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Monthly Archives: May 2019

NLC holds anti-Ngige protest in Abuja

Labour workers held a protest on Monday in Abuja against the Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, following his refusal to inaugurate Frank Kokori as the Chairman of the National Social Insurance Trust Fund.  The Presidency had said Mr. Austin Enejamo-Isire was the authentic chairman of the Board of Directors, NSITF, and would be inaugurated at Banquet Hall of the ... Read More »

Politics: I’m wiser now , says Ambode

The outgoing Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, seems to have learnt a lot from his failed attempt to pick the All Progressive Congress (APC) ticket in the just concluded governorship election. Ambode’s re-election bid was punctured by Babajide Sanwo-Olu who won the party primaries and eventually won the governorship election in the March polls. Speaking to State House correspondents ... Read More »

New Kano Emirates: I am not aware of any court order – Ganduje

Kano state government on Saturday declared that it is not aware of any Court order stopping it from issuing letters of appointment to the four Emirs of newly created Emirates in Kano. The Nation reports that a Kano High Court sitting at Ungogo on Friday granted an order restraining governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje from implementing any action to legitimize the ... Read More »

FirstBank Hits N1 Trillion in Transactions Processed through its Firstmonie Network;spearheads the Financial Inclusion drive by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Nigeria’s premier financial services provider and Bank of first choice, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its Firstmonie network has processed a cumulativetransaction value of N1 trillion from itsrelaunch in January 2018. The network also achieved nationwidecoverage in record time, enabling access to financial services for many locations that never had a way for its residents to access ... Read More »

Subject Ngige to ridicule at airports, NLC instructs workers

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed workers in the nation’s airports and workers in the 163 countries that are members of the International Trade Union Confederation to subject the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige to ridicule for inviting thugs against workers on a “lawful protest” to his house. Rising from its Central Working Committee meeting on ... Read More »

I’m heading to Supreme Court, says Adeleke

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has vowed to challenge, before the Supreme Court, Thursday judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja. He said, in a statement, that he was disappointed by the judgment, which revered the judgment of the election tribunals, which upheld the petition he ... Read More »

MTN Nigeria gets new chief technical officer

    MTN Nigeria says it has appointed Mohammed Rufai as its chief technical officer. In a statement released on Monday, the telecommunications company said Rufai would be responsible for its technology strategy, design and plan all its network operations. Rufai, who joined MTN Group in 2002, is a graduate of Computer Science from the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi ... Read More »

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