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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said it would deploy the same energy used for its two-day warning strike to implement an indefinite strike if the federal government fails to address its demands. The labour movement had earlier given the federal government’s 21-day ultimatum to resolve the dispute over palliatives to cushion the impact of fuel price hike or face total and indefinite strike. However, in a statement issued on Wednesday, to mark an end to the two-day warning strike, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, said the workers have made significant strides in achieving the goals set during the National Executive Council (NEC)…

Suspected bandits were said to have killed 16 out of 83 abducted health workers within eight years in Katsina State. Comrade Mannir Mohammed Suleiman, the state Chairman Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, stated this at a dinner organised in honour of Dr Shamsuddeen Yahaya for his reappointment as the Executive Secretary of the state Primary Health Care Agency in Katsina on Wednesday. Suleiman said 65 were released after payment of ransom, while 16 other health personnel were killed. Also read: Bandits Kill 16 health workers in Katsina “Out of the number, one person escaped with a bullet wound,…

Two Nigerian presidential candidates disappointed by the verdict of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal (PEPT) that affirmed Bola Tinubu’s victory at the February 2023 poll have headed to Supreme Court.  They are Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) who participated in the February 25, 2023 Presidential election. While the court on Wednesday threw out Atiku’s petitions, that of his Labour Party (LP) counterpart Peter Obi and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), the flagbearer of the main opposition party says he is undeterred and has instructed his lawyers to appeal the…

Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland are among the leading contenders to win this year’s men’s Ballon d’Or, while Spain World Cup star Aitana Bonmati leads the nominees announced on Wednesday for the women’s prize. Messi, who recently left Paris Saint-Germain for Inter Miami, is in with a chance of succeeding Karim Benzema and winning the Ballon d’Or for the eighth time in his remarkable career after leading Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar last year. Haaland may be his main rival for the prize after scoring 52 goals in 53 games to help Manchester City win the treble of…

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, on Wednesday, upheld the election of President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The five-man panel of the Tribunal was led by Justice Haruna Tsammani. This development followed petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar; the Labour Party and its candidate, Peter Obi, challenging the victory of Tinubu as the winner of the presidential election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission on March 1. Also read: Presidential Tribunal dismisses LP’s 25% FCT votes claim The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal, Wednesday, rejected 15 out…

The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja has dismissed the Labour Party’s 25% FCT votes claim stating that the FCT residents have no special privileges as the petitioners claimed. Haruna Tsammani, the head of the five-member bench, made the pronouncement in his judgement on the petition filed by Mr Obi and his party to challenge the election of President Bola Tinubu. The Court ruled that a presidential candidate does not need to score 25% of votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as the law states that for one to become President, he must score 25%, one-quarter, in one-third…

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has thrown out a suit brought before it by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking the disqualification of Vice President Kashim Shettima. The party had argued that Tinubu was improperly sponsored by the All Progressives Congress, APC, for nominating Shettima as his vice-presidential candidate for the election. The opposition party had claimed that Shettima was still the APC candidate for Borno Central Senatorial District on July 14 when he accepted the nomination for vice-presidential candidate. Delivering ruling on the case on Wednesday, Justice Haruna Tsammani ruled that it is a pre-election matter, and that it…

Today is judgment day at the Presidential Election Tribunal Court, Abuja where verdict of the petition against the emergence of Bola Tinubu as President of Nigeria is being delivered. Tension is mounting as Justice Haruna Tsammani is reading his lead judgement and the the plaintiffs and defendants of the unpredictable election result are piping their hearts. In the crowded court, Vice President, Kashim Shettima; Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, Labour party chairman Julius Abure, APC chairman Abdullahi Ganduje, and others are in attendance. The APC governors present are those of Kogi, Yahaya Bello; Nassarawa, Abdullahi Sule; Imo,…

Following announcement by University of Uyo (UNIUYO) for the convocation of graduates of 26th, 27th, and 28th academic sessions, the institution has fixed grace period for graduands to pay fees. A press release signed by Prof.(Mrs). Enoidem B. Usoro, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Admin as the Chairman, Convocation Planning Committee as well as Mrs. Blossom E. Okorie, Registrar and Secretary to Senate, said the university will celebrate the academic achievements of students for 2017/2018, 2018/2019, and 2019/2020 sessions. Dates From Wednesday, November 8, 2023, to Saturday, November 11, 2023 Graduands Honorary Degrees, Higher Degrees, First Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates Fees (Early Payment) N15,000…

Nigeria has the capacity to produce more than five billion cubic feet gas per day by 2030, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, said.   Ekpo told attendees of the ongoing Gastech Conference in Singapore that the country has access to funds needed to expand production, without revealing more details. According to him, “In Nigeria, it has been declared a decade of gas from 2020 to 2030. So, by 2030, we’ll get to 5.5 billion cubic feet of daily production (57 billion cubic meters a year).”  Also read: Nigeria explores paltry 1.7% gas reserves – Ekpo reveals While Ekpo…