Labour workers held a protest on Monday in Abuja against the Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, following his refusal to inaugurate Frank Kokori as the Chairman of the National Social Insurance Trust Fund. The Presidency had said Mr. Austin Enejamo-Isire was the authentic chairman of the Board of Directors, NSITF, and would be inaugurated at Banquet Hall of the ... Read More »
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Politics: I’m wiser now , says Ambode
The outgoing Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, seems to have learnt a lot from his failed attempt to pick the All Progressive Congress (APC) ticket in the just concluded governorship election. Ambode’s re-election bid was punctured by Babajide Sanwo-Olu who won the party primaries and eventually won the governorship election in the March polls. Speaking to State House correspondents ... Read More »
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Chris Attoh’s Wife Shot Dead In Maryland USA, ‘After 7-Months Of Marriage’
Bettie Jenifer, the wife of Chris Attoh, a famous Ghanaian actor is dead. It was gathered that Jenifer, who is American, was shot dead in the parking lot of her office in Maryland in the United States Of American. The tragic incident happened on Friday evening around 5pm. Bettie Jenifer, according to the report left the office in the 6300 ... Read More »
New Kano Emirates: I am not aware of any court order – Ganduje
Kano state government on Saturday declared that it is not aware of any Court order stopping it from issuing letters of appointment to the four Emirs of newly created Emirates in Kano. The Nation reports that a Kano High Court sitting at Ungogo on Friday granted an order restraining governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje from implementing any action to legitimize the ... Read More »
FirstBank Hits N1 Trillion in Transactions Processed through its Firstmonie Network;spearheads the Financial Inclusion drive by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Nigeria’s premier financial services provider and Bank of first choice, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its Firstmonie network has processed a cumulativetransaction value of N1 trillion from itsrelaunch in January 2018. The network also achieved nationwidecoverage in record time, enabling access to financial services for many locations that never had a way for its residents to access ... Read More »
No one can influence Supreme Court’s judgment, acting CJN Muhammad vows
The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, said on Thursday that no human being — living or dead — could influence the judgments of the Supreme Court. The Director, Press and Information of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande, quoted the acting CJN as saying this in a statement on Thursday. Akande had, on April 29, 2019, made ... Read More »
Subject Ngige to ridicule at airports, NLC instructs workers
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed workers in the nation’s airports and workers in the 163 countries that are members of the International Trade Union Confederation to subject the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige to ridicule for inviting thugs against workers on a “lawful protest” to his house. Rising from its Central Working Committee meeting on ... Read More »
I’m heading to Supreme Court, says Adeleke
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has vowed to challenge, before the Supreme Court, Thursday judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja. He said, in a statement, that he was disappointed by the judgment, which revered the judgment of the election tribunals, which upheld the petition he ... Read More »
MTN Nigeria gets new chief technical officer
MTN Nigeria says it has appointed Mohammed Rufai as its chief technical officer. In a statement released on Monday, the telecommunications company said Rufai would be responsible for its technology strategy, design and plan all its network operations. Rufai, who joined MTN Group in 2002, is a graduate of Computer Science from the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi ... Read More »