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NLC stages protest over FG’s ‘No Work No Pay’

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The President of the Joint Public Negotiating Council Comrade, Abdulrafiu Adeniji on Tuesday led a protest over the federal government's…

Ogun PDP Crisis: INEC nullifies Adebutu’s guber candidacy

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally recognised the list of candidates for the 2019 general elections submitted to…

Boko Haram: FG releases report on alleged deplorable condition of troops

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja released a report on investigation into alleged deplorable conditions of the troops involved…

Obaseki declares three days mourning in Edo for Anenih

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday declared a three-day mourning period in honour of late elder statesman, Chief Tony…

Minimum wage: Labour, CSOs protest, begin mobilisation for nationwide strike

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Members of the organised labour, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC)…

Union Bank posts N14.9bn profit in 3rd quarters of 2018

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc on Tuesday declared a profit before tax of N14.9 billion for the nine months…

Forex: Inter-bank market gets another $210m boost

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says authorised dealers received 100 million dollars from the bank on Tuesday as part…

Education is key to reducing extreme poverty – Osinbajo

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday said that quality education was key to reducing extreme poverty in the…

Buhari salutes Oba of Lagos at 75

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja felicitated with the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu on his 75th birthday.

Mimiko vows to tackle corruption if elected president

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Presidential candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, who was the immediate past governor of Ondo…

Ambode splashes N10 million on winners of RSW’s Pitch Competition

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday awarded N10 million seed fund to the winners of this year's Pitch Competition…

Soldiers not begging for food, money – Govt

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The Federal Government has debunked an online publication alleging deplorable conditions of the troops fighting Boko Haram in the North…

Canadian Governor-General, Payette, Ambode unveil Lagos Bio-Bank Lab

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Governor-General of Canada, Rt. Hon. Julie Payette and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday jointly unveiled a…

Anambra to digitise revenue collection

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Anambra State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS) is soon to capture and enrol all taxable adults in the state on…

Lagos Govt develops quick research framework for viral outbreaks

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it had developed framework that would provide accurate information on quick research management…

5,000 Kwankwaso supporters dump PDP for APC in Kebbi

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

About 5,000 members of the Kwankwasiya group in Kebbi have defected to the All Progressives Congress(APC) from the Peoples Democratic…

Ekiti Guber Tribunal: INEC deliberately voided PDP votes – Witness

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

A petitioners’ witness on Tuesday told the Ekiti Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, that votes for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)…

Coalition endorses Atiku for president

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The South-South Community Association of Nigeria (SOSCAN) has agreed to float a common campaign strategy to assist the PDP presidential…

First Bank partners CFA Society for Ethics Challenge

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

As a way of demonstrating its commitment to ethics, professional excellence, capacity building and inclusive growth of Nigerians, First Bank…

Ogun councilors deny support for Dapo Abiodun

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta Elected councilors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in all the 20 local government areas…

Minimum wage: Organised Labour frowns at delay tactics, stages protest

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Organised Labour has frowned at the Federal Government’s delay in the process of promulgating new National Minimum Wage for…

Minimum wage: Yobe NLC mobilises members for indefinite strike

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Yobe council, has directed all workers in the state to prepare for an indefinite strike…

Katsina Govt. earmarks N19bn for education in 2019

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

Katsina State Government has earmarked N19 billion toward boosting education sector in the 2019 fiscal year, Alhaji Abdullahi Imam, the…

Merkel hosts African leaders in drive to tackle underdevelopment

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, on Tuesday, hosted African leaders in a drive to tackle underdevelopment on the continent that encouraged…

Police suspend ‘Operation Restore Sanity On Lagos Roads’

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Dedeigbo Ayodeji The Lagos State Police Command has suspended the ongoing ‘operation restore sanity on Lagos roads or velvet’, for…

Alleged $8.1bn repatriation: MTN vs CBN case adjourned till Dec. 4

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

A Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned till Dec. 4, hearing in a dispute between MTN Nigeria and the…

Somalis urged to seek homegrown solutions to problems

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The UN senior envoy in Somalia has called on Somalis to pursue homegrown solutions to their problems amid tensions between…

Sokoto disburses 220 bags of grains, cash to the needy

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Sokoto State Government on Tuesday disbursed 220 bags of grains and N 600,000 cash to the needy.

Kaduna refinery to employ PTDF-trained welders

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Managing Director, Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), Mr Adewale Ladenegan, said welders trained under the Petroleum Technology Fund…

Minimum wage: Kwara workers protest, insist on N30,000

Adekunle Dada

7 years ago

The Joint Kwara Labour Congress, on Tuesday in Ilorin, staged a peaceful protest on the delay by the Federal Government…

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