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Labour Rejects FG’s ₦60,000 Proposed Minimum Wage, Shifts To ₦494,000
The Organised Labour has again rejected a fresh minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government. This time, the Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), rejected the offer of the Federal Government to pay ₦60,000 as new minimum wage for workers. The Organised Labour also shifted ground from its ₦497,000 stance last week to...
Sit-At-Home: IPOB Insists On Total Shutdown On May 30th In South-East
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has insisted that the May 30 sit-at-home remains sacrosanct across the South-East and that every resident in the zone should stay at home in commemoration of “Biafra Heroes Day.” The IPOB had earlier directed the West African Examination Council and the authorities of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka to shift their respective engagements earlier scheduled...
Sen. Ningi Recalled From Suspension
The Senate has pardoned and recalled Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi, who was suspended on March 12, 2024. The recall process was initiated on Tuesday after a motion moved by Deputy Minority Leader Senator Abba Moro, who expressed regret on behalf of the suspended senator. He pledged to assume full responsibility for Ningi’s actions, acknowledging the gravity of the suspension. The senator’s...
Nigerian Lawmaker Hon Ogah Joins Children’s Day Celebrations
Hon Amobi Godwin Ogah, a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, joined children across the country to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Children's Day. With a history dating back to 1949, Children's Day was first established as the International Day for the Protection of Children. In Nigeria, the celebration was initiated by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo in 1950. Hon...
Obi Of Onitsha Commissions Three Roads In Abia, Describes Gov. Otti As God-sent To Restore Abia
One of Nigeria's foremost traditional rulers, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, has described Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, as God-sent, saying that Governor Otti is not just the pride of Abia, but Nigeria as a whole. Igwe Achebe proclaimed that God had sent Governor Otti to restore the glory of Abia and place the State at...
Abia Online Media Practitioners Pledges Objective Reporting, Accountability
The Abia State Chairman of the Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN), Chief Promise Uzoma Okoro, has assured that the union will continue to report the activities of the state government objectively and hold the government accountable for its decisions and policies. Okoro made this statement during the union's interactive session at the Umuahia North local government area Multi-Purpose...
Flood Destroys INEC’s Voter Enrolment Machines In Edo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that massive flood occasioned by heavy rain has destroyed part of its state headquarters building in Benin City, the Edo State capital. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Sam Olumekun, said this Saturday in a statement in Abuja. He said due to the flood, several moveable and immovable...
Ex-EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde Is Dead
A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, is dead. Lamorde, a retired police officer, was said to have died after he battled an undisclosed illness. The retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police died at the age of 61 in Egypt where he was receiving medical treatment. A former EFCC official told our correspondent on Sunday morning that...
Nigeria Has Stopped Bleeding Under Me, Moving To Prosperity — Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has said that the past 12 months have been fulfilling for his administration despite the presence of some challenges that are being addressed frontally. According to the President, his administration has been able to stop Nigeria from bleeding which will propel it to prosperity. Tinubu spoke when he received a delegation of the Yoruba Leaders of Thought at...
Senator Kalu Calls For Reactivation Of Oloibiri Airstrip As Airforce Base (Video)
Senator Oji Uzor Kalu, representing Abia North, has made a passionate appeal to the Nigerian Senate to revive the abandoned Shell airstrip in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State, and convert it into an Airforce base. The former governor of Abia, Senator Kalu argued that the airstrip's strategic location between Oloibiri and the Atlantic Ocean makes it an ideal launching point for the...
