Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has constituted a committee to review workers’ wages in the state. This is coming a few days after the removal of subsidy on petroleum by the federal government. news corespondent reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his inaugural speech has said that the regime of fuel subsidy was gone. A meeting between the State Government and the labour was attended by the Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Kayode Martins and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Olatunbosun Olabiyi. The Deputy Governor, Barrister Bayo Lawal; Head of Service, Bunmi Oni; former Deputy Governor,…
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The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev. Felix Ajakaiye, has once again called on the Federal Government to speedily prosecute the masterminds of the deadly Owo massacre. Recall that a year ago, on June 5, 2022, unknown gunmen attacked St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, leaving scores of worshipper’s dead and others injured. In a statement on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti, Bishop Ajakaiye regretted why no prosecution had taken place since the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, announced that arrests had been made. The statement read: “There was outright condemnation within and outside Nigeria against…
The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said he would make consultations with his wife and friends to determine whether or not to take up any appointment offer from President Bola Tinubu. Wike, in an interview with BBC Pidgin, insisted that his wife and friends are the set of people he would first reach out to. The Peoples Democratic Party chieftain who clarified that the President had yet to broach any such issue with him, however declared that he is not too big to serve the country. However, Wike said he would want to rest for now,…
Over 50 persons were reportedly killed in the Gwadabawa and Tangaza local government areas of Sokoto State as gunmen suspected to be bandits struck on Saturday evening. This was as 31 villagers were killed by bandits in Janbako and Sakida villages, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State also on Saturday afternoon. The Sokoto State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, on Sunday, confirmed the bandits’ attack in the two local government areas in the state. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, promised to provide The PUNCH with details of the deadly attacks, saying the police were on top of…
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen. YD Ahmed, on Sunday, paid a visit to a corps member, Elvis Udodiri, who was shot during the last general elections when he worked as an ad hoc official of the Independent National Electoral Commission. According to a statement on Sunday by the Director of Press and Public Relations, NYSC, Eddy Megwa, the DG visited Udodiri, who was still on admission at the Ibom Hospital in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State. The corps member was reportedly shot in the leg by political thugs at Ikot Eduek Itak, in the Ikono Local…
The Federal Government, on Sunday evening, said it was reviewing a long list of demands made by the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, the top of which is the upward review of the minimum wage. This followed a two-hour meeting between the representatives of the Federal Government and the TUC at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. Sunday’s meeting comes four days after talks between the government, TUC and Nigerian Labour Congress ended in a deadlock. Dele Alake, who spoke on behalf of the Federal Government, said the meeting featured the consideration of a list of demands from the trade…
President Bola Tinubu should take deliberate steps to unite Nigerians, improve infrastructure across the country, and strengthen the fight against corruption, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama, said on Sunday. He made the suggestion in his Homily delivered at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Abuja, where he spoke about the divisions present in Nigerian society. Kaigama said, “It is no secret that we are divided along ethnic, social, economic, and political lines; but we must strive harder to live out the spirit of our national motto, ‘unity and faith, peace and progress.’ “Our leaders must take the…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Plateau state, Samuel Kwamkur, on Sunday, cautioned the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, not to set Nigeria on fire with his utterances Kwankur, who is a former National Director of the Christian Association of Nigeria, stated this at a press conference in Jos on Sunday. He was reacting to statements allegedly credited to the former Kaduna governor in which he allegedly told his audience before handing over to his successor that the Islamic dominance in Kaduna had been successfully replicated in Nigeria and that it shall continue. El-Rufai, he alleged,…
…Devils to play Azzurris of Italy on Thursday. Korean University student Defender, Seok-Hyun Choi rose above all players using his odontoid bones that is needed for nodding, to heavily nod into the Nigerian net in the 95th minute of Extra Time, a devastating goal that sent the last of the African team standing back home. Choi who got red carded against Honduras had scored a winner against Ecuador and returned to qualify the Red Devils for the quarterfinal and tonight he shone like the Northern Star to take The Devils into their 3rd semis in the tournament, the first in…
The Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Lagos West, The Rt. Revd. Dr. James Olusola Odedeji has commended the Ven. Festus Ajomale for his meritorious service to the work of God as a Priest in the Diocese of Lagos West, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). This was contained in his sermon at a combined Valedictory & Birthday Thanksgiving Service held in honour of the Retired Ven. Festus Ajomale at the Archbishop Timothy Olufosoye Memorial Anglican Church (ATOMAC), Ogba, Lagos on Friday 2nd June, 2023. While admonishing everyone present at the service to be diligent and God fearing in dealing with…