UgamatvFG OWES RETIRED ELECTRICITY WORKERS N25B PENSION ARREARS NUP
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners has demanded the payment of N25.3 billion pension arrears being owed retired electricity workers by the Federal Government. It stated that the arrears comprised N14.5b…
BLASPHEMY : SHARI’AH COUNCIL WANTS KANO GOVT ,TO EXECUTE COURT JUDGEMENT
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has urged Kano State Government to execute the court judgement that found a singer guilty of blasphemy. In a statement signed by its…
MOMPHA SUES EFCC FOR N5M OVER FRESH ARREST
Internet personality, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, who is facing money laundering charges, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the anti-graft agency to pay him N5m for…
BUHARI RECEIVES BRIEFING ON MALI CRISIS FROM ECOWAS SPECIAL ENVOY JONATHAN
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the Economic Community of West African States’ Special Envoy to the Republic of Mali, on Tuesday, met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari…
WHO DIRECTOR GENERAL’S OPENING REMARKS AT THE MEDIA BRIEFING ON COVID -19
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says though every new disease outbreak presents new challenges, however, from a logistics perspective, COVID-19 has been one of…
25 ANAMBRA HEALTH WORKERS INFECTED WITH COVID-19
Commissioner for Health in Anambra, Dr .Vincent Okpala, on Tuesday said no fewer than 25 health workers were diagnosed and confirmed to have been infected with the COVID-19 in the…
COMMISSIONER SEEKS POLITICAL POSITIONS FOR YOUTHS
The Lagos State Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Segun Dawodu, has called for the engagement of the youth in formal political processes. In a statement on Monday, he…
WAEC FAULTS RUMOURED PAPER LEAKAGE, EXAM SUFFERS DELAY
AS the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination began across the country on Monday, the West African Examination Council has dismissed claims in some quarters that the Mathematics questions…
FAYEMI SAYS : GOVERNORS IN SUPPORT OF JUDICIAL AUTONOMY
The Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, expressed the support of the 36 governors of the federation for judicial autonomy in the…
ABUJA TRIP :ANAMBRA ELDERS PROTEST, DEMAND MONARCHS’ SACKING
Protesters from Governor Willie Obiano’s Aguleri community in the Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Monday, demanded the sacking of two traditional rulers from the area for…
