Abia Court Sentences Two Former Bakassi Operatives To Death By Hanging
An Ukwa High Court in Abia State on Thursday sentenced two middle aged men of the defunct Bakassi Group now the Abia State Vigilante Services., Mr Ugochukwu Amaugo and Mr Udo Ogba Oka both to death by hanging for Murder. The judgment which was read out and pronounced by Hon. Justice C.H. Ahuchaogu who found them guilty of an alleged...
Anambra Youths Protest Killing Of Community Leader
Some members of the Umuoji community in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, mainly youths, have protested the killing of the President-General of the community, Chief Sylvester Onyima. The National Youth Leader of Umuoji, Chudi Chikelu, who led the protest to the Government House in Awka on Friday, expressed displeasure over the unfortunate incident, describing late Onyima...
Akwa Ibom Labour Insists On N850,000 Minimum Wage For Workers
The public hearing organized by the federal government on minimum wage kicked off in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital on Thursday, March 7. The public hearing was declared open by the representative of the zonal chairman of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, Nonrom Theophilus. Organized labour namely the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) demanded N850,000 as...
NLC Proposes Minimum Wage Of N709,000
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has proposed N709,000 as the new minimum wage for workers. The Congress made the presentation at the ongoing public hearing on minimum wage in Abuja. The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on the other hand proposed N447, 000 for consideration as the new minimum wage. The two labour unions said their figures were largely influenced by the present...
Power Outage Stirs Confusion In Lagos International Airport
Power outage triggered by a fire outage at the E-Arrival Finger of the Lagos International Airport threw the old terminal into confusion on Thursday morning. Workers and passengers at the facility pulled out of the section where thick smoke was billowing to the larger departure hall. Though normal operations are going at the terminal, a team of fire fighting personnel and their equipment...
National Minimum Wage: North Central Begins Public Hearing
The public hearing of the Tripartite Committee on national minimum wage has begun in the North Central. The public hearing commenced at 11:25 am on Thursday. The Chairman of the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, North Central Zone, is the President of the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, Governor...
Address Insecurity To Achieve Food Security, SAN To Tinubu
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Albert Akpomudje, has urged President Bola Tinubu to tackle the twin problems of insecurity and power supply as a way of ending food insecurity in the country. Akpomudje made the call during an interview with journalists in Ughelli, Delta State on Wednesday. He decried the illegal occupation of farmlands in most parts of the country which,...
Alleged Assault: UCH Resident Doctors Commence Strike
The Association of Resident Doctors, (ARD) at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan has commenced a three-day strike over alleged assault on one of their members by relatives of a patient in the hospital. A statement by UCH ARD President, Dr. John Oladapo said the doctors are demanding public apology from the people who assaulted their member and inflicted injuries on him...
Again, Boko Haram Hits Borno IDPs, Sets Many Houses On Fire
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have razed down at least 25 newly constructed buildings meant for returnees in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State. Amid the heat of insurgency, Dikwa residents fled their homes and took cover as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). However, days after abducting IDPs who went into the forest to fetch firewood, insurgents stormed a remote village in...
Court Affirms Abure LP Chairman, Slams N1m Fine On Apapa
The Court Of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Julius Abure as the Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). The Appellate Court also set aside the decision of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court which last year, restrained Abure and two others from parading themselves as national officers of the party. In the judgement delivered by Justice Hamma Barka, the Appellate...
