NATIONAL NEWS

Four unions in the aviation industry have notified agencies of a proposed strike beginning on February 8, 2022 over failure to release negotiated Conditions of Service since 2013. The unions, according to their spokespersons, Comrade Ocheme Aba, Francis Akinjole and Abdulrasaq Siedu, said they were disappointed over the Federal Government’s non-implementation of Minimum Wage/Consequential Adjustment […]

The Lagos State Government has announced a 12- hour traffic diversion around the Inner and outer Marina by the Oando Filling Station due to the burial service of the Late former Head of Interim Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan. The diversion will begin from 5.00am till 6.00pm on Friday, 4th February, 2022. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. […]

Ten crew members on board an offshore oil and gas platform near Ugborodo community in the Warri Southwest Council area of Delta state, are yet to be accounted for following an explosion that rocked the facility early Wednesday. The Nation gathered that the explosion occurred on a Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading vessel, identified as […]

The House of Representatives on Thursday adjourned plenary abruptly due to lack of order paper to guide the day’s proceedings. A visibly angry Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, while adjourning the plenary, expressed disappointment over the development. He asked that the officer in charge of the order paper be redeployed to another unit and replaced immediately. The […]

Kano State Consumer Protection Council, KSCPC, yesterday, uncovered and sealed a factory where adulterated and unhygienic cooking oil was being refined in the state. It was gathered that the factory is located at Dakata, Ranji Quarters in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. Chairman of KSCPC, Idris Danbazau, who disclosed this, said it succeeded […]

To achieve effective child development, the need to mainstream Child Rights issues in the curriculum of academic institutions and other public circles has been advocated.   The Communications Officer of UNICEF, Enugu Office, Dr. Ijeoma Onuoha-Ogwe, stated this in a chat with newsmen in Awka.   She said this will help raise public awareness on […]

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, has asked the deposed Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi to restrain himself from meddling in the affairs of Benue State. Ortom issued this warning in a statement made available to journalists late Tuesday night by his spokesman, Nathaniel Ikyur. Ikyur said that his principal made the statement at the […]

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has insisted that the over three million Nigerian students who are eligible to vote in the forthcoming presidential election must be encouraged to take part in the exercise. He spoke against the backdrop of concerns being raised about the possibility of students missing out of […]

The human trafficking case against a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, resumed in a London court on Tuesday. However, anti- and pro-Ekweremadu protests were staged in front of the court ahead of the proceedings. AFP reported that before court proceedings, there was a gathering of protesters, some of […]

Indications have emerged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to raid new naira note racketeers in key commercial cities including Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Kaduna. The commission indicated this on Tuesday when it disclosed that it had arrested members of a syndicate of currency racketeers trading in the redesigned naira notes at […]