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LG Autonomy: Sen. Kalu Hails Supreme Court, Wants INEC To Conduct Council Polls
The senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has applauded the judgement of Supreme Court directing autonomy for local governments in the country. The former governor of Abia also appealed to the Federal Government to consider using Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of local government elections in the country. At the moment, local government elections are conducted...
President Tinubu Renames National Theatre After Wole Soyinka
In a tribute to the first African Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka on his 90th birthday, President Bola Tinubu in Friday announced the renaming of the National Theatre in Iganmu, Surulere, Lagos. The cultural center will now be known as the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts. President Tinubu made this known in a statement personally signed by...
Hon. Onuigbo Meets Otti, Hails Governor On Payment Of Compensation For Proposed Site Of Fed. Secretariat (Photos)
A former member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Sam Onuigbo has commended Governor Alex Otti for paying compensation to the community whose lands would be used for the building of a Federal Secretariat in Abia State. Onuigbo who represented Ikwuano/Umuahia North & South Federal Constinuency, from 2015 to 2023 said he visited Governor Otti on the 20th of...
Olubadan Designate Enters Seclusion Room, Awaits Gov. Makinde’s Arrival
Thousands of people awaits Gov. Makinde, as the installation and presentation of the staff of office to the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland continues. The monarch is now performing some rituals before the crowning ceremony while waiting for the Governor Makinde. Earlier, thousands of Ibadan residents and others trooped in to Mapo Hall, venue of the programme where security agents are finding...
End Arbitrary Arrest Of Journalists Now, House Of Reps Tells Police, Others
The House of Representatives has called on the police and other security agencies to take caution and desist from arbitrary arrest and detention of journalists in the country. It urged them to democratically rely on Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act 2015 (as amended) and/or charge anyone, including journalists, to court if the journalists or any other persons violated any...
Minimum Wage Consultations Between Organised Labour, Tinubu Inconclusive
Minimum Wage consultations between Organised Labour and President Bola Tinubu have again adjourned without a conclusive agreement. The meeting called at the instance of the President, Bola Tinubu has just ended with no meaningful resolutions reached. The Labour leaders who emerged from the meeting, however, told reporters that their consultations with the Presidency will continue next week as they also have...
Give Me Time To Refund Looted Money, Former Accountant General Begs Court
A former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, Anamekwe Nwabuoku, on Wednesday, pleaded with Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja to give him more time to conclude the refund of the public funds allegedly looted by him and his co-defendant. Nwabuoku and his co-defendant, Felix Nweke, are facing 11 counts of money laundering to the tune of...
Tinubu Invites Labour For Minimum Wage Talks On Thursday
The Federal Government is on the verge of agreeing on a new national minimum wage as President Bola Tinubu has invited the organised labour consisting of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress to a meeting at the Aso Villa on Thursday. A close source in the labour leadership who craved anonymity made this known to our correspondent...
FG Considers Establishment Of Mobile Courts To Prosecute Sexual Offenders
The Federal Government is to establish mobile courts to attend to issues relating to sexual harassment. The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, made this known at a one-day National Stakeholder’s Engagement on Sexual Harassment Prevention on Tuesday in Abuja. The event was organized by the ICPC in collaboration with the Gender Mobile Initiative. She decried the high rate of sexual...
Pressure Mounts On Federal Government To Release Nnamdi Kanu
Pressure is being intensified on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the separatist group, who has been in the custody of the federal government since June 2021. Sources within the government indicated that Kanu may be released soon. However, the sources did not indicate the terms under which...
