From Our Correspondent Federal workers across the board will get N25,000 as a palliative to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal, Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, has announced. Gbajabiamila made this known after the Federal Government met with organised labour at the Presidential Villa, on Sunday, in Abuja. “The […]
From Our Correspondent The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, has restated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to reducing humanitarian crisis and poverty in Nigeria. The minister made this known in a statement made available to the newsmen on Sunday. According to the statement, the Federal Government has taken over phase […]
From Our Correspondent in Abuja The National Economic Council (NEC) has appealed to organised labour leaders to strengthen dialogue in their quest for better welfare of members. Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State announced this to briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the NEC meeting in Abuja. Mutfwang said the Council also pleaded […]
Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party, announced that he will begin a hunger strike on Friday. Ghannouchi, who has been in jail since April, said he would not eat until restrictions on him and other prisoners are lifted. The Ennahda party leader, the most prominent critic of Tunisian President Kais Saied, made […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Command, Bauchi, has arrested three suspected vandals and transformer cable thieves in the Jama’are LGA of the state. The Command’s spokesman, DCP Ibrahim Gabdo, announced this in a statement on Friday in Bauchi. Gabdo said the Command patrol team arrested the three suspects in […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke As Nigeria marks its 63rd independent anniversary and 60 as a republic, Abdulwarees Solanke asks when really, is a nation a nation? With a new dawn rising, we are at another milestone on our journey to nationhood. As auspicious as the day marking 63 of our political independence is, we must critically […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigeria Army says its troops in the Niger Delta area foiled crude oil theft estimated to cost about N388.5 million and arrested 22 suspected oil thieves in the process. Maj. Gen. Buba Edward, the Director of Defence Media Operations, announced this at a media briefing, on Thursday, in Abuja. Edward spoke […]
By Our Correspondent The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu dismissed the petition by Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani of PDP, challenging the victory of Sen. Kelvin Chukwu of the Labour Party (LP), Justice Nusirat I. Umar, leading the three-member panel, held that Chukwu, who replaced his brother Oyibo, was duly elected to represent Enugu […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke I have been called upon to elaborate on HOPE, a word that is open in definition and in common everyday use. “I hope to..”; “I have hope in…”; “I’m hopeful of…”; “I’m full of hope that….” In the perspective of grammarians, hope is either used as a verb, as a noun or […]
From Our Correspondent The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, charged relevant security agencies to investigate the fire outbreak at the Supreme Court in Abuja so as to unravelling the mystry behind it. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo Ologunagba gave the charge in a statement in Abuja. TheNewsZenith reports that the Federal Capital […]