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NLC to FG – Revert to quo before negotiations

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday, insisted that the Federal Government reverse the band A electricity tariff before negotiating with the union. On April 3, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, announced the approval of a new electricity tariff for band A customers. The adjustment was from N68/kwh to...

Enugu Govt. – We’ve taken measures to secure our farmers

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The Enugu State Government said it has taken proactive and tested measures to ensure the security and safety of farmers to boost food sufficiency in the state. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro Industrialisation, Patrick Ubru, made this known in an interview on Monday in Enugu. According to the Commissioner,...

JUST IN: Appeal Court slashes atheist, Mubarak Bala’s 24-year blasphemy sentence

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The Appeal Court sitting in Kano has reduced the 24-year sentence handed to an atheist, Mubarak Bala, to five years. Bala is the President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria. He was arrested at his residence in Kaduna over alleged blasphemy and incitement. A Kano State High Court had in...

IPAC: All eyes on INEC to conduct free, fair election in Edo, Ondo

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

All eyes will be on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free, fair, credible, acceptable and inclusive governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States. The Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Yusuf Dantalle, made the assertion, on Monday in Abuja at the second regular quarterly consultative meeting...

Ondo Polls: INEC gives deadline for submission of names

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced May 20, 2024 as deadline for political parties contesting in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election, to submit names of their candidates. This was made known on Monday by the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, during a consultative meeting with political party leaders...

Ajaero leads protest at NERC headquarters in Abuja

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, is currently leading a protest against the recent hike in electricity tariff at the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Workers, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, stormed offices of electricity...

Hundreds of aggrieve NLC members shut down KEDCO, NERC offices in Kano

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in their hundreds, on Monday, stormed the office of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company and shut down its operations in grievance over the recent power tariff hike across the country. The organized Labour also picketed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, in Kano...

NDLEA sets up special squads against open sale, consumption of drugs in FCT

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has inaugurated special squads to curtail open sales and consumption of illicit drugs in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Commander of Narcotics NDLEA, FCT Command, Kabiru Tsakuba, said this in an interview on Monday in Abuja. Tsakuwa said the approach would be...

Ex-PDP BoT member, Idahosa rejoins APC

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

The former member of the Board of the Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a former ally of Governor Godwin Obaseki, Charles Idahosa has rejoined the All Progressives Congress, APC. Idahosa said he was rejoining the party he left with Obaseki about four years ago to ensure...

Hunters reportedly rescue baby buried alive in Benue

NewsDeskNgMay 13, 2024May 13, 20240

Some hunters in Benue community have rescued a baby reportedly buried alive in Buruku Local Government Area of the state. According to a resident of the area, who simply identified himself as Terna, the incident took place in the Ashav Kusuv community. He stated that hunters found the baby and...