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National Assembly Staff Threaten To Embark On Strike Over Working Conditions
National Assembly staff, under the auspices of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, Tuesday, threatened industrial action, if conditions at their workplace were not improved by the Management and presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives. The staff in a Press Statement issued today by its President, Comrade Muhammed Usman, said their demands for a better service,...
FCT Minister Forfeits Salary To Secure Release Of 5 Inmates
The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has forfeited her May salary to secure the immediate release of five inmates unable to pay for their fines at the Kuje Correctional Centre. The minister, who made the donation while felicitating with the inmates as part of activities to celebrate this year’s Sallah, said the donation would...
We’ll Jail Parents Who Enrol Children Into Almajiri System — El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has warned that parents who enrol their children in the Almajiri education system stand the risk of prosecution and two years imprisonment. ABN TV Reports that Governor El-Rufai stated this when he visited 200 Almajiri children repatriated from Nasarawa State and undergoing rehabilitation and optical screening at Government College, Kurmin Mashi, Kaduna, on Monday,...
Time For Igbo To Mobilise, Give Our Governors Necessary Support Is Now – Elliot Uko
Founder, Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) and Secretary, Eastern Consultative Assembly (ECA), Elliot Uko, has urged Igbo to rally round eastern governors to enable them to secure Igboland and resist the marginalisation of the region. ABN TV reports that In a statement he signed, Uko noted that ‘given the obtuse political arrangement in Nigeria today, the deliberate isolation and oppression of...
Tension In Ngor Okpala As Naval Personnel Allegedly Kill 2 Youths
Tension has enveloped UmuOkereke autonomous community in Ngor Okpala council area of Imo State with reports of naval officers allegedly killing two youths at Okpala junction, forcing irate youths of the community to barricade the road in protest. Daily Sun reliably gathered that some youths who were conveying a corpse in an ambulance on Monday were accosted by some naval personnel...
Teenage Girl Fakes Own Death To Avoid Financial Pressure From Mother
A teenage girl, Margaret Ikumu, 19, of Oni community in Oju Local Government Area of Benue, has faked her own death on social media to avoid financial pressure from her mother. A statement signed by DSP Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, made this known on Sunday. Elkana said that Ikumu, through her Facebook account, reported...
El-Zakzaky Donates Food Items To Journalists In Kaduna While In Detention
Detained leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has donated food items to the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of journalists, NUJ, Kaduna. He said the food items were given to members of the Journalists correspondent’s chapel so as to enjoy the Sallah festivities and cushion the effect Covid-19 lockdown. ABN TV reports that While presenting...
We’ll Introduce E-Voting In 2021 – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will work towards the full introduction of electronic voting, e-voting in major elections, starting from 2021. INEC said this in its new policy on conducting elections released amid the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been calls for electronic voting over the years but some concerns, including the fear of cybercrime, hampered the process. An electoral...
NYSC To Issue Discharge Certificate To Corps Members On Thursday
The management of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has disclosed that 2019 Batch “B” Stream 1 corps members will be issued Certificate of National Service (CNS) at the Local Government level from this week Thursday. The statement issued by the scheme’s Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, revealed that the passing-out exercise nationwide shall be devoid of the ceremonial...
“I Don’t Have Interest In Anambra Governorship Yet” – Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has said he is too busy serving the nation at the national level to consider a shot at the 2021 Anambra State governorship election. Ngige who spoke to reporters in his country home in Alor, in Idemili Local Government Area, of the state on Sunday said although he had the right...
