By Ademoola Orunbon NIGERIANS mark the 60th independence anniversary of their beloved country on Thursday. Few will disagree that, amidst the myriad of unnerving socio-economic and security challenges facing the nation, Nigeria remains a great country still waiting to happen. October 1, therefore signals another opportunity to ponder on the state of the nation and […]
• Labour compromise that got citizens angry • Wins 113 buses for mass transit in major cities • You betrayed us, Nigerians tell NLC, TUC • Afenifere, PANDEF cry foul • Lawyers say leaders suspended strike like a thief in the night • Accord with Buhari shortchanges Nigerians, says HURIWA The Organised Labour, yesterday, came […]
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq has dissociated herself from a trending report in the media titled “N2.72b for School Feeding During Lockdown Diverted To Private Accounts.” The report emanated after a presentation by the Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye at the 2nd National Summit on […]
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has said the Nigeria Police Force will replicate and advance the gains recorded by the Force and other security agencies during the Edo governorship election, in the October 10 poll in Ondo State. A statement by Force spokesman DCP Frank Mba said the IGP spoke when the Convener and […]
Organised Labour represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress has given reasons for shelving its planned nationwide strike and protests. It made this known in a joint communique obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday. The Communique was titled , ‘ Text of the joint communique on the resolution of trade dispute between […]
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has met with families of policemen and members of Civilian Joint Task Force ( CJTF) killed by insurgents in an ambush on Friday in Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several security personnel were killed with some injured when the governor’s backup convoy was attacked along Baga […]
A kindergarten teacher in China has been sentenced to death for poisoning dozens of children in an act of revenge against a colleague that left one toddler dead . A court in the central Chinese province of Henan said Wang Yun put sodium nitrite into porridge being prepared for her colleague ’ s students , […]
The dollar held steady against a basket of currencies on Tuesday as financial markets braced for the first U.S. presidential debate, while traders also tracked developments on the U.S. stimulus bill. The dollar index was unchanged at 94.209, drifting away from a two-month high of 94.745 reached last week, as stock markets made solid gains […]
The Nigerian Army says it is fully in support of the ongoing efforts of Borno State government to relocate and resettle the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the state back to their ancestral homes. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Musa described the […]
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Caretaker Chairman of Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Bege Katuka. A commercial motorcyclist was reportedly killed during the kidnapping incident. Although the police and government authorities are yet to confirm the incident, sources told Channels Television that the council chairman was kidnapped on his way […]
