BREAKING: NLC, TUC Begins Strike Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and their Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterparts have put the civil society allies on notice over their planned industrial action should government fail to reverse the hike in electricity tariff and conclude the minimum wage by May 31. In a joint communique issued today leaders of the two labour centres, gave the federal government and National Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, month ending to reverse the hike. This came as they reiterated their May 31 ultimatum for government to conclude the new minimum wage or face a…
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BREAKING: FG Reveals Those That Can Access Student Loans Akintunde Sawyerr, Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), has announced that up to 1.2 million students in federal tertiary institutions will be eligible for student loans in the program’s initial phase. Speaking ahead of the formal launch of the application portal on Friday, Sawyerr explained that students from federal institutions that have completed uploading their data will be able to apply in this first phase. The application process will open on May 24 and has been streamlined to ensure ease of access for all qualified students in these…
VIDEO: Bandits Spotted Flying Drone A group of bandits has demonstrated skills and expertise on drone operation. In a video posted by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert, at least five bandits were seen sitting on the floor. One of bandits was seen operating a drone while the others watched it navigate through the air. Laughing and excited as the operator maneuvered the device, one of the bandits could be heard saying, “There is something that holds it (the drone) there in the air.”
‘Renewed Hope Has Turned To Hopelessness’, NEF Member Blasts Tinubu A political commentator and member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Prof Usman Yusuf, says rather than inject the Nigerian people with some hope capsules, the administration of President Bola Tinubu has made Nigerians more hopeless in the last one year since the assumption of the ex-Lagos governor as the country’s President. Yusuf, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. “People have lost hope. It pains me to see our people lining up to collect cups of…
Minimum Wage: Real Reason We Can Never Accept N100,000 — Organised Labour Organised Labour has told the Federal Government to perish any thought of offering N100,000 as the new minimum wage. It also asked the government to be serious with negotiations on the issue of workers’ wages, insisting that it used the lowest minimum in arriving at N615,000 as the new minimum wage. Recall that Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, pulled out of the negotiation meeting last Wednesday when the government offered N48,000 as new minimum wage. However, the…
BREAKING: Iran’s President Dies In Helicopter Crash Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash, the Islamic Republic News Agency reports. The demise of the Iranian president was announced early Monday morning. Mr Raisi’s helicopter and two more helicopters were en route to Tabriz City on Sunday after he inaugurated the Qiz Qalasi Dam at the border with the Azerbaijan Republic. Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, East Azarbaijan Province’s Governor Malek Rahmati, and Mehdi Mousavi, the head of Mr Raisi’s guard team, were also on board the crashed aircraft. Mohammad Ali Al-e-Hashem, the Supreme Leader’s representative in the province,…
BREAKING: Tinubu’s Spokesperson, Ngelale Gets New Appointment President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action. The Director, Information & Public Relations, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun Imohiosen, who made this known in a statement issued on Sunday said that Ngelale will retain his position as the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. Imohiosen said that Ngelale will serve in this role of the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action as part of a larger…
VIDEO: Nigerian Soldier Lands In Trouble As Senior Military Officer Caught Him Extorting Money From Motorists After Disguising As Civilian, Paying A soldier has been caught extorting money from motorists in Abia State, southeast Nigeria by a superior officer. The soldier attached to 144 (R) Battalion, Ohafia in the state has been identified as Tizhe Luka. Sources said that military personnel at a checkpoint along Port Harcourt Road had been accused of extorting money from the commercial and private motorists plying intra/interstate routes. Motorists who refused to comply were reportedly forced to park by the roadside for some time to…
Drake Loses $565,000 Over Betting Canadian rapper, Drake, has lost $565,000 after betting on Tyson Fury to beat Oleksandr Usyk. It is yet another big-money gambling loss for Drake. Before the fight, Drake revealed on Instagram that he had gambled $565,000 on Fury to win. If Fury had won, he would have collected just over $1million. But Usyk beat Fury by split decision in Saudi Arabia to become the first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years. Usyk has now added Fury’s WBC title to his own WBA, IBF and WBO belts. Drake previously lost a six-figure sum after Anthony…
2027 Elections: Massive Endorsement Hits Peter Obi Following the 2027 Elections, information reaching Ibom Focus says that Massive Endorsement Hits Peter Obi The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), has thrown its weight behind a comment credited to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Mr. Peter Obi and restated its unwavering trust in the credibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Ibom Focus recalls that while speaking recently in Enugu during the 5th Justice Anthony Aniagolu Memorial Lecture, Obi said Nigerians of goodwill must join hands to dismantle rascality in the system and build…