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Malta Saga: Coalition Calls for Independent Leadership for NNPCL, Oil and Gas Agencies

NewsDeskNgAug 18, 2024August 18, 20240

***Wants Independent Judicial Inquiry by FG to Unravel Fraud The Citizens and Economic Freedom Rights Activists in Nigeria (CEFRAN) has called for an independent leadership for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and oil and gas agencies, as well as an independent judicial inquiry by the Federal Government to...

Nationwide Protests: Group Wants Urgent Prosecution of Sponsors

NewsDeskNgAug 18, 2024August 18, 20240

*Commends Security Agencies Over Arrest of Bashir Hadeija The Citizens United Against Terrorism (CUAT) has called for an immediate prosecution of highly placed Nigerians involved in the sponsoring of the last nationwide protest. The group also commended security agencies for the arrest of alleged gunrunner and cross-border criminal, Bashir Hadejia....

Family announces burial arrangement of late Chief, Sir, Engr. Dr. Ernest Madu Onyekwena

NewsDeskNgAug 18, 2024August 18, 20240

…As Soludo, Peter Obi, Ali Pate, others confirm attendance The Family of late Chief, Sir, Engr. Dr. Ernest Madu Onyekwena, has slated Friday 30th to Saturday 31st August 2024, for the funeral arrangements in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The late Onyekwena, popularly called Omekannaya 1...

NLC – Wage award different from N70,000 minimum wage

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Lagos State Chapter, says the N35,000 wage award in the state should not be taken as part of or in lieu of the N70,000 new minimum wage recently passed into law. The State NLC Chairman, Funmi Sessi, who gave this explanation in Lagos on Friday,...

UNICEF seeks support for out-of-school children

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has called on families, schools, and other stakeholders to support teenage girls who dropped out of school due to pregnancy issues to complete their studies. UNICEF Education Specialist, Azuka Mentiki, made this appeal at a two-day stakeholders meeting in Ibadan. The meeting was organized...

Soldiers are harassing us on South-East roads – Igbo women cry out

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

Igbo women under the aegis of the Igbo Women Assembly, IWA, have appealed to the Federal Government to withdraw the soldiers deployed across checkpoints in the South-East region. They said the soldiers are constituting more problems rather than solving them, adding that they are more interested in extorting money from...

Resident Doctors protest prolonged colleague’s abduction

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

The National Association of Resident Doctors NARD, Osun State University, UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital Chapter have staged a peaceful protest to demand the unconditional release of their colleague Dr Ganiyat Popoola. The doctors who trooped out en masse on Friday said the protest is in solidarity with their colleague, Dr Popoola...

Obasanjo – Claims of my Igbo paternity makes me laugh

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said the claim of his Igbo paternity makes him laugh as he does not believe anybody in Nigeria should be driven away from any part of the country. Obasanjo added that irrespective of the cultural differences “we own this country together.” The former president stated...

Presidential Jets Seizure: Regulate international debts of Nigerian states – Idam to NASS

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

Activist, Madubuachi Idam on Friday urged the National Assembly to draw up legislation that would regulate the international debt of states in Nigeria. Idam said the seizure of Nigeria’s presidential jets in France by a Chinese company should be an eye-opener for the National Assembly to act accordingly. He noted...

227,494 persons affected, 32,837 houses damaged in 27 states

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, says a total of 227,494 persons are affected and 32,837 houses damaged by flood in 27 states across the country. NEMA added that 16,488 hectares of farmland with crops have also been destroyed. In a statement issued by NEMA’s spokesperson, Ezekiel Manzo on Thursday...