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ILO, unions, seeks effective use of Nigerian govt’s SOP for recruitment of migrant workers

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

By Michael Paul In a bid to promote ethical and fair recruitment of Nigerian migrant workers, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Nigeria Labour Congress have called for more awareness on the contents of the Federal Government Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for International Recruitment of Nigerian Migrant Workers. The...

Poll: PEPC to conduct pre-hearing today in petitions by Obi, AA, APP

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

The Justice Haruna Tsammani-led five-member panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has announced that it would commence its pre-hearing session today with three petitions. They are the petitions by Action Alliance (AA) marked: CA/PEPC/01/2023; Action Peoples Party (APP) marked: CA/PEPC/02/2023 and Peter Obi & Labour Party (LP) marked:...

Drake Shows His DNA Ancestry, Says He Is 30% Nigerian

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

Canadian rapper, Aubrey Drake Graham popularly known as Drake, has shared the result of his DNA test. The rapper shared a screenshot of the result via his Instagram story on Monday saying it is his father’s result. In the result, Nigeria has the highest percentage of ethnicity with 30% followed...

10th NASS: APC’s micro-zoning faces setback

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

*Parliamentary Network insists on independence of 10th Assembly, equity, fairness. *Independence of 10th NASS non-negotiable. *Executive interference must be rejected. Following recent developments in the build-up to the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly and the election of its Presiding Officers, members of the Parliamentary Advocacy Network (PAN, Nigeria), a...

5 Justices to determine Atiku, Obi fates

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

Justice Haruna Tsammani, Justice Ugoh, Justice Bolaju Yusuf, Justice Abba Mohammed and Justice Stephen Adah

Presidential Tribunal: Heavy Security Presence

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

*as Tribunal Set to hear Obi, Atiku’s Petitions By Paul Williams As the presidential election petition tribunal is set to hear the Petitions of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP and that of Peter Gregory Obi of the Labour Party, LP, there is Heavy Security Presence around...

Yul Edochie’s Second Wife, Judy Austin, Speaks On How God Fought Her Battles

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

Judy Austin, the second wife of Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has spoken on how God has been fighting her battles since childhood. She said this in a video she shared on her husband’s verified Facebook account on Sunday. The actress said that God came through for her during delivery when...

Why I Visited Soyinka – Obi

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Sunday visited nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. Sharing photos of the visit on his Twitter page late Sunday, Obi said he visited Soyinka to clear the air concerning the relationship between the literary icon and the OBIdient Movement. Obi wrote, “Today,...

Inaugurating a new President on May 29 is not absolute

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

By ALOY EJIMAKOR Yesterday (May 4, 2023), I tweeted on my Twitter handle that “Given that the FINALITY of election result is decided by the Court, except where the INEC-declared result is uncontested, it’s unconstitutional to swear-in a winner whose victory has not been affirmed by the Court. Where’s the...

Fireworks as presidential tribunal begins today

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

*President of Court of Appeal to name five Justices to hear petitions today *Security has already been tightened around the Three Arms Zone By Augustine Aminu The Presidential Election Tribunal is now prepared to hear the petitions filed by presidential candidates of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party, Peter...