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Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Monday, said his administration was committed to making the business climate more friendly for investments, commending the establishment of a new multimillion-naira cashew processing factory in the state. AbdulRazaq said the agenda, among other things, was to make Kwara a hub for cashew nuts processing in Nigeria. The governor

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Anambra State chapter, Humphrey Nwafor, has called on the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to scrap the contributory pension scheme. Nwafor said since the scheme began in 2014, it was designed not to succeed as monies deducted from workers’ salaries were not remitted regularly to the appropriate quarters. He

…promises better deal for Nigerian youths Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and now senator-elect for the Ikot-Ekpene Senatorial District, Godswill Akpabio, on Sunday in Abuja, informed the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of his intent to be President of the 10th Senate. Akpabio who disclosed this after meeting with the President at his

The Labour Party’s presidential candidate during the last general elections, Peter Obi, on Monday night, said he never visited the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, as speculated on social media. He explained that the rumours and accompanying photoshopped pictures being shared on social media platforms are part of moves by the opposition to derail his objective. Obi,

Shareholders of Adidas have filed a class action against the giant sportswear brand over the costly failure of the company’s partnership with popular rapper, Kanye West. In the suit filed on Friday at a Portland U.S. District Court, the shareholders alleged that the company’s executives were aware of the risks posed by West’s behaviour years

Labour unions, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, in Cross River State disclosed that the governor of the state, Ben Ayade, has failed to honour the Memorandum of Understanding reached with the groups over the years. The unions also decried the delay in the recruitment into the state civil service. The

The new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Monday, warned against the use of the name of the group for financial gains by unauthorised persons. Iwuanyanwu, who spoke during a press conference at the end of the National Executive Council meeting of the Igbo apex body, advised Igbo youths who have been

The Nigeria Labour Congress has asked for a fresh retirement age for civil servants in the country. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made the call during the 2023 Workers’ Day celebrations on Monday in Abuja. Ajaero also called for a general review of core civil servants’ salaries to narrow the gap between other civil servants’

The Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Mr Paul Odama, has ordered the immediate arrest of a Police Inspector, Stephen Yohana, who was captured in a drunken situation in a viral video. Yohana is a serving officer in Share Division, Ifelodun Local Government Area of the Kwara State Police Command. The spokesman of the state

The Securities and Exchange Commission has blacklisted six online trading platforms in its latest crackdown on illegal and unregistered firms claiming to offer investment and finance services or products. In a circular made available to The PUNCH on Monday, the commission said that the blacklisted firms were not registered with it and thus unauthorised to

Police have arrested two suspects for stealing 26 water tanks at Amube-Ohum in Orba community, in the Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State. The suspects, Chiegeonu Eze, 22, and Obinna Ezeugwu, 23, were arrested on April 23. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP

As the nation celebrates Workers’ Day on Monday, the Ondo State Governor,  Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has commended the state civil servants for their resilience and dedication to service. The governor said the dedication of the civil servants to service had engendered optimum service delivery to the people of the state. According to him, the leadership

The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has threatened to cut salaries of workers who stay away from work on Monday sit-at-home days. Soludo said Monday sit-at-home has become an excuse for workers to stop coming to work on Mondays, insisting that such cannot continue. He stated these while addressing the state workers during the 2023

The Federal Government has said the Egyptian border was opened after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), spoke with the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. This was made known by the chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Monday, via her Twitter handle. Earlier today, Egypt gave Nigeria stringent conditions for

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Oyo State, Kayode Martins, on Monday, demanded a new wage structure for workers that would meet up with the current economic challenges in Nigeria. The PUNCH reports that May Day is a yearly event to celebrate the achievements of workers in the country. He made this call

One of the buses conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, Sudan, to Port Sudan caught fire in the early hours of Monday, The PUNCH learnt. 26 buses conveying the stranded Nigerians left Al Razi around 12 am on Monday for Port Sudan where they will move into Saudi Arabia. According to the Chairman, Nigerians Elders’ Forum in

The Delta State Police Command says the command is on the trail of the kidnappers who abducted two Catholic priests in the state. The two priests, Rev. Fr. Raphael Ogigbah, parish priest of St. Francis Agbarha-Otor, Warri Diocese, and  Rev Fr. Kunav Chochos, Schoenstartt Fathers, from Ibadan, Oyo State, were reportedly kidnapped in Agbarha-Otor, Ughelli

A joint panel comprising officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Security, and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission has invited the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, over his conduct in the April 15 supplementary elections in the state. The investigation panel set up by the Inspector-General of Police,

There was a drama today at the Lekan Salami stadium on Monday in Ibadan, Oyo State when one of the members of the National Union of Electricity Employees performing the match pass in commemoration of Workers’ Day suddenly fell down from the ladder used to illustrate the symbol of the union. The PUNCH reports that

The House of Representatives has invited regulators and operators in the telecommunication sector over poor coverage and spread of their services in Nigeria. The invitees, including the Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, Nigerian Communications Commission, MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Globacom and 9Mobile, are to be grilled at an investigative hearing between April 8

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has marked his 53rd birthday anniversary by awarding scholarships to four students picked from the South-West geopolitical zone. In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Monday, Adams restated his commitment to raising the standard of education in Nigeria in his “own little way.” The four

The organised labour in Katsina State, on Monday, raised the alarm that nobody was safe in the state again. It consequently challenged the incoming government in the state to accord security top priority and ensure the safety of residents’ lives and property. The organised labour said this in Katsina in its welcome address at the

The Abia State Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti has felicitated with members of the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on the occasion of the 2023 Workers’ Day celebration. Otti, in a statement he signed, assured the workers that their sad experience of being owed salary arrears will be a thing of the past under

The President of Atyap Community Development Association, Mr. Samuel Achi, has disclosed that 518 people have been gruesomely killed with thousands taking refuge, 20 villages displaced, while 18 villages burnt down from 2017 till date in southern Kaduna, Kaduna State. The ACDA president, who stated this on Monday while addressing a World Press Conference in

  The death toll of Lassa fever in Nigeria so far this year has risen to 154, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. In its 16th-week Lassa fever situation report, the NCDC said there had been a total of 897 confirmed cases recorded from 26 states and 103 local government areas