FACT-CHECK: 7 Things FG, NLC Agreed on Before Strike Suspension
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have suspended their planned industrial strike scheduled to take off on Wednesday. This happened after a dialogue with the federal government on Monday night. The meeting resulted in the signing of a documented agreement between the two labour unions and the federal government. The […]
BREAKING: NLC, TUC Suspend Planned Strike, Set Date To Reconvene
The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Monday night suspended their industrial action scheduled for Wednesday. Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, made this known. Gbajabiamila spoke after a meeting of the Federal Government and Organised Labour at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Labour had […]
Subsidy Removal: State Govt. Reduces Workdays For Civil Servants
Subsidy Removal: State Govt. Reduces Workdays For Civil Servants Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara state on Monday directed that the workdays of public workers be reduced from five days to three days per week. The State Head of Service, Mrs Susan Modupe Oluwole announced the directive in Ilorin, saying that the state government approved […]
Just In: Governor Makinde Announces His Anointed Candidate For 10th Oyo Assembly Speaker
The race for the Speakership of the 10th Oyo Assembly may have been settled as Governor Seyi Makinde, Executive Governor of Oyo State publicly declared his support for the current Speaker of the house, Hon Debo Ogundoyin as the 10th Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly. Governor Makinde made this announcement during the commission […]
2015 to 2023: How Governors Amassed Billions in Debts for Their Successors
Since the May 29 inauguration of new governors across 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states, claims of poor handling of states’ finances have been made of previous administrations. President Bola Tinubu inherited a ₦2.8 billion debt owed to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC). His unwillingness to service it immediately forced the NNPC to abandon its […]
Finally, Governor Makinde Opens Up On Why Auxiliary Was Sacked As Oyo PMS Chairman
…assured residents of adequate security The Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde on Sunday broke silently over sacked Chairman off n, Disciplinary Committee, Oyo State Park Management System (PMS), Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi a.k.a Auxiliary. The governor said he has weeded the big stick by dissolving PMS, saying no meaningful activities can take place in an […]
BREAKING: Makinde Appoints New PMS Chairman
BREAKING: Makinde Appoints New PMS Chairman The Oyo State government has announced Alhaji Oluwatomiwa Omolewa, former Park Management System (PMS) Secretary, as the new Chairman. According to a statement signed by the Oyo Chief Press Secretary, Sulaimon Olanrewaju, Alhaji Kasali Ajisafe Lawal aka Baba Bola will also serve as the secretary. ALSO READ: EXPLAINER: […]
Government Demolishes Structures Built on Public Land (PHOTOS)
Government Demolishes Structures Built on Public Land (PHOTOS) The Kano State Government has ordered the demolition of buildings allegedly constructed on government-owned land in the state during the lifetime of the previous administration. Equipment were mobilised to some of the affected locations in the dead hours of Friday where the bulldozing took […]
After 11 Years Of ‘Occupy Nigeria’, Tinubu Toes Painful Path to Economic Rebirth
A radical shift from years of prodigal spending of scarce resources on fuel subsidy needs little or no persuasion in the light of biting economic realities. But beyond Mr President’s ‘subsidy is gone’ slur, is the imperative of a clear-cut socio-economic plan and programmes to cushion the domino effects of the post-subsidy era. KINGSLEY JEREMIAH, […]
CONSTITUTION VIEW: Can Gbajabiamila Become Tinubu’s Chief Of Staff
On Thursday, several newspapers reported the appointment of Femi Gbajabiamila, current House of Representatives Speaker, as new Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Bola Tinubu. According to some reports here, and there, Tinubu introduced the speaker as his CoS during a meeting with security chiefs at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday morning. There was […]