A group known as Emmanuel TV Partners, on Sunday, distributed food items worth over N15 million in FCT communities.
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ASHENEWS reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the banking license of Heritage Bank.
Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), on Monday, locked out judges, lawyers, staff and litigants from accessing courts in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in compliance with the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC)’s directive. The check at the FCT High Court, Maitama; Federal High Court (FHC); Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, showed that court activities were totally paralysed as JUSUN members positioned themselves outside the heavily locked gates. At Federal High Court, Abuja private security guards and few police officers were also sighted around the court gates as lawyers, litigants, visitors,…
The Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday, locked the entrance of the secretariat in compliance with infinite industrial action embarked by the labour union. The Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress had on May 31 directed its members to embark on an indefinite strike from June 3. The action, according to the unions, was over the failure of the Federal Government to increase the N60,000 minimum wage it offered to workers and its refusal to reverse the recent increase in electricity tariff. The President of JUAC, Mrs Rifkatu Lortyer, said in…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says that the Labour Unions have shut down the national grid, resulting in black out nationwide. TCN’S General Public Affairs Manager, Mrs Ndi Mbah, said this in a statement in Abuha on Monday.Mbah said that the national grid shut down occured at about 2.19 a. m this morning. She said at about 1:15 a. m, the Benin Transmission Operator under the Independent System Operations unit of TCN reported that all operators were driven away from the control room. Mbah said that members of staff that resisted were beaten while some were wounded in the…
A 50-year-old woman who visited hospital seven times with slurred speech and extreme tiredness, only to be discharged with a diagnosis of being drunk, had a rare condition that gave her the appearance of being intoxicated.
The Saudi Ministry of Health has approved the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to operate two main clinics for Nigerian pilgrims in Makkah.
Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke said he inherited more than 80 per cent infrastructural deficit from the immediate past administration of the state.
The Power Generation Companies (GenCos), have appealed to the Federal Government and key stakeholders to settle electricity debts owned by them for electricity generation to enable them to remain in business.
The initiation of the 614 km-long Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline, a part of Nigeria’s Gas Master Plan, will enhance the energy infrastructure in the region. His administration provided substantial support for the rehabilitation of the Kaduna Refinery, and he ensured the Kolmani oil field project in Bauchi and Gombe reached a point of no return but to continue.