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The Lagos zone of the National Emergency Management Agency has blamed the escalation of the fire incident that engulfed four buildings in the Idumota area of the Lagos Island Local Government Area of the state on the lack of a water source. The NEMA State Coordinator, Ibrahim Farinloye, disclosed this in a telephone interview with PUNCH […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday stormed the national secretariat of the Labour Party in Abuja to protest the party’s national convention planned for end of this month. The congress also demanded the sacking of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure. The NLC leadership accused Abure of planning to hold a “secret” convention […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday stormed the national secretariat of the Labour Party in Abuja to protest the party’s national convention planned for end of this month. The congress also demanded the sacking of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure. The NLC leadership accused Abure of planning to hold a “secret” convention […]
The Senate, on Tuesday, mandated its committees on Army, Navy and Air Force to liaise with the military for a thorough investigation of the gruesome killings of 17 officers and men of the Nigerian Army in Okuoma Community, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State. The four military officers and 13 soldiers were said to […]
The House of Representatives has urged military authorities to investigate the murder of 17 personnel in the Okuoma community, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State. Seventeen soldiers deployed to the Delta community on a peace mission met their untimely death last Thursday in an ambush. Moving a matter of urgent importance titled “Need to […]
National President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has called on the Federal Government to pay the four months withheld salaries of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational Associated Institutions. This was in reaction to the seven-day warning strike that SSANU/NASU began on Monday, which grounded universities’ activities across […]
With the ECOWAS lifting economic and travel sanctions imposed on Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger, STEPHEN ANGBULU examines the long-term implications for the sub-region and Africa and if this is enough to win back the trust of the estranged nations On Saturday, February 24, 2024, 12 West African Presidents and Heads of Government marched into Nigeria’s […]
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have rescued a security man attached to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, who was reportedly kidnapped on Tuesday with a staff nurse. This was contained in a statement the command issued on Wednesday, adding that a manhunt to arrest perpetrators and rescue the staff nurse […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of the Chairman and Commissioners of the FCT Civil Service Commission. They are Engr Emeka Ezeh – Chairman Hon. Ahmed Mohammed – North West Chief Anthony Okeah – South-South Mohammed Magaji Ibrahim – North East Miskoom Alexander Naantuam – North Central Hon. Jide Jimoh – South West […]
VICTOR AYENI writes that the activities of suspected criminals in an abandoned building around Tokunbo Kelani Street, in Igando, Lagos, are heightening fear among residents of the area The residents of the Tokunbo Kelani community in the Igando area of Lagos State could hardly contain their fear as they pointed in the direction of an eerie […]
