(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Organised Labour said the one-week grace period given to the Federal Government last Tuesday, June 4, 2024, would expire by the midnight of Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Labour said should the Federal Government and National Assembly fail to act on the demands of workers by tomorrow (Tuesday), the organs of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – State governors have called on the federal government to enforce a “no-meter, no-service” policy for all new electricity connections in the country. The plea was outlined in the Development of the National Integrated Electricity Policy & Strategic Implementation Plan: Policy Recommendations by State Governments to the Federal Ministry of Power document from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says that the rescheduled rerun election for the Enugu South 1 State Constituency was postponed due to security reasons. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dr Chukwuemeka Chukwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Sunday that the postponed election was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission has declared that All Progressives Congress (APC) won all 17 chairmanship seats and 178 councillor positions in the just concluded local government elections. Announcing the winners after the collation of all results, the Chairman of the Commission, Dr Mamman Mohammed, explained that other political parties participated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Ondo State governorship election Agboola Ajayi has named Festus Akingbaso as his running mate for the exercise. Akingbaso popularly known as Fessy West is a member of the House of Representatives representing Idanre/Ifedore Constituency. Before now, he was a member of the Ondo State […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former National Vice Chairman, North-West, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Salihu Lukman has questioned the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project expected to gulp N15 trillion. Lukman believes the government should have channeled the money into more pressing issues like education among others and maintains that the APC has poorly managed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Controversial Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has stated that the proposed N62, 000 minimum wage by the Federal government should also be extended to Governors as well as Nigerian lawmakers both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. The spiritual director of the Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria, disclosed this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has urged stakeholders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to pursue compensation, and not litigation to resolve land disputes in the nation’s capital. The President stated this when he commissioned the Guzape Lot II Infrastructure Project in Abuja on Saturday. He said the completion of the project was testament […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has declared a state of emergency in the education sector. The governor made this declaration while distributing educational materials to schools, awarding scholarships to students and soft loans to teachers on Saturday. At the event, the governor announced that the state government has recruited over 5,000 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, stated that the last general election was characterised by fraud and a lot of irregularities. Obi stated this in his X account saying that the poll was disturbed by glitches irrespective of the huge sum of money spent to execute the exercise. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – On Saturday, the Nigeria Labour Congress accused state governors of acting in bad faith concerning matters of minimum wage negotiations. The Congress in a statement kicked against the claim by governors that the payment of N60,000 monthly as minimum wage to workers won’t be possible. It is worth recalling that governors under […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former presidential aide, Doyin Okupem says President Bola Tinubu was the best among all the 2023 presidential candidates. Okupe stated this when he appeared on Channels Television saying that Tinubu is better than the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar regarding capacity. Okupe […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – In line with the United Nations (UN) principles of leaving no one behind in all spheres of lives, people living with Disability in Enugu State, have advocated establishment of a Disability Commission in the state, urging governor Peter Mbah to consider it as a matter of importance and urgency. According to them, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following several hours of meeting on Friday, the Federal Government and the organised private sector have increased their offer for the new minimum wage to N62,000 from the earlier N60,000. However, the organised labour is proposing N250,000 which is a shift from its earlier N494,000. This brings to and end the deliberations […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has faulted the national minimum wage Act which mandates governors of all the Nigerian 36 states to pay a uniform minimum wage to the workers in their various states. A former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has faulted the national minimum wage Act which mandates governors of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria Labour Congress has slammed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, for describing Monday’s nationwide strike by organised labour as a “treasonable felony and economic sabotage”. While kicking against the SGF’s insinuations, the NLC stated that the former Benue State Governor’s statement has opened up his personality. In […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said it will soon commence the disconnection of South-East government houses/offices, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) offices, Nigerian Army and others to recover a whooping over N180 billion electricity debt being owed the organization. The company stated this Friday in a statement issued by its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Thursday applauded the federal government’s suspension of the 300 dollars helicopter landing and take-off levy as a step in the right direction. The AON made this known in a statement signed by its Spokesperson, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, in Lagos. Okonkwo commended the Minister of Aviation […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Members of the legal team of the detained leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, have submitted a full list of judgements in the matter to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, at the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja. The leader of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government says it will initiate processes to possibly relocate Ikoyi prison and some of other correctional centres from urban centres in the country to other areas. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday. The minister said urbanisation has eaten into the setbacks […]
