The Organised labour on Tuesday rose from its national executive meeting with a notice to the Federal Government that it had commenced the mobilisation of workers for a total industrial action if negotiation on the consequential adjustment arising from the N30,000 new minimum wage breaks down. The decision was the focus of a communiqué issued…
The Yoruba Youths Forum has warned the South-West governors and the geopolitical zone’s traditional rulers against ceding Yoruba land to Fulani herdsmen. The YYF also rejected the suspension of the Ruga settlements policy for herdsmen, saying that rather than suspending it, “the Federal Government should forget about it completely.” The group also told the governors to oppose…
The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, will on Wednesday appear before the Senate for screening and confirmation of his appointment by President Mohammadu Buhari. The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, disclosed this at the plenary on Tuesday. Lawan said Tanko would appear before the Committee of the Whole of the…
The Senate on Tuesday called for immediate convocation of a National Security Summit to address insecurity in the country. This followed a point of order raised by Sen. Ayo Akinyelure (APC-Ondo), over the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin. The News Agency of Nigeria, reports that Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, a leader of the…
The Senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice has disclosed that he can no longer travel to his home town of Oka-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State for fear of being kidnapped. Boroffice, who is the Deputy Majority Leader at the upper chamber of…
Members of the National Assembly have been paid their welcome package, including accommodation and furniture allowances, our correspondent has learnt. It was also gathered that some of the lawmakers were not happy because the allowances fell below their expectations. A credible source in the National Assembly management told our correspondent on Sunday that lawmakers started receiving…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Monday fulfilled his campaign promise to publicly declare his assets. The Governor, who visited the Oyo state office of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in Ibadan to receive a copy of the asset declaration form said that his decision to make the assets public was in fulfillment…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has overruled the objection by the Independent National Electoral Commission, President Muhammad Buhari, and the All Progressives Congress, to the request by the Peoples Democratic Party and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to play some video clips at the Monday’s hearing of their petition challenging the outcome of the February 23, 2019…
Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Monday, said he had warned Nigerians about the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari. He said this in reaction to the death of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the leader of the Afenifere, who was killed in Ondo State on Friday. On his…
The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has taken a swipe at the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the administration has failed Nigerians over its approach to the herders/farmers’ crisis and other security problems bedeviling the country. Soyinka said this on Sunday at his residence in Ijegba, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, while playing…