Monday, 25 November, 2024

Month: August 2023


This comes after a meeting between the PSC, Solomon Arase and the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun who was visiting the Commission for the first time since his assumption of office on Thursday. This comes after a meeting between Read more…


Nigeria’s main labour federation has agreed to return to talks with the government following a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, union leaders said, on a day when hundreds of Nigerians marched against the removal of a petrol subsidy. Read more…


Not everyone is hostile to the coups in Niger and other African nations in the past few years that have worried the West. In the “family photo” for last week’s Russia-Africa Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin stood next to Ibrahim Read more…


Lawmakers, yesterday, blocked a petition against the nomination of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, when he appeared for screening. El-Rufai, who was third on the list of nominees to be screened, addressed the upper legislative chamber on his political Read more…


Anambra State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) joined her counterpart across the country in a peaceful protest against policies of the Federal Government of Nigeria. All the affiliated unions that constitute NLC in the state, including representatives of Read more…


Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabim Musa has told the Chiefs of Defence Staff of 13 ECOWAS Countries that their military working as a united front, must face the challenges of restoring democratic governance in Niger head-on” adding, Read more…


Detailed information provided to Poland clearly shows that two Belarusian military helicopters never ventured across the border, the defense ministry in Minsk said on Wednesday.  Minsk “prepared and presented to the Polish side detailed data on objective control of aircraft Read more…


President Bola Tinubu Wednesday evening at the State House, Abuja, assured the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress led by its President, Joe Ajaero, and that of Trade Union Congress, Festus Usifo, that the Port Harcourt refineries will start production Read more…


If Ukraine wants to overcome its pernicious minefield problems, it needs to start getting serious about solutions to mine clearing, a retired army general told The New York Times. Last week, the Washington Post reported that vast Russian minefields had Read more…


An 84-year-old retired bishop of Albany, who has been accused of sexual abuse and has unsuccessfully sought to be removed from the priesthood, said Tuesday he recently married a woman in a civil ceremony. Emeritus Bishop Howard Hubbard made the Read more…


Warsaw has shown no evidence for its claims that two Belarusian helicopters crossed into Polish airspace, the defense ministry in Minsk said on Tuesday, insisting that no such violation occurred. “No violation of [Polish] airspace by Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters Read more…


An industrialist, Chief Emma Obi, has condemned the silence of the Federal Government and members of the National Assembly from the South East over what he described as Asari Dokubo’s continuous outbursts, hate speech and pouring of insults on Igbo nation. Read more…