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The government is considering tighter restrictions on smoking outdoors as part of a drive to phase out tobacco. Under new plans, smoking could be banned in public gardens, outdoor restaurants, and outside hospitals and sports grounds. The details of which are still unknown – are being proposed as part of a tougher version of the last government’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which was dropped before the last election. Health experts have welcomed the plans, but the BBC has been told that some ministers have raised concerns about the impact the ban could have on the hospitality sector. The King’s Speech…
Leaders and members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have converged on the headquarters of the Congress in Abuja in solidarity with the NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who is set to honour the Police invitation for alleged terrorism financing and other charges. State reporters earlier informed that Ajaero is expected to visit the Police facility by 10:am today. The Labour members started converging at the NLC headquarters as early as 8:00am as they are expected to proceed on a solidarity march with their President. A heavy presence of police operatives has also been stationed a few meters away from the…
Commissioner of Police in Awka Ibom, Waheed Ayilara is dead. State reporters learnt that Ayilara died in the early of Thursday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja. Sources close to the family who spoke with The Nation said he underwent a prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday before he died hours later. ”We are very sad to inform you that our friend, brother and family, the Commissioner of Police for Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara is dead,” the family member said. More details later…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has condemned a video clip of a Canada-based woman, Amaka Patience Sunnberger, threatening to murder people of Yoruba and Benin descent. In the video, the woman, speaking in Pidgin English, said, “Record me very well; it’s time to start poisoning the Yoruba and the Benin. Put poison in all your food at work. Put poison in your water, so that you all die one by one.” Reacting, the group urged the authorities to trace those behind the video and ensure that they face the full weight of the law. Speaking via a…
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have scheduled a follow-up meeting for September 6, 2024, to address unresolved issues concerning the demands of university lecturers, State reporters revealed. The announcement followed a closed-door meeting held on Wednesday between the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, and ASUU leadership, led by its President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke. The meeting comes in the wake of a 21-day ultimatum issued by ASUU to the Federal Government to resolve outstanding concerns that have hindered the development of Nigerian universities. During the meeting, Professor Mamman expressed optimism that a potential shutdown…
Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has signed a one-year contract extension and completed a season-long loan move to Premier League side Bournemouth.
The Ojo Local Government Area of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, has suspended Seyi Sowunmi, the lawmaker representing Ojo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. The suspension of the lawmaker was made known in a statement on Wednesday signed by the Labour Party chapter Chairman, Oluwanifemi Elegbede and Secretary Blessing Okafor. The party accused Sowunmi of failure to appear before the party’s disciplinary panel after a 24-hour summon following charges of gross insubordination, failure to attend ward meetings, and non-registration in any Ojo LGA ward levelled against him. Other allegations levelled against the lawmaker include refusal to…
Barring any last-minute change in plans, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, will today (Thursday) honour the summons by the police over allegations of treason and terrorism financing. Ahead of today’s visit to the police headquarters in Abuja, the NLC Central Working Committee, on Wednesday, issued a circular, mobilising the union members and affiliate associations for a march on the police head offices across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The police had, in an invitation last week, asked Ajaero to appear at the Force headquarters on Tuesday, August 20, by 10 am to answer…
The federal government has approved an upward review of statutory allocation of Universal Basic Education matching grants accessible by state governments for infrastructural projects to Three Billion Five Hundred and Fifty-Four Million Six Hundred and Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty- Four Naira Forty-Six Kobo Only (N3,554,642,584.46). The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi stated this today during a 5-day financial training for SUBEB Chairmen and Board Secretaries in Ibadan. In his remarks, the increased matching grants to the States for the implementation of projects comes from 2% of the consolidated revenue fund alloted to support…
The Federal Government has announced its decision to invoke the ‘no work, no pay’ policy in response to the ongoing strike by resident doctors, according to a statement released by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare on Thursday. The statement, signed by Ado Bako, the ministry’s Assistant Director on Information and Public Relations, expressed disappointment over the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors’ (NARD) decision to embark on a seven-day warning strike, despite ongoing negotiations and efforts by the government to address their concerns. State reporters informed that the warning strike, which began on Monday, was initiated by NARD…