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The Federal Government will on Monday meet with the representatives of the organised labour in an effort to prevent the nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress. However, the NLC has advised citizens to stock their homes with food items, medicines and other…

The National Executive Coun­cil, NEC, of the National Associa­tion of Resident Doctors, NARD, on Saturday, rejected the 25 per cent increment in the basic sal­ary of doctors as well as the ac­coutrement allowance. They insisted that their earli­er demand is for full restoration…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday confirmed the authenticity of the handwritten note by its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to Simeon Ekpa ordering him to stop calling sit-at-home on his behalf in the South East region. This was as Enugu youths stormed…

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday, declared an end to all sit-at-home order in the South-East and any other proposed means aimed by the group at forcing government to release him from detention. Kanu made the…

The Nigerian Army on Friday revealed that troops arrested a former soldier suspected to be supplying weapons to Boko Haram members in Bauchi State. “On 18 July 23, troops arrested one suspected gunrunner at Boi in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State,”…

The National Executive Council, NEC, of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has endorsed the August 2 nationwide strike and mass protests by NLC over the recent hike in pump price of petrol. In a communique issued at the end of the NEC meeting…

Healthcare workers under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions and the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives have said that they will join the looming strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress scheduled to commence on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. The…

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished at least 5,000 shanties and other unlawful developments in the Gishiri village extension area of Katampe District as part of efforts to reduce the abuse of the Abuja Master Plan. Unauthorized structures in a green…

The Coalition of #EndSARS protesters and supporters have described as horrific the planned mass burial of 103 protesters and civilians who lost their lives in the October 2020 by the Lagos state government. The coalition, in a statement made available to THISDAY by…