Air Peace has distanced itself from the circumstances surrounding the arrest of President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. In a statement on Monday, ailine said the arrest has wrongly been linked to a petition it filed over the disruption of its services by the NLC in 2023. The airline disclosed that the…
The residence of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a Kaduna based Islamic cleric was gutted by fire on Saturday. No life was lost in the inferno said to have lasted for about four hours. Gumi’s family resident was not affected by the fire, however, the Girls Secondary School, established by the cleric is located upstairs within the…
The Nigeria Police Force has recorded significant breakthroughs in its ongoing offensive against terrorism and banditry, following the rescue of 309 abducted persons and the arrest of 129 suspected terrorists during security operations in Kogi and Kwara states. The police also confirmed that 55 suspects lost their lives during armed encounters with operatives in the…
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…
Ten people have been killed in an attack by bandits in Kulben community, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. A resident of the community, Moses Fwan, confirmed the attack to The PUNCH on Monday in Jos. Fwan said the incident happened on Sunday night, adding that the criminals set several houses ablazed before fleeing…
Uba Sani, governor of Kaduna state, says President Bola Tinubu’s interventions in the north has reduced the level of poverty in the region. According to him, no government has invested in the agricultural sector like the President in the last two years. The governor stated this at the distribution of presidential palliative relief materials at…
