The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 10 as public holiday to mark this year’s Mawlud Nabbiyy celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola announced this yesterday in Abuja on behalf of the Federal Government. He congratulated all Muslims at home and in the Diaspora for witnessing this year’s occasion. In a statement by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, the government admonished all Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, patience, tolerance and perseverance. It said these are deep spiritual virtues which Holy Prophet…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has lambasted the Federal Government for registering the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) as trade unions. The nation’s umbrella workers’ union argued that the registration of CONUA in particular was in violation of the nation’s labour laws. NLC President Ayuba Wabba said this at “A Roundtable On Decent Work Situation in Nigeria” yesterday in Abuja. On Tuesday, the Federal Government, through its Ministry of Labour and Employment, issued letters of recognition to CONUA and NAMDA. The government said with the letters, the two unions…
ABUJA – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the freed 23 passengers of the March 28, 2022, Abuja-Kaduna train attack who are recuperating at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) hospital in Kaduna. According to a statement by Buhari’s media aide, Garba Shehu, the meeting between the president and the freed hostages was an impromptu one. He said Buhari decided to visit the hospital to see the victims of the train attack after commissioning Cadets of 69 Regular Course (Army, Navy and Air Force) of the NDA, in Afaka, Kaduna State. The presidential spokesman also noted that before…
ABUJA – The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, will today deliver ruling in an application by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) seeking permission to appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court which asked the striking lecturers to resume duty. The industrial court had on September 21, granted an interlocutory order following an application to that effect by the Federal Government, ordering university lecturers to return to work pending the resolution of their dispute with government. Miffed by the ruling, ASUU through its counsel, Femi Falana (SAN), headed to the appellate court to seek redress.…
Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has returned to Nigeria. Tinubu, who left the country on September 24, returned on Thursday. The last time he was seen attending a public event physically was on September 22, when he met with members of the Pentecostal bishops’ forum in Abuja. During his time away, there had been concerns over his whereabouts, especially after he missed the signing of the peace accord for the 2023 elections.
Lionel Messi has revealed that 2022’s tournament in Qatar will be the final World Cup of his career. The 35-year-old announced the news on his future with the Argentina national team on Thursday. ‘This will be my last World Cup — for sure. The decision has been made,’ he told Argentine journalist Sebastian Vignolo. The Daily Mail reports. Messi is set to play in his fifth World Cup in Qatar – he has scored six goals in the previous four editions of the tournament. Four of those came in 2014 when the PSG star led Argentina to…
The United States Mission in Nigeria on Thursday met with Afrobeat superstar musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido to show the mission’s support for Nigeria’s fast-growing entertainment industry. The mission on its verified Twitter handle said, “The United States is glad to be a significant part of Nigeria’s rich musical industry. “Happy to meet Afrobeat superstar @davido earlier today as we talked about Nigeria’s fast-growing entertainment industry and how it’s a strong pillar of support for the U.S.-Nigeria partnership.” Davido and his team took pictures with the mission’s representative.
Deputy Director of All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday night, affirmed that the National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Adamu, cannot be held liable for the leaked letter accusing the party’s candidate, Bola Tinubu, of running a one-man show. Oshiomhole, who appeared on Arise News Television, exonerated the leadership of wrongdoing. The leaked letter, which further exposed the cracks within the ruling party, was allegedly written on Thursday by the APC national chairman accusing Tinubu, who is still on vacation in London, of running a one-man show. The scathing note also insinuated that…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities says it is approaching the National Industrial Court (NIC) over the Federal Government’s registration of the two factional unions. “ASUU is going to court. It is going to be the NIC,” ASUU’s lawyer, Femi Falana, told Channels Television on Thursday. The President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, also confirmed the development in a chat with our correspondent on Thursday morning. “He (Falana) is our lawyer. So, that is correct,” Osodeke said when asked to confirm the development. The Federal Government on Tuesday registered two factional academic unions – the Congress…
Ace Nigerian movie director, Kunle Afolayan, is set to produce ‘Anikulapo’, his hit movie, as a series. This was confirmed by Kunle Remi, the lead actor in the movie, via a post on his Instagram page on Wednesday. Sharing snippets from the film set, Remi revealed that questions that were left unanswered in the first installment of the movie will be attended to in the forthcoming series. “Even though Saro and Arolake’s case is still in court, my heart is full. PS: The journey just began, all unanswered questions in the series to come as confirmed by…