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Ben Ezechime, Enugu The Enugu State Government says it has concluded arrangements to build an ultra-modern market in Nsukka Local Government Area to accommodate traders affected in the recent demolition of Ogige Market. This was made known in a June 19, 2024, letter by the Acting Surveyor General of the state, Mr. Chime Justus, sighted in Enugu. In the letter with the subject, “Completion of Acquisition of Hundred Hectares at Nru, Ede-Oballa, Eha-Alumona Boundaries for the Purpose Market,” the Surveyor General directed the Deputy Director in charge of the Computing Department to, as a matter of urgency, outline the steps needed to ensure speedy…
By Zainab Suleiman Okino Whether the national workforce is 720,000 at the federal level and about 90,000 at sub-national level, the number of public servants (constituting the labour force) represented by Organised Labour that the Nigerian government must contend with over the new minimum wage is grossly insignificant in comparison with the number of angry Nigerians thrown into existential agony over government’s unfriendly policies. If we argue over Labour’s so-called selfish demand for just two percent of the Nigerian populace, it becomes even more appropriate to fault the government’s recalcitrance in their negotiation with such an “insignificant number” in contrast…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State had approved the payment of eight months salary arrears of workers of the state College of Education Enugu. It would be recalled that the academic, non-academic, and casual staff of the Enugu State College of Education, Technical, ESCET, Enugu, were owed eight months salary arrears valued at over N467 million. A breakdown of the approval shows that the eight-month salary arrears include 299 academic staff and non-academic staff valued at N384 million; salary arrears of part-time lecturers valued at N69.2 million; and salary arrears of casual staff valued at N13.8 million totaling N467,061,600. A statement…
Stephen Ukandu, The Police in Rivers State have dissociated the brutal killing of a former student leader, Mr Endwell Ejindu, from the escalating political crisis in the state. According to Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Rivers State, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the ex-student leader was killed by suspected cultists. Police dismissed any link with the killing and the ongoing political fued between Gov. Siminalayi Fubara, and his estranged godfather, Nyesom Wike, and their foot soldiers. ”Ejindu was attacked and killed in the late hours of Tuesday by gunmen suspected to be cultists. ”The murder of the victim is unrelated to the…
…Says N100,000 not enough Lawrence Nwimo, Awka The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship, Most Reverend Paulinus Ezeokafor, has expressed displeasure over the N62,000 Minimum Wage offer by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Bishop said that the N100, 000 is not even enough to meet the basic needs of Nigerian workers. Bishop Ezeokafor who stated this in an interview, noted that he was not happy with what he described as the back and forth debate between the FG and the organised labour, saying that the debate had started looking like something that could never be resolved. “It is…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Imo State Independent Electoral Commission, ISIEC, says the 2024 Local Government Council Elections will be held on September 21, in all the 27 local government areas of the state. ISIEC Chairman, Mr. Charles Ejiogu, stated in his address at the flag off of activities for the 2024 Imo State council elections, held with stakeholders, president generals, youth leaders, traditional rulers, sole administrators across the State. Mr. Ejiogu noted that the meeting was to release Election Guidelines and Time Table as part of the activities that will ultimately usher in the emergence of 27 democratically elected council chairmen,…
Ugo Nosiri, Owerri Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has sworn-in five new Commissioners, bringing the total number of the Commissioners in the State to 30. The newly sworn-in commissioners are Barr. Rex Anunobi; Dr. Henry Okafor; Dr. Emeka Mandela Ukaegbu; Prof. Victor Ndubuisi Nwachukwu; and Prof. Ubaka Chukwuemeka Michael. Governor Uzodimma noted that their appointment was to help improve and build the state by taking it to a higher level. The governor while reiterating his zero tolerance for corruption or compromise of any sort charged the new appointees to bring their experiences to bear in the the pursuit of…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has inaugurated the Governing Council for Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University. Members of the council include: Professor Chidi Odinkalu – Pro-Chancellor/Chairman, Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Chief Christopher Ndubuisi, Igwe Oranu Chris Chidume and AIG Chris Ezike (Rtd) as members. The Senate Representatives to the Council include, Prof. K.K. Nwozo, Prof. Angela Nwamuo, Prof. C.C Chukwueloka, Prof. Obi Emeka and Prof. Anselm Nweke while the Congregation Representative to Council are Prof. M.N Chendo and Mrs. Eucharia Abafor. Inaugurating the Council, Governor Soludo said that given the state of university education in Nigeria and the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, Wednesday, ordered the Federal Government to explore reconciliation of political solution to the on-going prosecution of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The court according to a release by Kanu’s Lead Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, “invoked its powers under Section 17 of the Federal High Court.” “Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako directed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to explore the prospects of reconciliation or political solution in the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu,” the release said. It further read: “Section 17…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Some stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State, are divided over the inclusion of some non-members of the party on the Governing Board of Tertiary institutions recently constituted by the President. Aggrieved chieftains of the party under the aegis of Abia APC Stakeholders Forum (AASF), had on Monday, staged a protest in Abuja, demanding the withdrawal of the non-APC appointees, describing their inclusion on the list as “a typographical error.” Some of the affected nominees include: former Military Administrator of Old Imo State, General Ike Nwachukwu (retd.), appointed as the Pro-Chancellor of University…