NLC National President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, has warned that the workers’ union will embark on a three-day nationwide strike if the Federal Government fails to agree to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities after the ongoing two-day warning ...
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Headies Awards organisers disqualify singer Portable over criminal activities
The organisers of Nigeria’s prestigious music award show, The Headies, have disqualified popular singer, Portable, as a nominee. The organisers noted that the singer had garnered negative attention from the Nigeria Police and the general public. In a statement issued ...
Read More »Law School shifts venue of Call to Bar Ceremony over security threat
Indications emerged Tuesday afternoon that the first batch of the 2022 Call to Bar ceremony of graduates of the Nigeria Law School, would no longer hold as scheduled at the headquarters of the institution in Bwari, Abuja. A Senior Advocate ...
Read More »Presidential guards shot by bandits in attack on Abuja law school confirmed dead
Three elite officers of the Presidential Guards Brigade have been confirmed dead after sustaining life-threatening injuries from an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists. The slain officers whose names were withheld include a captain and two soldiers, military sources informed Daily Trust. They ...
Read More »Closure of Unity Schools in Abuja worrisome, depressing – Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of Labour party, Mr Peter Obi is not comfortable or supportive of the closure of Federal government Colleges in Abuja. Unity schools in Abuja were yesterday shut down due to growing security concerns. Kidnapping in the Federal ...
Read More »ASUU: NLC begins protest in Lagos (photos)
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress are protesting in Ikeja, the Lagos State capital, in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The protest which is currently holding is also an opportunity for the NLC ...
Read More »NDLEA arrests popular hair seller with 2.192 kilos of cocaine
An Enugu big girl and popular wig seller, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for drug trafficking after being nabbed at a Nigerian airport with cocaine. Onuorah Caritas Onyinye a.k.a Smart Beyoncé was arrested on Saturday July 23 ...
Read More »Former president, John Kufuor of Ghana receives Ihenetu, endorses Igbo Day/New Yam Festival
As the preparation for Igbo Day/ New Yam festival slated for 18th of September this year, gathers momentum in Ghana, the Eze Ndigbo Ghana and the Assistant Publicity Secretary Association of Ndieze Ndigbo in the Diaspora, HRM Eze Dr Amb. ...
Read More »Kidney harvesting: Court grants Ekweremadu’s wife bail
A London court has granted Beatrice, wife of a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, bail. While she was granted bail, her husband, who is the lawmaker representing Enugu West Senatorial district, was denied bail. Ekweremadu, a barrister and former ...
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