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The General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Dr Peter Ozo-Eson, said on Saturday that the Federal Government and labour representatives on the technical committee set up to negotiate consequential increase arising from the new minimum wage would resume negotiation this week. After negotiation broke down between the government and labour on what workers at various grade levels would get …

Some traditional rulers in the South-West have been accused of inviting herdsmen from foreign countries to settle in their domains. They allegedly harboured herdsmen from West African countries in the Oke Ogun area of Oyo State and other parts of Yorubaland. A former Director, Directorate of Military Intelligence, Col. Kunle Toogun (retd.), said a monarch in Oke Ogun brought four …

The Federal Government is set to commence the implementation of the Friday’s court order proscribing the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shiites, by publishing the order in the Official Gazette Monday. The publication of the order in the Official Gazette is part of the Friday’s ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja, designating the Shiites movement …

The ruling by a Federal High Court in Abuja, which labelled the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) a terrorist organisation and ordered its proscription by the federal government, received a lot of criticism at the weekend. Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, condemned the ban order as immoral, and Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, said it represented a terrible shredding of …

For over 60 years of Nigeria’s existence, foreign milk producing companies have fed fat on the thriving population, buying power and lack of political will to set up indigenous milk producing factories. Rising above the realm of mere thoughts and spurious speculations, the Central Bank of Nigeria is set to implement a policy, pulling the plug of funding to milk …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it would release the 2019 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) result on Friday. This was made known in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the board, Demianus Ojijeogu, and released on the council’s official Twitter page on Thursday, @waecnigeria. ”This is to inform candidates and the general public that the …

Lawmakers in Ondo state Thursday adjourned indefinitely following a threat of snakebite. The sudden appearance of a snake at the chambers disrupted their plenary leaving lawmakers scampering for safety. Reports had it that a snake dropped and fell close to where the maze was placed in the Hallowed chamber on Wednesday while the members were preparing for the plenary. Workers …

Some Nigerians questioned the efforts the Federal Government claimed to have put into rescuing her while a former presidential aide urged Nigerians not to jump to conclusion Nigerians on social media are reacting to claims by Grace Taku, an aid worker abducted by Boko Haram terrorists that Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi schoolgirl in Boko Haram, captivity is dead. Taku …

…approve open ballot for future elections House Representatives yesterday voted a new set of rules in its standing orders, favouring the election of presiding officers through an open ballot system. The amendments were parts of the recommendations forwarded to the House by an adhoc Committee chaired by Hon. Julius Ihonvere regarding the election of presiding officers. But the new system …

The Nigerian Air Force on Thursday announced the promotion of Aircraftman Bashir Umar, who returned €37,000 found in a parcel at Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. He was promoted two levels, from Aircraftman to the rank of Corporal, a promotion that would have taken him ten years to achieve. Mr Umar, who is a member of the NAF Mobile Air …