LEADER of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, yesterday, threw his weight behind calls for Nigeria’s return to a parliamentary government insisting that the presidential system of government is too expensive and corrupt. Adebanjo spoke in an interview…
THE Federal Government, yesterday, issued a marching order, asking the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to withdraw licenses of non-performing electricity distribution companies, DISCOs. This is even as power generation dropped year-on-year, YoY, by 21 per cent to 3,475MW in…
THE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has said it will embark on seven-day warning strike over alleged discrimination in payment of four months withheld salaries. The National President of SSANU, Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, said this in a communique…
THE tenure of Dr Bashir Jamoh as the Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has come to an end. His tenure ended on Sunday 10th of March 2024. Jamoh had expeditiously done the needful by handing…
A Chief Magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has ordered a 43-year-old man, Chibike Nwakedi, not to communicate with his wife, Blessing, for two weeks until they return to court on the adjourned date. The Chief Magistrate, Dolamu Babalogbon,…
NATIONAL Convener of Labour & Civil Society Coalition (LASCO), Comrade Tony Erha, has stressed the importance of retaining the expatriate employment levy [EEL] despite mounting pressure for its cancellation by some interest groups. The EEL, together with the handbook, was…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri BORNO State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has commissioned 100 housing units in the first phase of Nasarawa Technology Village Housing Estate, Karu. The Borno State Governor also performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the Technology Hub and…
THE court sacked the Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede-led Chairman Caretaker Committee. A National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja on Monday affirmed Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa as the validly elected President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). The court…
IMMEDIATE past Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Architect Gabriel Yakubu Aduku, is dead. Aduku, born on January 3, 1944, reportedly slumped while addressing a meeting of Igala people in the United States of America. The visioneer of Community Reporters,…
FOLLOWING recent developments concerning the Benin-Ologbo-Sapele Road Construction project, leading civil society organizations in Nigeria commend the proactive stance taken by the Honourable Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, in calling out the private foreign company responsible for the construction. Mr.…
