National Industrial Court stops Maritime Workers Union strike at INTELS
THE National Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has granted an Order of Interim Injunction restraining the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) and the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government Owned Companies (SSASCGOC) from embarking on or continuing any industrial action against INTELS Nigeria Limited.
S.H.O.C.K.E.R: 10-year-old girl throws stepbrother in well to avenge maltreatment
A 10-year-old girl, Suliya Abubakar, said she threw her step brother, Usman Abubakar, aged 20 months, inside a well because her step mother maltreats her. Abubakar said this while she was being paraded alongside 34 suspects of other crimes, by the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Salami Bolaji, on Friday, in Akure. NAN reports […]
PHOTOS: Boy, 17, emerges Abia state’s first male ‘One-Day-Governor’
The Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, on Friday hosted the third ‘One-Day-Governor’ selected during his administration and the first male for such appointment in the state. Master Nicholas Ogunji, is a 17-year-old student of Adventist Technical Secondary School, Ohafia and according to the state governor, the One-Day-Governor during his official outing helped free some inmates […]
Yungbady; talented Nigerian music act making waves in far away Russia
Many people especially back home in Nigeria are not away from the talented and dynamic Nigeria artist Ezebue Richard, known by his stage name Yungbady who is making waves in faraway Russia. His song has become club bangers as DJs are tempted to always light up the dance floor with his sonorous songs. Yungbady, whose […]
A thought for those who will go hungry at Christmas
By Muyiwa Adetiba According to some statistics, about 30 million Nigerians go to bed hungry every night. Only about one in four has one or more meals per day. About three in five start the hustle of the day without breakfast. About two in three earn less than a dollar per day while graduate unemployment […]
SIRA, leading foreign relations Think Tank, gets new leadership
…Elects Vanguard’s Owei Lakemfa President The leading foreign relations Think Tank in Africa, the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA), has elected human rights activist, labour leader and author, Mr Owei Lakemfa as its new President. Mr. Lakemfa who for over two decades has run two weekly columns on Nigeria and international affairs in the […]
CSO hails President Buhari clocking 78 years
Tasks him on signing Electoral Bill, halting electoral fraud By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A Civil Society Organisation, Concerned CSO hails President Buhari clocking 78 yearsNigeria, CN, yesterday, hailed President Muhammadu Buhari on his 78th birthday. This was contained in a statement signed by the Convener, CN, Deji Adeyanju, where Buhari was tasked on signing […]
Why Apapa gridlock persists— FASHOLA
*Road constructions; Why govt is focusing on Lagos-Abeokuta, Benin-Lokoja Highway, Gombe-Yola Highway, Calabar-Itu-Ikot Ekpene Highway etc *Housing; Way out for Nigerians, what FG is doing *We’ve issued over N50 billion mortgage loans since I became minister *More than 25,000 housing units at different levels of completion Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, […]
Insecurity: We cannot continue like this, Nigerians tell Buhari
*Say FG can seek help outside Nigeria *Life has become cheap, people die in dozens daily *Nobody is safe anymore in Nigeria *Terrorists, bandits have overwhelmed the country Dayo Johnson, Akure; Chidi Nkwopara, Owerri; Ola Ajayi, Ibadan; Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa; Umar Yusuf,Yola; Peter Duru, Makurdi; Tina Akannam, Dutse; Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos; Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo; Ozioruva […]
What every Nigerian should know about COVID-19 vaccines
At last, safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines are available and with vaccinations officially underway in the US, UK and some other parts around the world. There is palpable relief as a result of this because there appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel, even as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to […]
International team tracing Covid origin will go to Wuhan ― WHO
An international team of experts due to travel to China next month to probe the animal origins of Covid-19 will go to Wuhan and will carry out their investigation freely, the WHO said Friday. Asked about the international mission, which WHO has been working for months to get to China, World Health Organization emergencies chief […]
