Author: Kwara Reporters

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said they won’t embark on any strike action starting Tuesday to demand a new national minimum wage.NLC President Joe Ajaero made this known during a press conference on Monday.According to Ajaero, the figures the Tripartite Committee came up with are currently with President Bola Tinubu.He noted that the N62,000 proposed by the government does not translate to labour accepting it as the new minimum wage.“We cannot declare strike now because the figures are with the President. We will wait for the President’s decision.“During the tenure of the immediate past president, the figure that was…

Russia is allegedly sending thousands of migrants and foreign students to fight in the war against Ukraine for visa renewal.According to Bloomberg, the assessment was done by some European officials who alleged that the Kremlin is using foreign students as extra manpower using the tactics first deployed by the Wagner mercenary group. The report added that Russia has been threatening not to extend the visas of African students and young workers unless they agree to join the military, according to officials familiar with the matter.Moscow has also been enlisting convicts from its prisons while some Africans in Russia on work visas…

A bill seeking a single term of six years for the President and state governors was brought up on Monday by 35 members of the House of Representatives.The bill also canvasses the rotation of the presidency among the six geopolitical zones of the country.The 35 legislators, under the auspices of Reformed-minded Legislators, said the proposition would lead to a reduction in the cost of governance.Addressing a press conference at the National Assembly Complex on Monday, the spokesman for the group, Ikenga Ugochinyere, added that the move would unite the country and ensure a seamless transition and unprecedented development for the…

By Comr. Abdullahi Ibrahim In a laudable display of commitment to combating food insecurity and promoting sustainable agricultural practices, Senator Saliu Mustapha has once again demonstrated his unwavering support for smallholder farmers in Kwara Central Senatorial District. The recent distribution of N200 million worth of farm inputs, including 3,500 bags of 50kg fertiliser and 1,000 pumping machines, is a significant testament to his genuine fight against food insecurity in the country.As the representative of Kwara Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Senator Saliu Mustapha’s initiative to provide essential farm inputs to local farmers is a timely intervention that will undoubtedly have…

The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has fined the prominent Pay-TV operator, Multichoice Nigeria, owners of DSTV, GOTV, ₦150 million for disputing the court’s jurisdiction, and ordered the company to provide Nigerians with a one-month free subscription to its subscribers.A three-man panel led by Thomas Okusu gave the verdict on Friday.The tribunal had previously blocked Multichoice from raising subscription fees without proper notice, based on a lawsuit by Barrister Festus Onifade who claimed the eight-day notice given for the price increase was inadequate.Onifade had sued DSTV, accusing the Pay-TV of unjustly increasing subscription fees without one month’s notice to customers…

Confidence Bobmanuel has been writhing in pain and battling with what appears to be second-degree burns Chika Amadi, her colleague, inflicted on her.Both women work as police officers attached to the Abonnema police division in Rivers State, but living next to each other in the police barracks did not help strengthen their relationship.FIJ gathered that on Wednesday, Chika waited at Confidence’s doorstep with a bucket of scalding water, and when the unsuspecting police officer stepped out, Chika bathed her with it, causing her skin to peel off.Neighbours and friends rushed the injured Confidence to the police clinic, and she has…

A former military Governor of Ondo State and chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has urged to Nigerians to give President Bola Tinubu one more year to fulfill his campaign promises and fix the country’s challenges.The former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority made the appeal in an interview on Arise Television yesterday.He said the President must have spent the first one year studying the failures of his predecessor to be able to appropriately deal with the problems.His words: “He (Tinubu) had never served at that level (presidency). Well… you will say he was part of the…

A former presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe, on Friday lashed out at the organised labour for shutting down the national grid during the one-day nationwide strike.Okupe said it was evil and sinful for labour to have switched off the national grid during the nationwide strike.On Monday, labour declared an indefinite strike to push for a new national minimum wage.The strike led to Nigeria being thrown into darkness as labour supervised the switching off of the national grid.However, the former spokesman of the Obi-Datti presidential campaign council described the action of labour as unacceptable.Appearing on Channels Television Politics Today, Okupe said: “In…

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), on Friday, released the names of customers with outstanding bills.The DisCo, in a notice issued by its Head of Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh, said effective from June 10, 2024, it would commence massive disconnection of supply to the customers and others with outstanding bills.According to Eze, the listed organisations were indebted to the company to the tune of over N180 billion for energy consumed.He noted that the planned disconnection was part of the company’s strategies to recover its money.The affected defaulters, as listed, include the Enugu State Government, Ebonyi State Government, Anambra State Government,…

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano and presided by Justice Simon Amobeda, on Friday, reserved judgement in the fundamental human rights suit filed by the dethroned 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, following a heated argument between the prosecution counsel and defendant counsel during the hearing.Counsel to second respondent, Mahmood Magaji, told the court that he filed a preliminary objection dated May 30th and filed May 31st on four grounds bordering around his fundamental rights and the repealed Kano Emirate law.“We filed our 21 paragraph counter affidavit deposed by Abdullahi Garko and written address dated May 31st on…