BY GODWIN OBI Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has voiced its displeasure with the Federal Government, particularly the Ministry of Labour and Employment, over the failure to pay the withheld salaries of its members. The union said its members did not call for any industrial action and were not involvedContinue Reading
BY EFE MODESTUS A former Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Mukhtar Shagari, has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed Nigerians and its Muslim-Muslim ticket strategy for the 2023 general election won’t get its desired voter turnout in the northern region of the country. “The Christians in thisContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Naira redesign has further sent jittery to the spine of kidnappers, other fraudsters and politicians, as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered Deposit Money Banks (DMOs) and other financial institutions to ensure that weekly over-the-counter (OTC) cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate entities doContinue Reading
– As Jamoh bags 2022 outstanding Service to Taxation recognition BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has received commendation for its corporate citizenship performance by the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN, having received the ‘Corporate Organization Award’ just as the Agency’s Director General,Continue Reading
All roads leading to Airport Hotels Lagos will be wide open on Thursday, December 8, as senior journalists operating under the aegis of the League of Maritime Editors (LOME) will hold an annual retreat, as well as honour industry captains who have peerless records of performance in the shipping sub-Continue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The Global Igbo Alliance (GIA) has described as unjust the continued detention of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, even as it called on the Federal Government and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Mallami, to grant him unconditional release. In aContinue Reading
• Performance national disgrace -Atiku campaign BY EFE MODESTUS The former Lagos State governor, in his address entitled “Nigeria’s 2023 elections: Security, economic and foreign policy imperatives” vowed that under his watch, Nigeria would epitomise values of democracy during elections anywhere in Africa by ensuring that democratic ideals are followedContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBINWA The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi says the vast number of unemployed youths in the North-East region is the biggest contributing factor to insecurity in the region, as thousands of youths wake up every morning without food or shelter. Obi stated this onContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBI Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has slammed the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, over his criticism following the former’s backing of Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Wike on Monday had said Dogara lacked integrity having backed Atiku after hisContinue Reading
BY GODDY OBI Ahead of the February 25 presidential election next year, Nigerian witches have said that Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, would laugh last while the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, would weep. The group also dispelled rumours about the fitness of theContinue Reading