The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday declared a total nationwide strike effective Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The leadership of the two unions reached the resolution after an extraordinary National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, an official told The PUNCH under the condition of anonymity because he…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, says security measures had been adopted at all levels to ensure the security of corp members serving in the state. The said this on Tuesday while declaring opened the 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream 1 Orientation Course by the National Youth Service Corps NYSC), at its temporary camp at Government…
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on has upheld the judgment of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal, which declared former Plateau state governor Simon Lalong as winner of the Plateau South Senatorial election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Napoleon Bali of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the election, having…
The federal government has unveiled the first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion centre in Kaduna. Speaking at the inauguration of the Conversion Centre in Kakau, Chikun LGA of Kaduna state, the Director of Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas, Micheal Oluwagbemi, said President Bola Tinubu has resolved to invest in the use of Compressed Natural…
The police have rescued a Andrew Amana, catholic priest who was abducted by bandits at his residence at St. Francis Catholic Church, Godogodo, Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state. In a statement on Monday, Mansur Hassan, spokesperson of the Kaduna state police command, said the clergy man was abducted on November 3, 2023, in…
Two suspected gun manufacturers have been arrested by troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Vom, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau state. The military security outfit also recovered 20 caches of automatic weapons from the suspects. Addressing a press conference on Saturday in Jos, the Media Officer, OPSH, Captain Oya James, gave the…
