Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday urged the National Population Commission (NPC) to create accurate, credible and acceptable data with the forthcoming 2023 Census. He said such document would assist the country in planning and formulating policies. Obasanjo made the call during a courtesy visit by the NPC Executive Chairman Nasir Kwarra, who came alongside with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Representative in Nigeria and other officials of the commission at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta. According to him, if a credible and accurate census is achieved by the NPC, it will help the nation in…
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The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate an impeachment report of the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, allegedly moved by some lawmakers, especially from the North, over the consideration and passage of the controversial National Water Resources Bill. This was disclosed at a press conference held to dismiss a media report (not by The PUNCH), which claimed that some lawmakers pushing for passage of the bill were threatening the Speaker with impeachment. The leaders of the main caucuses as well as the spokesman for the lower chamber jointly held a press conference after the plenary on Tuesday. In attendance were the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress and its affiliate unions on Wednesday in Abuja continued their solidarity protest in support of the five-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, among others are currently leading the Day 2 protest in solidarity with ASUU in Abuja. The PUNCH had reported the union defiled warnings by the Federal Government and took to the streets of major cities in the country on Tuesday to protest against the failure of the Federal Government to resolve the five-month strike…
Some Nigerians on Twitter, Tuesday, expressed displeasure as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila resumed in a university in the United States of America despite the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a development to rally support for the striking lecturers, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) began a two-day protest across the country over the failure of the federal government to meet the demands of the union. Gbajabiamila had on Tuesday tweeted via his verified Twitter handle, @femigbaja that he had gone back to the Harvard Kennedy School. Back to class.…
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared four work-free days for public workers to register and collect their Permanent Voter Cards(PVCs) ahead of the deadline on July 30. Starting from Tuesday, public workers from different grades have been scheduled on the expected day to be off from work for the exercise. Lagos Head of Service Hakeem Muri-Okunola, in a statement, encouraged workers to be involved in the electoral process. He informed public workers on Grade Levels 01, 03, 07 and 15 are excluded from work on Tuesday; Wednesday for GL 02, 04, 08 and 13; Thursday for GL 05, 09,…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, has said that the workers’ union will embark on a three-day nationwide strike if the Federal Government fails to accede to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities after the ongoing two-day warning protest organised by the NLC. Wabba, who spoke in an interview with Channels TV ‘Sunrise Daily’, also stated that the workers’ union embarked on a two-day protest against the ongoing ASUU strike not just as a show of solidarity, but because the strike directly affected the NLC. He said, “The two-day warning strike is to call…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Lagos State chapter has issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government to resolve the ongoing strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking at protest in Ikeja, Lagos NLC chairperson, Mrs Agnes Sessy, urged government to act or risk another #ENDSARS protest. The NLC and other university unions took to the streets of Lagos to protest the ongoing ASUU strike on Tuesday. She said: “If the Federal Government does not resolve the strike within two weeks, there would be nationwide mass protest. In fact, the ENDSARS protest would…
In solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday joined a nation widen rally in Abeokuta, the State capital. The protest is in solidarity with the university lecturers, who have been on strike since five months ago. Efforts by ASUU and the Muhammadu Buhari-led government to persuade the academics to call off the strike have been hitting the rock since February. Baffled by the failure of the Federal Government to address the issues behind the strike action, the NLC declared a nationwide protest. In…
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) Ibadan Zonal Command, on Monday said it has arrested 34 suspected internet fraudsters in Oyo state. According to a statement by EFCC, “twenty-one of the suspects were arrested on July 25, 2022, in a sting operation at Apete and Ijokodo areas and the remaining 13 suspects were formally arrested on Friday, July 22, 2022, at Airport road, Alakia and Ologuneru, Ibadan.” “The suspects arrested by EFCC operatives have been alleged of committing fraudulent activities in Ibadan. The recovered items are exotic cars, laptops, different brands of mobile phones and several…
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate to confirm 19 nominees as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The confirmation request to the upper chamber was contained in a letter dated 25 July 2022. The letter was read at plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. President Buhari, in the letter, said that the request for the confirmation of the nominees was in accordance with the provisions of Section 154 (1) of the Nigerian Constitution. He explained that the nomination of five Resident Electoral Commissioners is for renewal, while the other 14…