The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has expressed sadness over the death of the National President, National Council of Women Societies, Lami Adamu-Lau, which occurred on Tuesday. Ms Kennedy-Adamu, who visited the NCWS headquarters in Abuja, described the late Adamu-Lau as a mother and committed towards uplifting Nigerian women. She said, “She was a mother and sister who was passionate towards uplifting Nigerian women and ending all forms of violence and harmful practices against women and girls. She was a humble and compassionate mother and sister whose earnest pursuit as the leader of the council was to ensure the…
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Kaduna State lawmaker Henry Marah has faulted ex-governor Nasir El-Rufai’s claim of running leading an administration of integrity, saying he “mercilessly” depleted the state’s resources and acquired humongous loans worth over $700 million on projects that would take at least 20 years to complete. Mr Marah stated that Mr El-Rufai left his successor wallowing in $758 million debt that he couldn’t account for. Mr Marah is the chairman of the committee investigating Mr El-Rufai’s alleged financial misconduct during his eight-year term which ended in May 2023. The lawmaker argued that it was absurd that the state only incurred $235 million…
The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, and others. Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole,Gift Habib and Princess Etuk Kindly share this story: The Federal Government and Organised Labour on Wednesday adjourned the minimum wage talks till Thursday (today) when the negotiation is expected to continue. The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage postponed the session in anticipation of the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, submitting the salary template to President Bola Tinubu today. Tinubu had on Tuesday directed the finance minister to present the cost implications for a new minimum wage within two days. The President gave the order at a meeting with…
The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking an upward review of salaries, allowances and other fringe benefits of judicial officers in the country. This followed the adoption of the report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters presented by the Chairman of the committee, Senator Mohammed Monguno (APC, Borno North). If the bill, earlier passed by the House of Representatives, is assented to by the President, the Chief Justice of Nigeria will get an annual salary of N64m. The President of the Court of Appeal will be entitled to N62.4m, while Justices of the Supreme Court…
The Police Command in Kaduna State has confirmed a failed kidnap attempt by gunmen on Wednesday night on the Paramount Ruler of Ninzo Chiefdom, Alhaji Umar Musa. The chiefdom is in the state’s Sanga Local Government Area. The spokesperson of the command, ASP Mansir Hassan, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria that “the whereabouts of the chief’s wife was still unknown.” Mansir said that security operatives have since been deployed to the forests around Sanga in search of the wife. THE LOUNGE: After Cheating With Husband’s Brother, Woman Realises She Was Husband’s Backup Option 0:08 / 1:01 The Ninzo…
The Nigerian Army has reacted to the allegation levelled against its troops by Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, describing it as false, mischievous and campaign of calumny Ekpa had alleged that troops of the Nigerian Army were carrying out mass killing of Igbos at a river and dumping the bodies in water in the Southeast region. Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director of Army Public Relations disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the report by Ekpa was targeted at inciting people against the troops. According to Nwachukwu,…
Twenty-five students of the Ajayi Crowther University in Oyo State were on Wednesday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Court in connection with the murder of Alex Timileyin, a student who was beaten to death by his colleagues for allegedly stealing a mobile phone. The students, aged between 18 and 34, have been remanded in prison until July 8 pending trial. An activist from Itsekiri in the Warri Kingdom, Delta State identified as ‘Lord Of Warri’ disclosed the development on X.com. PUNCH Online reports that Timileyin was beaten to death inside a hostel known as Shepherd Inn on the school premises by…
Olugbenga Edema, a former chairman of OSOPADEC and a gubernatorial aspirant of the APC, has left the ruling party. He has been selected as the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) candidate for the Ondo State gubernatorial election on November 16, 2024. Edema was chosen as the party’s standard-bearer during a substituted primary election held in Akure on Wednesday. This election was conducted to replace Ayeni Oluwatosin, the former NNPP candidate, who voluntarily withdrew from the race. NNPP State Chairman, Mr. Peter Olagookun, confirmed Oluwatosin’s withdrawal, stating that it was done to pave the way for a stronger candidacy. Olagookun expressed…
The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the Nov. 16 election in Ondo State, has withdrawn from the race. Recall that Ayeni got the party’s ticket by polling 100 votes to defeat his sole rival, Prof. Ibrahim Ajagunna, at the party’s primary on April 26. Ayeni, in his letter of withdrawal made available to journalists on Wednesday in Akure, said that his withdrawal was in the interest of the party. “ I, Ayeni, Oluwatosin Israel, a governorship candidate of NNPP for the November 16, 2024 election in Ondo State, hereby voluntarily withdraw my candidacy from the…
A nurse, Lucy Likeh, has gone missing after visiting a park in the Federal Capital Territory to send a parcel to her friend. The 28-year-old said to be working with a private organisation at MKK Plaza in Jabi, Abuja was said to have been at Zuba Park to send a parcel to her friend in Minna, Niger State, on Friday. After she visited the park, the nurse’s whereabouts have remained unknown, and her mobile phone switched off. She was said to be wearing a black tracksuit and a black/white chiffon shirt with a fez cap when she was last seen.…