Court orders NSITF to reinstate dismissed staff
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund ( NSITF) to reinstate it’s dismissed staff, Ayeni Akinwande with immediate effect. Delivering judgment, the judge, Justice Ayodele Obaseki-Osaghae affirmed the jurisdiction of the court and held that the commencement of the case by originating summon did not render the action […]
45 years after, Makurdi community gets electricity, tarred road
By Peter Duru Again, after 45 years of being without motorable roads and electricity, residents of communities on the Apir-Tse Poor stretch of Makurdi town have been in euphoric mood following the completion of a 9.4km asphalted road that has opened up the communities for easy accessibility. The road is also complemented with a 12-km […]
ENVIRONMENT: FG blames disasters on limited knowledge
MINISTER of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has blamed environmental disasters on limited knowledge and a low level of preparedness for their prevention and management.
NDDC, Pro-Chancellorship: Industrialist makes case for Ndokwa Nation
An Industrialist and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Tony Amechi, has urged the Federal Government to correct the marginalisation of the Ndokwa nation, give the people of the three local government areas a sense of belonging in the Nigerian project.
Why Nigeria is experiencing stunted growth – DESOPADEC Boss
Managing Director of the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission, DESOPADEC Bashorun Askia Ogieh, has cited what he described as the disjointed nature of the Nigeria federation as the reason the country is experiencing stunted growth. The DESOPADEC boss made the disclosure on Thursday while speaking as a guest at the maiden matriculation ceremony […]
Attack on Sunday Igboho’s country home barbaric – IPOB reacts
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has described the invasion of the country home of Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as ‘Igboho’, by the Department of State Service (DSS), as “barbaric” and “unacceptable”.
2 farmers docked for allegedly stealing locust beans
Two farmers on Friday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, for allegedly stealing locust beans. The police charged Joseph Bakano and Mangu Bakano with theft and breach of peace. They pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecution counsel, Mr Mathias Joseph, told the court that the complainant, Ishaya Tukura of Kurmin […]
Nzuko Umunna decries attack on Sunday Igboho
IGBO professional and intellectual think-tank group, Nzuko Umunna, has decried security agent’ attack on the Ibadan home of Yoruba rights crusader, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, alias Igboho, saying it stands in solidarity with the Yoruba Nation.
School feeding: FG to enrol additional 5m pupils by 2023 ― Minister
Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, says the Federal Government will enrol about five million pupils into the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) by 2023. Farouq made the disclosure during a stakeholders meeting for the enumeration of beneficiaries and scaling up of the NHGSFP in Zamfara. This […]
Nigeria ‘ll cripple should anything happen to Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB warns FG
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has threatened to cripple Nigeria should anything happen to its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who has been in the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS) following his re-arrest on Sunday, June 27.
Provocative attack on Igboho done to kill agitation for Yoruba Nation – YGC
By Dapo Akinrefon A Yoruba diaspora socio-cultural organization,Yoruba Global Council, YGC, on Friday, condemned, in its entirety, the violent attack on Yoruba freedom fighter,, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho on Thursday morning, describing the attack as provocative, barbaric and deliberate act to suppress the growing agitation for a Yoruba nation. In a statement by […]
