Nationwide blackout looms as electricity workers have mobilised to join the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) protest strike against the sudden fuel subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu’s government. The National Union of Electricity Employees disclosed this in a memo dated June 2, signed by its general secretary, Dominic Igwebike. “Sequel to the Nigeria Labour Congress…
Former Commissioner for Information, Prince Kassim Afegbua has stated that , Nigeria Labour Congress president,Joe Ajaero’s planned labour strike is politically motivated. This was disclosed in a press release issued and signed by Afegbua himself, and obtained by our correspondent on Sunday. According to the release, he noted that the planned NLC strike reportedly slated…
Representatives of the Federal Government are expected to meet with the Trade Union Congress by 4 p.m. today at the State House, Abuja, over the removal of fuel subsidy. The TUC Secretary General, Nuhu Toro made the disclosure in an interview with our correspondent on Sunday. The meeting is a follow-up to the earlier meeting…
The death toll from Friday’s crash near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, was expected to climb above 288. India’s Railway Minister said Sunday the cause and people responsible for the country’s worst train crash in decades had been identified, pointing to an electronic signal system without giving further details. “We have identified the…
On June 1, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres picked Adesina and 21 other leaders to spearhead the fight against malnutrition in all its forms as members of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group. The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina has accepted his appointment by the United Nations in the…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kogi State, Dino Melaye, has said Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State should support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in his push to reclaim his mandate. Melaye said Makinde should walk into the presidential election tribunal and support Atiku to show that the healing…
The Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday said it has destroyed three tons of skunk in Edo forest, seized 76.9kg loud from Canada and recovered 390kg illicit drugs in Kano, Kaduna, Borno, Oyo raids. The agency made this known in a statement signed by its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi,…
Gbade, the elder brother of the late Timothy Adegoke, a former master’s student at Obafemi Awolowo University who was found dead at Hilton Hotels Ile-Ife, Osun State, in November 2021, speaks on how the bereaved family received the news of the conviction of owner of the hotel, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, and two of his workers,…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that US$2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues “budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing and unaccounted for between 2016 and 2019, as documented by the…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the present administration under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to engage in genuine dialogue with organised labour and other stakeholders over petroleum subsidy removal to reach a fair and reasonable solution. The party gave the advice in a communique at a retreat for the elected officials on its platform,…
