Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigeria Judiciary to end the avalanche of post- elections litigations in Nigeria. Jonathan gave the charge while inaugurating the multi-million naira State High Court edifice equipped with modern facilities and 24 hours power supply. The project was completed by the…
Police Command in Rivers says three people lost their lives in a fuel tanker explosion that took place in the state on Tuesday. The tragic incident occurred when a petrol-laden tanker veered off the road, colliding with a taxi and bursting into flames at the Obiri Ikwerre flyover section of the East-West Road around 9:00…
Park rangers are once again reminding the public to give wildlife their space after a woman from Upstate South Carolina was seriously injured by a bison out West. A press release from the National Park Service says an 83-year-old woman from Greenville, South Carolina was gored by a bison on June 1 in Yellowstone National…
Minister of Works, David Umahi, said on Tuesday that he was shocked by the activities of vandals on the structure of the 2nd Niger Bridge, particularly the destruction of the expansion joints used to absorb the thermal expansions of the bridge. This followed a viral video showing the damage done to the bridge. Umahi said…
Abia North Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu, has recommended a new minimum wage of ₦90,000 for Nigerian workers. The lawmaker made the suggestion during plenary on Tuesday while contributing to a debate on the ongoing dispute over the minimum wage between the federal government and organized labour. He argued that stakeholders should be able to settle…
President Bola Tinubu has met with federal government team on the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage at the State House, Abuja, amidst the industrial crisis being led by the organized Labour.The meeting, which came an hour before the resumption of negotiations between labour and government, had in attendance Minister of Finance, Wale Edun;…
Flooding hit several locations in two eastern provinces, two rare tornados were spotted, temperatures plunged and snow fell in some central regions. At least 11 people died in Eastern Cape, a spokesperson from Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, at the heart of the floods, told AFP. More than 2,000 people have been evacuated from Nelson Mandela…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the naming of the full-scope Arterial road N20 from Northern Parkway to the Outer Northern Expressway (otherwise called the Murtala Mohammed Expressway), as the Wole Soyinka Way. The president stated this during his address at the inauguration of the road in Abuja on Tuesday, June 4, where he described the…
“Until we hear from our organs at our meeting scheduled for today 4th June, we are still on strike,” the labour union said in a post on its X handle early Tuesday. NLC’s comment came hours after the Federal Government convened a meeting with labour unions, including the Trade Union Congress (TUC) held at the…
