The immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, at the weekend, described his successor, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, as a disappointment to the people of the state. Mimiko, who is now the Leader of ZLP, spoke at Ile-Oluji in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area during the campaign tour of the governorship candidate of his party, Agboola Ajayi. He described his successor’s government as anti-people because of the cancellation of free health and increase in tuition fees paid by tertiary institutions in the state. The governor, while reacting to Dr Mimiko’s comment through the spokesman of Akeredolu/Aiyedatiwa campaign organisation, Olabode Richard,…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended the strike they scheduled to begin on Monday. The NLC and TUC had called for a nationwide strike to protest against the increase in electricity tariff and the price of petroleum. The unions suspended the action after brokering an agreement with the federal government over the electricity tariff and petrol price hikes. After a meeting in the early hours of Monday, Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, read a communique announcing the decision reached by both parties. According to the communique, a technical committee comprising labour…
Big brother Naija housemate and top finalist, Laycon has emerged the winner of the Lockdown edition 2020. Laycon was declared the winner of the 2020 lockdown edition of the show on Sunday after he beat other housemates with the highest number of votes from viewers.
Big Brother Naija housemate, Nengi has emerged the 2nd runner up in the lockdown edition of the show 2020. Nengi was the third housemate to be evicted among the 5 finalists
Lockdown housemate, Emuobonuvie ‘Neo’ Akpofure and vee has been evicted from the Big Brother Naija house. They were evicted during the live eviction show on Sunday night.
The federal government has called for a meeting, at 7 p.m. today, with labour leaders to avert tomorrow’s scheduled nationwide protest. The labour unions, NLC and TUC, had fixed the march to protest the recent increase in the prices of petrol and electricity. The protest is expected to herald a natiowide strike to protest the price increase. Two earlier meetings held over the matter, including one held last Thursday, were unsuccessful. After Thursday’s meeting, the next meeting was initially scheduled to hold tomorrow. The spokesperson of the labour ministry, Charles Akpan, confirmed the Sunday meeting in a phone interview with…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday insisted that it will carry on with its proposed strike action over the increase of electricity tariff and petrol price. The NLC made this known after a closed-door meeting between its leadership and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Speaking to newsmen after the meeting, NLC President Ayuba Wabba said the strike will only be called off if the federal government makes a u-turn before 12 midnight today. On the court order stopping the strike, the NLC president said the organization has not been served with the order and cannot…
The Defence Headquarters. says 13 Boko Haram terrorists alongside six women and 17 children from Kodila village, have surrendered to troops of 151 Task Force Battalion at Banki Junction in Bama Local Government Area of Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Enenche said the terrorists surrendered due to sustained aerial bombardment and aggressive intensive clearance operation by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in the North East. He said the suspects and their family members who surrendered on Saturday, had been receiving medical attention at a military medical facility.…
The Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole under subsidiary ‘Operation Hail Storm 2’, has eliminated scores of terrorists in massive air strikes on their camps in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Enenche said the latest success was the massive destruction of Boko Haram camps at Tongule on Sept. 24 as well as those at Bone and Isari B Musa on Sept. 25. He explained that the air strike on Tongule was undertaken after surveillance missions revealed continued assembly of the terrorists within the settlement at nighttime.…
The Armed Forces has said 18 and not 30 persons as widely reported died in the Book Haram ambush on Borno Governor Babagana Zulum. Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, said only 10 policemen, four soldiers and four civilians were killed in the ambush at Barwati village. According to the statement, the victims were killed by explosion from the multiple Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted on the road by the terrorists. The statement partly reads: “The convoy of the Borno State Civilians Relocation Committee comprising Armed Forces of Nigeria, Nigeria Police Force and Civilian Joint Task Force was…