C’River: Teachers protest 3 months’ unpaid salaries in Yala LGA
By Ike Uchechukwu, CALABAR Primary School teachers in Yala local government area of Cross River on Friday protested against their unpaid three months salaries. The teachers, armed with placards with various inscriptions, the teachers also decried selective payment of salaries, as well as short-payement. According to the teachers who protected round major streets and ended […]
MWUN faults Navy, Marine Police over attacks on vessels at ports
By Cynthia Alo The President General of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Francis Bunu, has accused security agencies operating in the Lagos ports of dereliction of duty following a rise in attacks on vessels while at berth. Bunu specifically blamed the security agencies for failing to adequately secure port waters and waterfronts, […]
CBN crashes Ways & Means to N2.8trn – Cardoso
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief Nigeria’s Ways & Means portfolio has crashed to N2.84 trillion, down from N26.95 trillion inherited by current administration. Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, disclosed this at the Monetary Policy Forum, themed, “Strengthening Nigeria’s Macroeconomic Stability Through Effective Monetary Policy: The role of Critical Stakeholders” in […]
WTTC warns Iran conflict costing Travel & Tourism sector over US$600m daily
Any interruption to travel flows, therefore, quickly translates into significant economic losses across the tourism ecosystem.
LG autonomy key to fixing primary healthcare —Prof Adenike Grange, former Health Minister
After staying out of public glare following five decades of an enviable professional career and a stint as a political appointee, Professor Adenike Grange recently launched her memoirs in a way that could have suggested she never left the scene.
Obi’s transition from serious contender to Mascot, by Azu Ishiekwene
Friends, admirers, and the “Obidient” fanbase of the former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi, love to call him by the sobriquet “Okwute,” which in Igbo, Nigeria’s third-largest socio-linguistic group, means rock, boulder, or stone. Quite a nice alias – especially if you associate some doctrinal nuances of Obi’s faith with his first name, […]
