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FG Probes Cancellation Of 264 Nigerian Passengers’ Visas In Saudi Arabia
The Federal Government said it is investigating the cancellation of visas of 264 passengers who were airlifted to Jeddah from Lagos and Kano on Sunday by the Saudi Authorities. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Al-Kasim Abdulkadir, indicated that the Ministry is now investigating the matter to see if any consular or aviation rules...
40% Revenue: ASUU Mobilizes Members For Indefinite Strike, Rejects Plan By Federal Govt
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged its members across the country to prepare for an indefinite strike action over the failure of the present administration of President Bola Tinubu to honour the agreement it made with the union. ASUU also condemned the implementation of the Federal Government directive mandating public universities to remit 40 per cent of...
Bayelsa Guber Poll Auction Sales, Not Election, LP Candidate, Eradiri Says
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the last Saturday gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, Udengs Eradiri, on Tuesday, rejected the outcome of the just concluded election that returned Governor Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to office. Eradiri, who stated that the election was held against the cardinal principles, laid down procedures and ground rules...
Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Election: Ohanaeze Youths Hails INEC, Security Agencies
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the security agencies over the successful conduct of the off-season elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States. The group made the commendation in a statement by its National President, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike on Tuesday. Okwu said contrary to predictions by bookmakers, security agencies...
Imo Guber: You Didn’t Lose, Join My Govt – Uzodimma Tells PDP, LP Candidates
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has invited his opponents in the just-concluded governorship election to join hands with him to lift the state. According to him, his opponents did not lose, but it was the people of the state that won. Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress, APC, extended the olive branch to his challengers in a state broadcast on...
Remi Tinubu Disburses N427m To 1,709 Wives Of Late Military Personnel
Nigeria’s First Lady Remi Tinubu has disbursed N250,000 each – amounting to 427,750,000 – to 1,709 widows and orphans of fallen heroes of the Nigerian Armed Forces. A statement by Remi Tinubu’s media aide Busola Kukoyi said the move is courtesy of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) an initiative of the Nigerian First Lady. “Under the Social Investment Program of the...
Abia Begins Deworming Of School Kids
The Abia State Government, on Tuesday evening, flagged off the In-School Deworming Programme for children in public and private schools in six selected local government areas of the state with the assurance that it will provide regular deworming treatments in Abia schools The wife of the state governor, Mrs. Priscila Otti, said the In-School Deworming Programme is a proactive approach...
We Have Arrested Ajaero’s Attackers – NSA Begs Labour Over Strike
National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday, said that some suspected political thugs that brutalized the National president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero have been arrested. Recall that the NLC president was attacked in Owerri, Imo State capital on November 1 when workers in the state staged a protest over unpaid salary. The NLC and the Trade Union...
How FG Will Tackle Unemployment In Nigeria – President Tinubu Reveals
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday said it will establish industrial hubs to accelerate job creation to tackle rising unemployment in the nation. President Bola Tinubu disclosed this at the 55th International Conference of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) in Abuja. Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkiru Onyejeocha, said his...
NSA Appeals To Labour To Rescind Strike, Condemns Attack On NLC President
The National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu is concerned by the declaration of a nationwide strike by the leadership of the Organized Labour led by the NLC and TUC. In a statement, the Head Strategic Communication Office of the National Security Adviser Zakari Mijinyawa says NSA is particularly worried about the implications of the strike action on the livelihood of ordinary...
