The National Industrial Court, Lagos Division has fixed August 24 to deliver ruling in applications filed by two unions seeking to be joined in a suit filed against the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) by some of its affiliate unions. The presiding Judge, Justice Rabi Gwandu, fixed the date on Thursday in Lagos. Some of the TUC members have been having leadership tussle since May, 2022 over the position of the union’s president and other major positions in the union. One of the unions, the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and other Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) and nine…
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Nigeria’s Military Pensions Board (MPB) on Thursday said it had paid the third tranche of 25 per cent of the 24 months arrears of the National Minimum Wage increment to eligible retirees. The Chairman of the board, Rear Adm. Saburi Lawal, in a statement issued in Abuja, said that the payment was made on Thursday. Lawal said the third installment was paid to eligible military retirees who were active on the board’s data base. He added that it was also in fulfillment of the agreement reached between the board and the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning (FMoFBNP) for…
The Biovaccines Nigeria Ltd. is partnering Biofarma Indonesia Pharmaceutical Manufacturing for production of vaccines in the country. The Chairman, Biovaccines Nigeria Ltd., Dr Oyewale Tomori, made this known during a courtesy visit of the Indonesian Ambassador, Dr Usra Harahap and his team to the company on Thursday in Lagos. Tomori, also a virologist, said the meeting was a continuation of the arrangements and agreement with Biofarma to set up vaccine production plant in Nigeria. According to him, the arrangement started in 2019 when Biovaccine went for a conference in Indonesia and visited the country’s vaccines production setup – Biofarma pharmaceuticals.…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed August 30 to hear the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate in Benue, seeking the disqualification of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP and its governorship candidate, Mr Titus Uba are challenging the APC primary election that produced Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia as its governorship candidate. The plaintiffs are specifically asking the court to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting and publishing the names of the governorship and senatorial candidates of the APC as persons sponsored by the…
The federal government has obtained a $134 million loan from the Africa Development Bank (AfDB)to boost wheat production. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Muhammad Mahmoud, said this in Abuja, while briefing State House correspondents on the implementation of the presidential mandate given to the ministry. He explained that the aim was to save the country from acute scarcity of wheat, whose demand and price had gone high because of the Russia-Ukraine war. The minister noted that with 250,000 farmers cultivating 250,000 hectares in the 2022 dry season, the initiative would raise wheat production to 750,000 metric tonnes. The…
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has invited a former state governor and National Assembly (NASS) member representing Sokoto North senatorial zone, Aliyu Magatarda Wamakko. In a letter he personally signed with reference number RVGH/GOV/JS/VOLI/168 and dated August 2, 2022, a copy of which was obtained by ASHENEWS, Wike invited Wamakko to specifically commission dualized Ogbum-Nu-Abalu road completed by the state government in the state. According to Wike, “the Rivers state government has completed the dualization of the Ogbumnu-abali road in Port Harcourt City local government area of the state as part of our urban renewal programme and commitment to advancing…
Iran said on Thursday that it will reactivate the surveillance cameras of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at its nuclear sites only if IAEA withdraws its accusations against Tehran. Mohammad Eslami, president of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, was also quoted by the official news agency, IRNA as saying that Iran seeks to achieve a good agreement at the Vienna talks. The talks would safeguard its people’s interests, according to the top nuclear official. In June, the IAEA Board of Governors passed an anti-Iran resolution proposed by the U.S., Britain, France and Germany. The proposal followed the agency’s…
The headquarters of Firstbank located at the Central Business District, Abuja, had been sealed up by the FCT High Court Enforcement Unit over failure to comply with a garnishee order. A garnishee order is one of the options open to a judgment creditor to enforce a judgment that has been made in his favour. It is a common way of enforcing a judgment debt and is solely used to enforce monetary judgments against a debtor to recover money. Officials of the FCT High Court Enforcement Unit stormed the bank (Coomasie) with towing vans and cranes and towed some of its…
Agility, a supply chain services, infrastructure and innovation company, announced that it has finalized its acquisition of UK-based John Menzies PLC) and will combine the business with its National Aviation Services (NAS) business to create a world leader in aviation services in 58 countries.Once integrated, the combined company will operate as Menzies Aviation and will be the world’s largest aviation services company by number of countries and second largest by number of airports served.Operating as Menzies Aviation, the combined company will provide air cargo services, fuel services and ground services at airports on six continents. Combined revenues of Menzies and…
South Korea reported 107,894 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 20,160,154, the health authorities said Thursday. The daily caseload was slightly down from 119,922 the previous day, but it was higher than 88,361 tallied a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). For the past week, the daily average number of confirmed cases was 89,298. Among the new cases, 435 were imported from overseas, lifting the total to 46,329. The number of infected people who were in a serious condition stood at…