Abia State civil servants, yesterday commenced an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries and for their improved welfare, two months after they suspended similar action.The directive was contained in a statement by the secretary of the state council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Emma Alozie, and made available to
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Ahead of the November 2023 governorship election in Kogi State, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dino Melaye has visited the paramount ruler of Igala Kingdom and president of Kogi State Council of Chiefs, Alhaji Matthew Opaluwa Oguche Akpa in Idah, the ancestral home of the Igala
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Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has adjourned to July 13, 2023 the hearing of the main application filed by natives of Abuja against the federal government and the National Assembly to establish FCT functionaries and political structure for the indigenes to participate in the House of Assembly and governorship
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Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has developed a product authentication mark to check the influx of substandard manufactured and imported products in the Nigerian market.SON director-general, Farouk Salim, disclosed this yesterday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, while speaking at a stakeholders’ forum on product authentication mark (PAM).Salim, who
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Federal Government of Nigeria and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a national policy funded by the Japanese government to tackle violent extremism, piracy in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea as well as protect civilians in armed conflicts.The minister of state, budget and national planning, Clem Agba,
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President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with former Senate President, Ken Nnamani and his family, trusting the Almighty God to grant the family strength over the passing of his wife, Mrs Jane Udewo Nnamani.The president in a statement by his media aide , Femi Adesina believes the good works of the
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Katsina State Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar, has called on both the state and federal governments to embrace the digitisation of courtrooms for the speedy delivery of justice.He said the innovation would enable Nigerians to access justice through a website or to be watching live court proceedings virtually
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Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) has issued a one-week ultimatum to all political parties to remove their campaign posters and billboards or face the wrath of the law.The director-general of BASEPA, Dr Ibrahim Kabir, said this in a press conference with journalists in his office.He said the exercise is
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President Muhammadu Buhari has decried the gas supply insecurity to the power sector in the country, despite the fact that Nigeria has one of the largest gas reserves in the world.Buhari stated this yesterday when he inaugurated the Afam 3 Fast Power Station, owned by the Transafam Power Limited, at
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Sixteen people have been killed in three-day supremacy clashes by rival cult groups involving the Klaans and the Black Axe confraternities in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. The clash was over the collection of tolls at mini bus parks in Uyo, the state capital,Leadership newspaper reported.Six persons, checks revealed,
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