricated refinery ..Says Nigerians paying for services not product …Adds subsidy benefiting few corrupt individuals By Chris Ochayi The Federal Government has assured consumers of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol that the price of the product would soon crash relatively below N100 per litre, if its ongoing …

By Joseph Erunke FORMER Acting Registrar, National Examinations, NECO, Abubakar Gana, has debunked allegation levelled against him by an online media platform that he embezzled the sum of N368.875 million while he held sway in the examination’s body. He, however, said the alleged sum said to have been generated during the June/July 2018 registration of SSCE, …

The CEO, Lorache Consulting Limited, Dr. Ayo Adeyemi has been conferred with  a Professional Doctorate Degree  in Commerce and Enterprise Development by Liberal Bilingual University, Togo. He was also awarded a  Senior Research Fellow (SRF) by the Institute of Commerce and Enterprise Development, Nigeria. This conferment and award is as a result of his contributions to …

…Directs NDDC, others to make budget provision for project ….As Ogoni people commend Buhari By Chris Ochayi The Federal Government, weekend, reiterated its commitment to meet the December 2021 dateline for the completion of the dualisation of the East-West highway project. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed while inspecting Sections 3 and …

File: Mimiko and Akeredolu …Your administration is anti-people , a disappointment – Mimiko …What’s more anti-people than you sacking 10,000 workers – Akerrdolu Dayo Johnson Akure THE Ondo state governorship election has further deepened the frosty relationship between the immediate past governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko and his successor, Rotimi Akeredolu with each other exchanging diatribes. Their …

Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria’s land borders will soon be reopened. Federal had in August shut all land borders to check mate smuggling of food items and stem the spread of Covid-19 in the country. Disclosing this during a webinar organised by The Africa Report, Osinbajo said: “We are working with …

…says DICSOS unable to recover outstanding debts from customers By Adeola Badru THE Chief Operating Officer (COO), Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Engr. John Ayodele has disclosed that the recent increase in the electricity tariff was justifiable, bearing in mind the refusal of most of their customers to pay their outstanding bills. He made the …

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC under the aegis of Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF have condemned Saturday’s attack on the convoys of the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum and that of the Committee on Baga reconstruction. Consequently, the governors have asked the …

Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State says President Muhammadu Buhari’s policies have began to yield the desired results in the country. The governor made this known during a visit to a private rice mill, owned by a business mogul, Alhaji Sahabi Lolo in Kamba, Dandi Local Government Area(LGA )of the state on Sunday. The News …

By Ikechukwu Odu, Nsukka There was pandemonium at the university town of Nsukka, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, yesterday, following the shooting of the chairman, Ogige Market Traders Association Nsukka, OMATAN, Dr Ngozi Ozioko, by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. The chairman was said to have closed from the Ogige Market after the day’s trading when …

CATHOLIC Archbishop of Lagos Metropolitan See, Most Rev Alfred Adewale Martins By Sam Eyoboka AHEAD of Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has accused the country’s leadership of not doing enough to address the underlying issues fanning insecurity and disunity in the country. In his 60th Independence anniversary …

File: Children affected by poverty The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology says it is working on plans to create the desired platform for the actualisation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s quest of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years. Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister said this in Abuja at the inauguration …

Family members The Defence Headquarters. says 13 Boko Haram terrorists alongside six women and 17 children from Kodila village, have surrendered to troops of 151 Task Force Battalion at Banki Junction in Bama Local Government Area of Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. …