An indefinite industrial action has been embarked upon by workers in Plateau State. The employees are furious over the refusal of the government to pay their salaries, gratuity and pension to retirees for over five months. Organised labour in the state, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC; Trade Union Congress, TUC; and the Joint Negotiating…
A Supreme Court judgement on Thursday morning directed the National Assembly to put a halt to its plan to amend the 1999 Constitution. President Goodluck Jonathan had taken the National Assembly to court to challenge its decision to change some parts of the Constitution, arguing that the legislative arm of government was attempting to clip…
The Senator-elect for Lagos West Senatorial District and Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Solomon Adeola, has called on the incoming Federal Government and relevant financial and auditing regulatory bodies to appropriately sanction the auditing firm, PriceWater House Coopers, PWC, for misleading and decieving Nigerians on the issue of the missing…
A passionate call has been made to the Federal Government to look into the possibility of establishing a special low interest rate fund to aid borrowings by private sector investors in social services as a means of halting the decadence in the nation’s crumbling social infrastructure. This appeal was made by the Chief Executive Officer…
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has directed his security aides to always adhere to traffic regulations as stipulated by the Nigerian government. Buhari, in a statement issued by his media aides in Abuja, explained that floating traffic rules by top public officers and their aides send the wrong signal to citizens. He stressed that his administration will…
A bill prohibiting female circumcision in Nigeria has been passed by the Senate. The Violence against Persons (Prohibition) Bill was passed by the red chambers on Tuesday at a plenary presided over by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The new development makes it criminal to perform genital mutilation in the country. Female circumcision is…
**Sales of forms begins Preparations for the 2015 edition of the prestigious and glamorous Miss Global Nigeria, MGN, beauty contest have begun. Because of the successes the past editions have recorded, more celebrities have come on board, not only to endorse pageant, but to also fully take part in the process from screening of the…
Hardworking entertainment and society journalist, Wale Onifade, has been rewarded for his diligence in carrying out his journalistic profession. Onifade, a renowned pen pusher based in Lagos, was named among the top executives in the Nigerian Entertainment and Media Industry. He was ‘slapped’ with an Award of Excellence by an international organisation for his role…
Health experts have stressed the need for Nigerians, especially women of reproductive age to regularly iron so as to tackle the anaemia, which has become a big problem in the society. The Nutrition Society of Nigeria, NSN, after a recent study, concluded that Nigeria faces one of the largest burdens of micro-nutrient deficiencies, with anaemia…
Acting Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has ordered the payment of salaries owed a female officer of the Force for two years. Arase gave the directive on Wednesday morning after listening to a live programme, where the affected officer called in to lay her complaints. A statement by the Force spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu, said…