The National Industrial Court in Abuja has restrained members of the organised labour under the umbrella of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) from proceeding with their plan to embark on strike from June 7 over the removal of fuel subsidy. Justice O. Y. Anuwe issued the order on Monday while ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) which was moved by Mrs. Maimuna Lami Shiru, Director Civil Litigation, Federal Ministry of Justice. Justice Anuwe said the order shall remain in force pending the hearing…
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The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he would make consultations with his wife and friends to determine whether or not to take up any appointment offer from President Bola Tinubu. Wike, in an interview with BBC Pidgin, insisted that his wife and friends are the set of people he would first reach out to. The Peoples Democratic Party chieftain who clarified that the President had yet to broach any such issue with him, however declared that he is not too big to serve the country. However, Wike said he would want to rest for now,…
Residents of Enugu State, south-east Nigeria, on Monday, shut their businesses and stayed indoors in compliance with the sit-at-home usually enforced by a faction of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Governor Mbah’s pronouncements The sit-at-home continued despite a pronouncement by the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, declaring an end to the civil action in the state. Mr Mbah, on Thursday, vowed that his administration would resist the continuation of the civil action in the state from Monday, 5 June (today). Another Commercial bank shut on Monday “Therefore, those that strike on Mondays, putting restrictions in the way of…
The Senate has indicted the Office of Accountant General of the Federation over failure to repay short-term loans given to Ministries, Departments, and Agencies from Special Funds Accounts totalling N910bn. The lawmakers discovered this after a thorough investigation by the Senate Public Accounts Committee chaired by Senator Mathew Urhoghide, following the submission of the 2017 Auditor General report. According to the query, loans, and debts arising from Special Funds Accounts totalling N910.04bn showed that the balances remained unpaid throughout the year, although the loans were meant to be short-term. But, the Office of the Accountant General in its response…
The 14 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Ohafia, on Sunday, raided a baby factory at Umunkpei Nvosi in Isiala-Ngwa Local Government Area of Abia State, allegedly operated by an indigene of the area. The troops had on arrival at the facility rescued 22 ladies out of which 21are pregnant, including 2 babies (a boy and a girl). Other items found in the place include a Tiger generator, a stretcher, gas cylinder, a bag of rice, 4 cartoons of tin tomatoes, 5 litres of Vegetable oil, 2 bags of garri and soup ingredients. Troops raided the baby factory following an intelligence…
In continuation of recouping public properties that was illegally sold by the immediate past administration in the state, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano state, has revoked the sales of Hasiya Bayero Paediatric hospital and the Governor’s lodge located at Kwankwasiyya city with the immediate effect. Governor Yusuf, who led a delegation of top government officials on inspection to the two sites, directed the immediate renovation of the health facility and revert to its operations as a specialist hospital that cater for the medical needs of hundreds of thousands of children from the state and beyond. A statement by the…
THE Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, popularly known as OPEC+ has slashed Nigeria’s oil output, excluding condensate by 20.7 per cent to 1.38 million barrels per day, mb/d, from 1.74 mb/d in order to achieve stability in the global market. The decision expected to take effect from January 2024 was taken at the crucial meeting of the 49th Meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) and the 35th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, in Vienna, Austria, monitored by Vanguard, yesterday. Under the organisation’s new voluntary adjustment programme obtained by Vanguard, Saudi Arabia will produce 10.48…
There is strong Indications that the aspiration of former Minority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for the Senate presidency is shaking as supporters are said to have reduced tremendously. It was gathered yesterday that support for the former governor of Akwa Ibom State for the Senate presidency of the 10th National Assembly may have finally hit the rocks because more senators reportedly dumped his camp for Senators Abdul’aziz Yari and Osita Izunaso-led Senate Democratic Caucus, SDC. Recall that the All Progressives Congress, APC, had announced the endorsement of Akpabio and three others for the topmost positions in the National Assembly.…
The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health have found that toxic chemicals in plastics are increasing the risk of miscarriages, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancers. In a report published in the journal – Annals of Global Health – the researchers drawn from the healthcare, ocean and environment fields, said plastics pose considerable risks to all life on earth at every stage of the life cycle. In a statement marking World Environment Day with the campaign theme–#BeatPlasticPollution, the commission said the unsustainable disposal of plastics causes micro and nano-plastics (MNPs) particles to contaminate the water and the seafloor and enter…
…Blackout Looms As Electricity Workers Join Planned Action …FG, TUC Meeting On Fuel Subsidy Crisis Deadlocked …Stakeholders Meet Again Tomorrow As NLC Shun Meeting The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it is not going back on its proposed industrial action on Wednesday, unless the Federal Government, and by extension the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), does the needful by returning to the status quo. NLC insisted on the position in a statement by Benson Upah, Head of Information and Public Affairs on Sunday. The workers body was reacting to a story in a national newspaper on Sunday,…
African Refinery Port Harcourt Limited, NNPC’s Joint Venture Partner in the 100,000 barrels per day refinery currently being developed within the Port Harcourt Refinery complex, has lauded the bold action of the newly inaugurated Bola Ahmed Tinubu government in removing the petroleum subsidy. In a press statement, African Refinery’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Omotayo Adebajo, also called on Nigerians to be patient in the face of the immediate hardship caused by the subsidy removal and to support the president’s strategic announcement which in his opinion has been long overdue. While acknowledging that the subsidy removal has resulted in higher…
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has called on stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to put aside their differences and work towards the unity of the party, just as he emphasised the healing process must begin immediately. He made the appeal at the weekend, during the ongoing retreat organised by the party for elected officials in Bauchi, Bauchi State, while admonishing party members to put aside issues capable of causing division in the party as a result of the in-fighting that occurred during the general elections and embrace peace. Going forward, the governor said: “Well, I want to…