The organised Labour has expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the Federal Government to avert its planned nationwide strike. The state chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress said failure to implement the agreement before the October 30 deadline might leave…
9mobile set to partner Cross RiverEMERGING Markets Telecommunications Services (EMTS), trading as 9mobile, has announced its 15th anniversary in Nigeria, marking a significant milestone in its journey of providing telecommunication services to customers across the country. The brand, which commenced its journey into the Nigeran market on October 23, 2008, with the disruptive ‘0809ja’ campaign,…
In a significant development and a new dimension to the controversies generated by the continued absence of the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu from the State, the Ondo Redemption Front(ORF), a sociopolitical group, has filed a lawsuit against the Ondo State House of Assembly, in the Ondo State High Court in Akure, seeking an…
The Speaker Aondona Dajoh while ruling on the prayers, gave the governor a three-day ultimatum to appoint a security adviser. The Benue State House of Assembly has given Governor Hyacinth Alia a seventy-two-hour ultimatum to appoint a special adviser on security. The House said this is a direct fallout of the inability to reach the…
The Executive Chairman, Osun Internal Revenue Service (OIRS), Prince Adesola Adewumi has reiterated that it is the collective responsibility of all and sundry to build up the State IGR, charging staff and management of the Agency not to relent in their efforts as major stakeholders. Prince Adewumi stated this during a meeting with all the…
“The reprinting of the materials in compliance with court orders within a short period of time is not only expensive but the management of the process very challenging.” The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is concerned over the pre-election court judgments on the eve of the November 2023 off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo…
The United States has suspended most assistance to the government of Gabon. In a statement on Tuesday, the spokesperson for the US Department of State, Matthew Miller, said the suspension was in line with section 7008 of the Department of State’s annual appropriations act. “The United States has concluded that a military coup d’état has…
As part of measures to assist the government in using technology to tackle the menace of banditry, an indigenous firm, Elite Group of Companies has commenced the production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles UAVs, also known as drones and other security equipment within Nigeria. It said the strategic initiative followed an agreement with foreign Original Equipment…
Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) on Tuesday visited Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State at his Jericho residence in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. Prior to the visit to Akeredolu, the governors of Ogun, Lagos and Ekiti paid a courtesy call on their Oyo State…
The Corporate Affairs Commission says it has uncovered 189 fake companies used to secure land allocations in the Federal Capital Territory. The Registrar General of the commission, Hussaini Magaji, disclosed this during a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. Magaji stated that the discovery was made following a complaint from the Federal Capital Territory Administration…
