NLC Suspends Warning Strike In Kaduna
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its five days warning strike in Kaduna State. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba said the decision to suspend the strike was to honour the invitation of the Federal Government on Thursday to mediate in the dispute between labour and the Kaduna State Government. The two major coalitions, NLC […]
El-Rufai Lacks Power To Declare NLC President Wanted- Falana
Human Rights Lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has described the action of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai as laughable for declaring President of the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC), Ayuba Wabba and other union leaders wanted. The NLC had on Monday embarked on a protest on the unlawful sack of workers in the […]
National Carrier To Begin operation Of First Quarter In 2022
The Miniset of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has announced that the new national carrier will comment operation by the first quarter of 2022 Sirika stated this on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. He explained that the new carrier is long overdue and will commence operation by early 2022 […]
Climate Change: CAPPA, activists besiege Shell Office
*Faults Net Zero Pledge Climate justice groups led by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) yesterday besieged the Lagos Headquarters of Shell to demand that the company own up to the environmental impacts of its extraction and climate change and stop discourse on its Net Zero Pledge. The protest which was organised to […]
NECO shifts entrance examinations to unity schools
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed its national common entrance examination (NCEE) earlier scheduled to hold on May 29, due to what it described as low registration figures. In a statement on Wednesday, the council in a statement by the head of information and public relations division, Azeez Sani, said June 5 is the […]
Fraud: Lawyer says Rufai not a flight risk
The lawyer to Dapo Abiodun’s aide, Abidemi Rufai has said his client was not a flight risk. Speaking on the $350,000 fraud allegations against client, Michael Barrows said if granted bail, he (Rufai) “doesn’t represent a flight risk, in part because he has given up his passport.” Rufai, an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of […]
Bandits kill three soldiers in Niger, says governor
Three soldiers have been killed by bandits in Magama Local Government Area of Niger State, according to Governor Sanni Bello. He added that some of the bandits were killed and two bodies recovered when security agencies were trailing the rest of the bandits. According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mary Noel-Berje, 25 […]
NPA: Bala Usman tackles Binta Garba
Former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has refuted allegations by Binta Garba that she resisted inquiries into the finances of the agency. The suspended managing director was reacting to Garba, a former board member of NPA, who alleged that Bala Usman influenced her removal as a board member of […]
Naomi Campbell Welcomes First Child At 50
British supermodel, Naomi Campbell has welcomed her first child- a baby girl Campbell, 50, took to her Instagram page to break the news to her followers on Tuesday “A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother,” Campbell captioned the Tuesday post, which included a close-up image of her newborn’s feet. “So honoured […]
CAPPA protests at Lagos Shell head office
As the oil giant Shell was holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM), in The Hague, Netherlands, the Corporate Accountability Participation and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has laid siege to its head office in Lagos to protest its abuse of the environment. The protest by the organisation was to rouse the company and the Federal Government […]
