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Thirtee persons alleged to have been employed by the Federal Character Commission(FCC) into agencies of Federal Government have petitioned the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee investigating job racketeering over unlawful disengagement. The 13 petitioners accused the Chairman, FCC, Mrs Farida Dankaka of substituting their names unlawfully. In the document submitted to the committee and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the 13 petitioners urged the support of the committee to redress what they called ”unjust disengement”. The petitioners provided detailed of their names, reference numbers, state and date of appointment. NAN reports that the 13 of them…
Members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Tuesday marched to the Cross River House of Assembly on a peaceful protest against the kidnap of a member, Dr Ekanem Ephraim. The doctors, who came out in their numbers, wielded placards with inscriptions such as “Set Cross River Free From The Stranglehold of Kidnappers”, “Make Cross River Safe Again.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Ephraim was abducted from her residence on Thursday, July 13 by armed men who disguised as patients. Speaking at the assembly complex, Dr. Felix Archibong, Chairman of NMA, Cross River Chapter, said the situation…
PARIS, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The first military planes carrying mostly European nationals evacuated from Niger landed in Paris and Rome on Wednesday, with France and other countries expected to fly of their citizens out of the West African country after last week’s coup. A military junta overthrew Niger’s democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum and his government on July 26 in the seventh military takeover in less than three years in West and Central Africa. With the risk of conflict escalating, France, the former colonial power, Italy and Spain said they would evacuate citizens by air. The first French flight left Niger on Tuesday…
ABIDJAN, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Former Ivory Coast President Henri Konan Bedie, part of an old guard of politicians who dominated politics in the West African nation for a generation, has died aged 89, a close relative told Reuters on Tuesday. Bedie served as Ivory Coast’s second ever president after independence from France in 1960. He ruled from 1993 until an economic slump and allegations of corruption led to his ouster in a military coup in 1999. He was long remembered – and in some parts reviled – for his role in promoting the issue of “ivoirite”, or Ivorian identity,…
Former U.S. President Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday in a Justice Department investigation for his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. The indictment is the third criminal case brought against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024. Prosecutors had been investigating Trump’s efforts to undermine President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory, and the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6,…
•NLC Lists Meeting Points for Protests By Kamil Opeyemi and Halimah Olamide There are fears of confrontations with security operatives across some parts of Nigeria today as the Nigeria Labour Congress moves out its members to effect a national strike. The NLC and the Trade Union Congress are organizing rallies across the country as part of measures to call attention to the hardships being endured by workers. As at Tuesday, the Congress had reeled out list of meeting points where workers are expected to farther for peaceful processions This was just as the Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, on…
By Hallimah Olamide Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has directed the payment of N10,000 each to students of Kwara origin in public-owned tertiary institutions. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, on Tuesday in Ilorin. The governor also approved a stipend of N10,000 each for some categories of security agents defined as the first line of defence, which would be disbursed through the Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP) Office. “The approval for students’ support, described as one-off in its scope, is a departure from the previous bursary…
By Halimah Olamide Governor Babajide Sanwoolu of Lagos on Tuesday thanked first responders who were at the site of the crash involving a single fight craft on Tuesday. The helicopter had come down at the Adeniyi Jones Junction of Oba Akran Road, Ikeja the state capital. Single engine fixed wing – Jabiru aircraft with registration number 5NCCQ, with two passengers on board crash-landed into an old communication pole inward Ikeja Bus Stop on Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja Lagos at about 4 pm on Tuesday. The two occupants of the helicopter were rescued and are being attended to at the hospital.…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Tuesday night urged Nigerians to ignore news about a possible suspension of its planned nationwide strike scheduled to commence tomorrow, Wednesday. The Congress in a statement signed by its national president, Joe Ajaero, said the protests would be held as scheduled across major cities in the country. “We want to inform all Nigerians that we have just risen from a meeting with the Federal Government where we sought to get them listen to the demands of the people and Workers of Nigeria. “The outcome of this meeting earlier today has however not…
By Kamil Opeyemi Mr Adabayo Adelabu, ministerial nominee from Oyo State on Tuesday in Abuja advocated improved supervision and oversight on activities of the CBN by economic management ministries of the Federal Government. Fielding questions from the Senate during his appearance for screening, Adelabu said the CBN should never be in competition with the Federal Government as the latter’s economic agency. He said there was nothing wrong about the structure of the CBN, but about its governance structure. “There are three decision-making committees at the CBN and the governor is the chairman of each of the committees. “They are the…