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FG/ASUU Meet To Avert Strike In Varsities
On Wednesday, the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities held a meeting to avert an industrial action by the union. The parley, which started at about 4:30 p.m. at the Minister of Education’s office in Abuja, ended around 6:40 p.m. The ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, told journalists that the meeting was necessary as the present administration had...
Minimum Wage: Don’t Play Politics, Control Price – Primate Ayodele Urges President Tinubu
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has cautioned President Bola Tinubu against playing politics with the new national minimum wage. Rather than divide labour over their demands, Primate Ayodele advised Tinubu to work on price control as, according to him, hardship would persist after the new minimum wage is implemented. In a statement by his media aide,...
As Doctors’ Strike Hits One Week, Buhari Greets Ngige At 69, Describes Him As Selfless
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday felicitated with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige as the latter turned 69. This is even as the ongoing strike embarked upon by members of National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD enters one week. In a goodwill message signed by Presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina, the President described Ngige as a patriot. “The President joins the...
Presidency Set To Settle N2tn Power Debt
In an attempt to stabilise Nigeria's power sector, the Presidency has started internal approval procedures to settle the N2 trillion legacy debt owed to electricity generation companies by the end of the upcoming quarter. A representative of the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Eriye Onagoruwa, disclosed this on Monday at the second Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry Stakeholders Meeting...
Abia Targets 8,500 Hectares For 2025 Wet Season Rice Farming
The Abia State Government has declared its intention to cultivate 8,500 hectares of land for wet season rice farming by 2025 under its In-Growers Scheme. This initiative is part of the broader food security strategy of the Alex Otti-led administration. Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, made this known during a press briefing following the State Executive Council meeting in...
Igbokwe Family Announces Funeral Arrangements For Late Matriarch, Dame Peace Onyekwulechi Igbokwe
The family of Mayor Lucky Igbokwe (Don Lulu) has announced the funeral arrangements for their beloved mother and matriarch, Dame Peace Onyekwulechi Igbokwe, who passed away peacefully on Friday, October 18, 2025, at the age of 60 after a brief illness. In an official statement signed by Mayor Lucky Igbokwe, on behalf of the Igbokwe family and Don Media Group,...
Why President Buhari Can’t Be Blamed For Not Rescuing Chibok Girls – Presidency Reveals
The Presidency has explained why President Muhammadu Buhari can’t be blamed for the inability to secure the release of abducted Chibok schoolgirls and Leah Sharibu. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said the Chibock schoolgirls and Sharibu couldn’t be rescued because they could not be traced. Adesina said the trail for the girls was cold when Buhari assumed...
Gov. Fubara Swears In Eight New Commissioners
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn in the eight commissioner nominees that were screened by the State House of Assembly on Tuesday, charging them to cultivate the culture of keeping accurate records of their dealings in their various ministries. The Governor maintained that such culture is essential for the effective functioning of any organised system, particularly the civil service...
Philanthropist Chief Kelvin Jombo Onumah Intervenes To Clear Late Chidinma Okorie Agwu’s Hospital Bill
Chief Kelvin Jombo Onumah has stepped forward to settle the outstanding hospital bill of the late Chidinma Okorie Agwu, bringing relief to her grieving family. The late Chidinma's father, 76-year-old Mr. Okorie Samson Agwu, had been denied access to his daughter's corpse for over four months by a hospital in Umuahia, Abia State, due to unpaid bills amounting to N700,000. Thanks...
Rivers Crisis: Police Issue Stern Warning To NULGE Over Planned Protest
The police in Rivers State have called on the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, to suspend its planned protest over the closure of 23 local government council secretariats, citing credible intelligence reports of potential hijacking by hoodlums. This is contained in a statement issued by SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s Public Relations Officer, in Port Harcourt. “The police command...
