Health workers resume strike tomorrow
—HEALTH workers in the country under the umbrella of Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations, AHP, have directed their members to proceed on an indefinite strike tomorrow.
PDP’s NWC holds closed-door meeting with IBB in Minna
Barely 24 hours after former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd) endorsed Social Democratic Party, SDP, for next year’s general elections, National Working Committee, NWC, of People Democratic Party, PDP, Monday visited him in his Hilltop Mansion, in Minna, Niger State.
84 die, N12.8bn properties destroyed in Lagos fire disasters
Lagos State Government has said that no fewer than 84 persons were burnt to death and property worth N12.8 billion destroyed in the state in the last one year.
Billions spent on political campaigns should be channelled to education — Sultan
Lagos—Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday urged Nigerian politicians to channel billions of naira spent on political campaign to educate the populace.
Nigeria, a mere geographical expression – Abayomi
Pro- Chancellor and Chairman, Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State, and legal luminary, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, has declared that Nigeria is nothing but a geographical expression; hence the spirit of patriotism or nationalism is considerably weaker than that of ethnic allegiance.
Gunmen kidnap 3 in Ondo, demand N50m ransom
IT has been revealed that the kidnappers of the two local government workers, Marcus Akinduko and Gabriel Ajayi, in Ondo state are demanding for N50 million ransom, while those who allegedly kidnapped the Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in the state, Kayode Agbeyangi, are requesting for N5m ransom.
