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After 2 years of absence due to the covid-19 pandemic, the annual Ojude-Oba festival is set for a return on Monday July 11, in the ancient town of Ijebu-Ode. The chairman of the organizing Committee, DR. FASSY YUSUF, during a press conference held at the palace of the Awujale of Ijebu, said the theme for this year’s festival is “THE RETURN OF THE OJUDE OBA”. Dr. ...

Ogun state government has promised to implement the agreement reached  with organized labour on July 1 to call off the indefinite strike which started on June 28. Some of the key details in the agreement reached between both sides include the setting up of an ad-hoc committee to make recommendations on the Contributory Pension scheme; the allocation of 1.5 billion naira to clear off 21 months unremitted deducti...

The Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party has announced the setting up of a committee to meet and reconcile with Rivers state governor NYESOM WIKE.  Chairman of the board, Senator WALID JIBRIL, who made the announcement in a statement, said the committee will be headed by the party’s presidential candidate ATIKU ABUBAKAR, with several members including the Vice-Presidential candidate Governor IFEANYI OK...

The Confederation of African Football CAF has shifted the Africa Cup of Nations from June 2023 to January 2024.CAF president PATRICE MOTSEPE said the organization could not take the risk of holding the tournament in June due to fact that it falls in the height of the rainy season in Cote d’Ivoire.The 2024 edition will be the 2nd time in a row that the tournament will be held in January and February, reversing the 2017 decision to move the event to Jun...

The Ogun state government has promised to implement the agreement reached     with organized labour on July 1 to call off the indefinite strike which started on June 28.Some of the key details in the agreement reached between both sides include the setting up of an ad-hoc committee to make recommendations on the Contributory Pension scheme; the allocation of 1.5 billion naira to clear off 21 months unremitted deductions in...

The organized labour movement is planning to hold a protest on the state of the nation. The protest is to call the attention of the government to the country’s deteriorating security situation, the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the unending energy crisis. Speaking at two separate conferences in Abuja, the president of the Nigeria Lab...

The controversial National Water Resources Bill, 2020, re-emerged on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday amidst suspicions from members. A member of the House from Benue State, MARK GBILLAH, had raised the alarm when the bill was to be taken for the first reading. The leadership, however, assured the lawmakers that the new version of the legislation would captur...

A former Governor of Kano State and Senator representing Kano Central Senatorial district, IBRAHIM SHEKARAU has defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).His defection was announced by the Senate President, AHMAD LAWAN, after the upper legislative Chamber resumed from a two hour closed door meeting on Wednesday.In his letter of resignation from his former political party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), he cited injust...

A former Governor of Kano State and Senator representing Kano Central Senatorial district, IBRAHIM SHEKARAU has defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).His defection was announced by the Senate President, AHMAD LAWAN, after the upper legislative Chamber resumed from a two hour closed door meeting on Wednesday.In his letter of resignation from his former political party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), he cited injust...

The House of Representatives has resolved to commence an investigation into the non-payment of pension and gratuities to retired federal civil servants. The lawmakers passed a resolution, after a member, SERGIUS OSE-OGUN, moved a motion on the matter, directing its Committees on Pension and Public Service Matters to investigate the matter and report back within 4 weeks. The Reps, ...