archiveNovember 10, 2023

  The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has issued an order of interim injunction restraining members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and their affiliates from proceeding with their earlier planned strike action scheduled to commence on Tuesday, November 14. According to reports, the...

  The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the husband of Toluige Olokoobi Babalola, the mother of Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola, the boy in the 2022 viral video, christened: “Mummy Be Calming Down.” This was confirmed by the spokesman, Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, in a chat with BBC Pidgin. Nwabuzor, who...

  over 200,000 graduates targeted for the scheme In its bid to build the capacity of youth towards making them employers of labour, the NNPC Foundation, in partnership with Kudimata Nigeria Limited, a financial education outfit, have trained the Batch C members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in...

Open Alliance, a coalition of civil society organizations working to improve openness and accountability in government, vehemently condemns the ongoing trend in the 10th National Assembly's endorsement of partisan individuals as State Electoral Commissioners. This disturbing pattern undermines the essence of free and fair elections, creating distrust among Nigerians in...

In its drive to checkmate electoral fraud and associated financial crimes, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its officers to Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States where governorship elections are holding on Saturday, November 11, 2023. According to Mr. Dele Oyewale, the Commission’s Head, Media & Publicity, “The...

The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to make all the Federal Government tertiary institutions tuition-free to mitigate the hardship caused by fuel subsidy removal in the country. The ECWA President, Rev. Stephen Panya, made the appeal on Thursday at a news conference to announce...

  Police handed me over to thugs The President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero on Friday gave an account of how he was brutalized in Imo State, saying police operatives handed him over to some suspected thugs for beating. The NLC president narrated his traumatic experience at a...

The Association of Radiographers of Nigeria (ARN), Lagos Chapter, has called on healthcare professionals, especially the radiographers to be conscious of patients’ safety in the dispensation of ionising radiation. Mrs Opeoluwa Oduwole, ARN Chairman, made the call at a lecture organised by the association in commemoration of the 2023 World...

  Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a former President of Nigeria and Chairman of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) Advisory Council, says the untapped potential of African continent will be unlocked  through cooperation and collaboration. Obasanjo made the assertion at the IATF2023, a hybrid event, holding in Cairo, Egypt monitored by the...

  The National Security Adviser, Mr Nuhu Ribadu, has urged all security, intelligence and other relevant ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to take responsibility for protecting the lives and property of Nigerians. Ribadu said this at the briefing of service chiefs and heads of agencies on the roadmap for establishing...