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Anambra Workers Observing Sit-At-Home Risk Salary Cuts, Soludo Warns
Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo, has threatened to cut salaries of workers who are absent from work on sit-at-home days in the state. The governor gave the threat while addressing Anambra State workforce at May Day celebration held at Dr. Alex Ekwueme square, Awka on Monday. According to him, Monday sit-at-home has become an excuse for workers to stop...
It’s The Height Of Rascality To Accuse Me Of Treason, Obi Replies Lai Mohammed
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has described the allegation of treason against him by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed as the height of rascality. Recall that the Minister had made the allageation during engagements with journalists in Washington DC in the United States of America recently. Mohammed accused Obi of inciting people to violence over...
Ikpeazu Announces New Retirement Age For Abia Teachers
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has announced an extension of teachers’ retirement age and years of service by five years. He announced this during Monday’s celebration of the 2023 Workers’ Day, with the theme, “Workers’ rights and socioeconomic justice”, in Umuahia. The governor, who was represented by the Head of Service, Mr Onyii Wamah, said that the retirement age had...
Your Help Is Here, Alex Otti Tells Abia Workers On May Day
Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti has felicitated with workers in the state that this year's workers' day popularly known as May Day. The incoming governor in a message titled, "AT LAST, HELP IS HERE!" thanked workers in the state for making a decisive decision which saw his emergence on March 18 as the governor-elect in Abia. According to Otti, the humbling...
Sen. Kalu Greets Nigerians Workers At May Day, Acknowledges Contributions To Nation-Building
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has congratulated Nigerian workers on the occasion of this year's labour day. While commending Nigeria's labour force for their contributions to nationhood, Kalu urged workers to sustain their selflessness, patriotism and commitment to national development. The former Governor emphasized the significant role played by workers in...
Chibok Girl Rescued With 3-Month Pregnancy
Troops of 114 Task Force Battalion, Bita in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state have rescued yet another abducted Chibok schoolgirl. Twenty-six years old Hauwa Maltha, serial number 2 in the abducted Chibok schoolgirls list since 14th April 2014, was rescued on April 21, 2023, along with her three-year-old baby by the troops during operations at Lagara. She is from...
Free Nnamdi Kanu Before May 29, Iwuanyanwu Urges Buhari
The highest decision-making organ of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Imeobi, yesterday, ratified elder statesman and Chairman of the group’s elders’ council, Dr Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, as president general (PG) of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. Following the death of the former president general, George Obiozor, who hailed from Imo State, elders of the state recently nominated the business mogul to complete the...
2023 Presidential Election: What Obidients Did For Peter Obi Should Be Respected – Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said that what the Obidients, supporters of Peter Obi, did for the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate during the February 25 Presidential election should be respected. Omokri, a former media aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, also hailed the Obidients for their efforts in galvanizing a movement that gave...
NASS Members Must Remain Alert, Reject Grazing Reserve Bill – Gov Ortom
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom urges members of the National Assembly to remain vigilant and resist last-minute attempts under whatever guise to pass a bill that seeks to deprive Nigerians of their God-given lands in favour of pastoralists across the country. Governor Ortom finds it curious that since 2016, the Presidency has sent the grazing reserves bill to the National...
Teachers Suspend Four Days Strike In Akwa Ibom
Akwa Ibom State primary and secondary public school teachers have called off their four days of industrial action. This is a sequel to resolutions reached by the state government with the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, at the end of a closed-door meeting held late Sunday evening and presided over by the state Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel,...
