According to a statement by the National Emergency Management Agency ,NEMA, signed by its Director General, Director, North Central Zone, Bashir Garga, the returnees were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 5:57 am, by a combined team of government officials led by NEMA. NEMA said the returnees have been profiled and documented […]
In a public release titled “July 2024 Reflections on Osun”, the group through its Spokesperson, Olalekan Fagbemi, stated that “the Osun State House of Assembly as currently constituted, has not lived up to expectations in both the legislative accomplishments and public conduct of her members”. The group advised the Osun State House of Assembly to “double […]
It also disclosed that the council awarded another contract for the deployment of software that would enable the government to monitor the movement of Nigeria’s crude from the point of loading of every cargo in Nigeria up to the point of the cargo’s destination. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources ,Oil, Heineken Lokpobiri, who […]
A three-man panel of the appellate court affirmed the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which affirmed the victory of Ododo as the duly elected governor of Kogi State in the November 11, 2023 governorship election after dismissing the appeal filed by the Social Democratic Party’s candidate, Murtala Yakubu Ajaka. The Appellate Court, while resolving […]
While labour insists on N250,000 as a new minimum wage, the committee had pegged it at N62,000.But during a Thursday meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, the organised labour led by the NLC President Joe Ajaero and his TUC counterpart Festus Osifo said nothing has changed about the demands. Ajaero said the […]
Speaking to journalists at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, Ndume alleged that the President has been fenced off and caged by certain forces. He expressed concern over the lack of appreciable action by the President in addressing the security challenges plaguing the country. He stated that Nigerians are increasingly frustrated by the Tinubu-led government’s […]
The apex court ruled that it is illegal and unconstitutional for governors to continue to receive and seize funds allocated to LGAs in their states. It maintained that the “dubious practice” which has gone on for over two decades, was a clear violation of Section 162 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended. In its lead judgement […]
The Senate, which disclosed the plan while debating on the food crisis at plenary, called on the Federal Government to expedite action on the fertiliser distribution. The call followed a motion moved by Senator Sunday Karimi, representing Kogi West and co-sponsored by Senator Ali Ndume of Borno South at the Tuesday plenary. Karimi further noted […]
NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made the call in a goodwill message at the national retreat on Labour reforms and the quest for a living wage in Nigeria: A focus on legislative interventions, organized by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies in Abuja. Ajaero charged the legislators to review and update the labour laws […]
Abiodun, in a congratulatory message to the President, said that Tinubu’s re-election by his colleagues was an attestation to the leadership qualities of the Nigerian President. He added that it also reflected the unwavering trust and confidence reposed in Tinubu’s leadership by ECOWAS. According to him, since his first election, Tinubu has laid a solid […]