The Joint Health Workers Union (JOHESU) has suspended its nationwide strike. The union has ordered all its members to resume work on Monday, June 4. The directive was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the national executive council meeting of JOHESU and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations (AHPA) in Abuja. The communiqué
Liberia’s president, George Weah, has launched a 10-year plan to deliver quality education for all of the country’s children. The former football star who was elected leader in January – said schooling was a key pillar of his “pro-poor agenda”. “Our kids deserve the best and we must provide them that,” he said. “There are
Mr Jameel Zakari, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, says some butchers in the state have been selling meat of sick and dead animals to customers. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lafia that his ministry had discovered the unwholesome practice and therefore vowed to deal squarely with
Mr Gbadebowale Aboderin, chairman, PUNCH Nigeria Limited, is dead. According to PUNCH, Aboderin, aged 60, died on Wednesday at 6:05am after a heart surgery. Until his demise, Aboderin was also the chairman of Punch Commercial Printing Limited and Lukahed Properties Limited. A sports enthusiast and philanthropist, Aboderin was the founder and chairman of the Dolphins
Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), says a justice system riddled with delays will be unattractive to investors. Onnoghen said this on Wednesday while speaking at the national seminar on construction law. The CJN said alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms will drastically reduce the volume of cases before the courts encouraging investments. “My lords,
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the bill seeking to reduce age qualification to hold elective office in the country. Bashir Ahmad, aide to the president on new media, disclosed this in a tweet on Thursday. “History is made, President @MBuhari has signed into law the #NotTooYoungToRun bill. Congratulations to all young men and
Femi Gbajabiamila, majority leader of the house of representative, has defended his much talked about car gift to his wife. The lawmaker’s Mercedes Benz G-Wagon gift to his wife on her 50th birthday turned heads on social media. Reacting in a statement on Thursday, Gbajabiamila said he saved for “a couple of years” to buy
THE senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, Dino Melaye, resumed plenary on Wednesday after his ordeal with the police and the courts in Abuja and Lokoja. But, the All Progressives Party (APC) senator declined to seat on the chair allotted to him as an APC senator, instead picking a seat among the Peoples
The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae, has advised politicians aspiring for elective positions to set up their own structure instead of hijacking the party leadership in various states. Chief Falae gave the advice in Abuja on Wednesday at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party where the
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday received Nigeria’s Super Eagles and their coach Rohr Gernot in Abuja. It was at a farewell reception at the Council Chambers in the Presidential Villa, for the national team, before their departure to Russia to take part in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.