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Minimum Wage: FG Suspends Salary Review
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Government will no longer review workers’ salaries as earlier promised. The acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, had said through the Director of Communications in her office, Mrs Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, that the FG would ensure that all states complied with the...
ISWAP release five kidnapped aid workers
Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State, security sources and one of those freed said Thursday. The aid workers were seized along with other passengers in two separate incidents in December when fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) disguised as soldiers intercepted vehicles on highways outside the Borno state capital...
Navy Nabs Two Vessels For Illegal Fishing
The Nigerian Navy Ship EKULU apprehended two fishing trawlers, TAURARO and STARSHRIMPER 29, in the Badary region of Lagos for alleged unlawful fishing. Over 100 bags of fish were retrieved in the fishing trawlers’ insulated fish-holding section. Rear Admiral Mustapha Hassan, the Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, made the announcement yesterday. READ ALSO: LASTMA Sacks 11 Officials For Extortion The fishing trawlers...
Nigeria Was Premature For Independence In 1960, Still Celebrating Mediocrity 62 Years After — Udensi
Interpol Systems Consultant and security expert, Sir Chikwe Udensi has said Nigeria was not ripe at the moment it was agitating for Independence in 1960, saying it ought to have remained under colonial rule a little longer. He said the Independence in 1962 has brought nothing in terms of development, rather mediocrity, insisting that those celebrating the Oct 1 Independence...
Rotn. Adaeze Ivy Iroegbu Set For Inauguration As 42nd Rotary President
All is now set for the installation of Rotarian Adaeze Ivy Iroegbu as the 42nd president of Rotary Club of Umuahia, ABN TV reports. She will be inaugurated along with Board of Directors as well as the induction of new members, and launching of its 2022/23 service projects. Her inauguration will take place September 17, 2022 at Michael Okpara auditorium, Umuahia...
55 Missing Cows: Imo Govt Bows To Pressure, Agrees To Pay N8m Compensation
The government of Imo State has agreed to pay a compensation fee of N8 million to some Fulani cattle rearers whose cows numbering up to 55 were declared missing. ABN TV reports that the resolution followed a meeting summoned by the Interim Management Committee chairman of Ezinihitte LGA, Imo State, F. S Onyeberechi last weekend at the council headquarters, Itu. Read...
Court Frees Nnamdi Kanu
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has discharged the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu is being prosecuted by the Federal Government at the Federal High Court in Abuja for 15 count charges bordering, including treasonable felony and terrorism, offences he allegedly committed in the course of his separatist campaigns. https://youtu.be/hTJbUupW5sQ A three-man panel of the Court...
South East Traditional Rulers Urge Residents To Ignore IPOB’s Sit-At-Home Order On Election Day
The South-East Council of Traditional Rulers has urged its subjects and all residents of the South-East to ignore any sit-at-home order and massively go out to vote for their preferred candidates. The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has threatened to cripple election in the region. But in a communiqué issued at the end of the first 2023 Executive Committee Meeting...
Kaduna Assembly Screens 12 Commissioner Nominees
Kaduna State House of Assembly screened 12 commissioner nominees during the plenary on Tuesday. The remaining two nominees- Patience Fakai and Auwal Musa Shugaba were unable to avail themselves of the screening process. Recall that Governor Uba Sani, a few days ago, sent a list of 14 commissioner nominees to the State House of Assembly for screening. READ ALSO: Why We Are...
Ikpeazu Dedicates Sun Governor Of The Year Award To Ikonne
... Says, "We will Keep the Fire Aglow for Him" Nigeria's Governor of the Year 2022 and the Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has dedicated his award to late Prof Eleazar Uche Ikonne. The Governor who emerged the Sun Governor of the Year 2022 in an epoch making event organised by Sun Newspapers at the Expo Convention Centre...