Category: News
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Emergency Meeting Called by Federal Government to Address Indefinite Strike, NLC and TUC Invited.
Federal Government Summons NLC and TUC Leaders to Urgent Meeting to Prevent October 3 Nationwide Strike In a bid to avert the impending nationwide strike scheduled for October 3, the Federal Government has extended an invitation to the leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) for an emergency…
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Wike Reminds New FCTA Appointee of National Service, Not Solely Katsina Responsibilities
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has advised the newly appointed secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA), Social Development Secretariat, Ibrahim Aminu, not to limit his focus solely to his home state of Katsina. Wike emphasized that Aminu’s service extends to all Nigerians and not just the people of…
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“Governors, Led by Shettima, Appeal to Organized Labour to Avoid Going on Strike””Governors, Led by Shettima, Appeal to Organized Labour to Avoid Going on Strike”
The National Economic Council (NEC) Appeals to NLC and TUC to Halt Planned Strike During its 136th meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the National Economic Council (NEC), led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to reconsider their nationwide strike planned for…
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Rafsanjani Calls for an Explanation from Wike Regarding the Dismissal of Heads of FCT Agencies”
Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, the Head of Transparency International (Nigeria) and Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has called upon Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to provide a clear rationale for the abrupt dismissal of the heads of 21 government agencies. During an interview with Vanguard in…
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“Nasarawa Assembly Embarks on Fact-Finding Mission to Lagos Regarding the Sale of Liaison Office”
“… as it inspects the facility, calls for calm among protesting citizens, says justice must be done …” Nasarawa State House of Assembly 9 Man Ad-hoc Committee set up to investigate the alleged sales of Nasarawa State Liaison Office in Victoria Island, Lagos and other States, has arrived Lagos State on a facts finding mission.…
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Kwara APC lambasts PDP over comments on basic education
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state has taken a swipe at the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for its derogatory remarks on the basic education in the state under Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, saying it is a sacrilege for the PDP that performed abysmally poorly in all sectors when…
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Palliative: Gov Radda to Inaugurate Committees for Food Distribution in Some Katsina LGs
From Lateef Taiwo The Katsina State Government will soon inaugurate adhoc committees to oversee the distribution of food items to local governments in the State, yet to receive the palliative materials it provided for residents. The state governor Malam Dikko Umaru Radda disclosed this today in Funtua when he launched the distribution of over 2,000…
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Adamama Guber:Plans To Cause security unrest Uncovered
Ahead of the Adamawa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal verdict, indication emerged that there are plans in connivance with a top echelon in the security structure of the country (an indigene of Adamawa) to have a well planned protest t match (demonstration) in Yola and cause havoc and unrest in the state. A highly placed…
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Tinubu Set To Present 2023 Supplementary, 2024 Budgets.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to present the 2023 supplementary as well as the 2024 Appropriation Bills to the House of Representatives in the coming days. The speaker of the House, Hon Tajudeen Abbas, disclosed this in his welcome address to members on resumption from the two months recess at plenary, yesterday. Abbas said…
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NEDC: ” I am Not Fighting Sen. Shettima … Gololo.
All progressive Congress (A PC ) , Chieftain, Dr. Garus Haruna Gololo, has described the reported ” fight” between himself and the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima over the elongation of the tenure of the Managing Director of the North East Development Commission ( NEDC), Mohamed Alkali Goni, as a mere conjecture and media hype…