The organised labour has vowed to reject any ₦62,000 or ₦100,000 minimum wage proposal for Nigerian workers by the federal government. In an interview on Channels Television on Monday, Chris Onyeka, Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), described such a proposal as a “starvation wage”. Onyeka said labour won’t accept the latest…
The presiding Catholic priest of St.Thomas Parish, Zaman Dabo Community, in the Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state, Rev. Fr. Gabriel Ukeh, has been abducted by bandits. Ukeh was said to have been abducted at the parish rectory in the early hours of Sunday. Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Kazah, the Vicar General, confirmed the…
Troops of Operation Whirl Punch (OPWP), have neutralised five bandits during a patrol along the Kachia-Kajuru axis, Kaduna state. In a statement on Sunday, Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, said the bandits met their Waterloo in Dantarau general area of Kajuru LGA. He said report of the incident was…
Agbu runs Taraba as personal estate, surrounded by incompetent aides, says APC chieftai By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo A chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, Alhaji Aliyu Zubairu has criticised the state governor, Agbu Kefas, for appointing inexperienced people in his cabinet. At a news conference on Sunday in Jalingo…
By Callistus Agwaza in, Jalingo A Non Governmental Organization (NGO) – Taraba Concern Citizens (TCC), has raised the alarm over alleged diversion of federal government palliatives sent to the 16 Local Governments and Development Areas of Taraba state for distribution. Address a news conference on Sunday in Jalingo, the state capital, Timothy Gayus, Coordinator of…
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered the final forfeiture of NOK University and all of its assets said to be linked to one Anthony Hassan, a former director of finance and accounts at the federal ministry of health. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had in 2022, alleged that Hassan diverted…
