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By Daniel Peters With Agency Reports The provincial government in Ontario says that changes are being made to the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) to expand the health care workforce and increase the occupations eligible for the In-Demand skills stream. Ontario is removing barriers to make it easier for qualified immigrants to enter the healthcare…
By Goodluck Ikiebe Two Journalists based in Kaduna, North Western Nigeria that were abducted from their homes last week, Abdulgafar Alabelewe of The Nation Newspapers and Abduraheem Aodu of the Blueprint Newspapers as well as members of their families have regained freedom. This was revealed in a statement by the Kaduna Council of the Nigeria…
By Daniel Peters President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. This was contained in a tribute he wrote to commemorate Soyinka’s 90th birthday. A statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Friday titled“Professor Wole Soyinka at 90: Tribute…
By Goodluck Ikiebe After the arrest of the notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans in 2017 following his seven years of high-profile abductions across the country, during which he collected millions of dollars in ransoms, nobody knew that another dreaded gang would spring up soon after. This time around, this gang…
By Daniel Peters The Security authorities in Sudan have asked all foreigners in the country to vacate the capital, Khartoum and the surrounding regions. A statement by the Police in charge of foreigners, says they have two weeks to vacate the capital city. “Foreigners should leave for their own safety amid the fighting still raging…
By Ijeoma Nwankpa A factional President of the National Sports Association For Judiciary of Nigeria, NASJA, Mr. Emeka Ndili, has promised to initiate a legal action to prove that he is the duly elected President of the Association. This is coming against what he described as misleading claims to the contrary being made by some…
Photo: NLC President, Joe Ajaero & Others By Goodluck Ikiebe The talks between President Bola Tinubu and Labour union leaders to finalise the agreement on the minimum wage has been adjourned till next week. The meeting was adjourned to next week after about one-hour discussions on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking to newsmen…
Kenya President William Ruto By Daniel Peters With Agency Reports Kenyan President, William Ruto, has announced the dismissal of almost his entire cabinet and begins consultations to form a “broad-based government”. He said on Thursday that the move affects all Ministers including the Attorney-General but excluded Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi and…
By Goodluck Ikiebe SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled that it is unconstitutional for State Governors to hold onto funds meant for Local Government (LG) administrations. In its lead judgement read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court observed that the refusal of state government on financial autonomy for local…
By Goodluck Ikiebe President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has called for a return to the old pension scheme regime. Ajaero, who made the appeal at the 2024 National Pre-retirement summit in Abuja, on Wednesday, said the current system is a death sentence. The programme had its theme, “challenges, strategies, prospects and…
By Goodluck Ikiebe A renowned group, Agro-Allied Commodities Cooperatives in collaboration with the federal government has unfolded plans to build One thousand houses in each State across Nigeria. The Yeye Oodua Agbaye of Ife Kingdom, Queen Hajarat Adeyeye disclosed the initiative to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Hajarat Adeyeye, who is the President, Global Mechanized…
By Daniel Peters An international magazine, Southern African Times, has birthed in Nigeria to foster Africa’s Unity & Heritage and also expand operations to countries in the entire West Africa region. The Chairman, Professor Williams Azuma Ijoma stated this in Abuja while addressing newsmen on the launch of the Southern African Times in Nigeria. “The…
By Daniel Peters The Federal Government has charged the new inaugurated Board Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to explore innovative mechanisms and improve on digital currency transactions in regulating Financial market to attracting investors both within and outside the country. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale…
By Daniel Peters With Agency Reports. The Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC), a leading authority in crisis management in Nigeria, has leveraged its extensive expertise in conducting a comprehensive assessment of the performance of Nigeria’s security services based on media coverage in June 2024. The Centre, a non-governmental organisation that is deeply committed to peace,…
By Goodluck Ikiebe The FCT Police Command has sent Shuaibu Alhaji Yushau to the Social Development Secretariat (SDS) for mental assessment and evaluation following his rather troubling action, which caused apprehension in the populace on Monday, July 8, 2024, by climbing a high broadband mast at ASO Radio in Katampe, Abuja, and attempting to take…
By Goodluck Ikiebe Following a distress call from concerned citizens about a young man, who climbed a very high mast with a placard at ASO Radio in Katampe at about 09:10 a.m, the operatives of the FCT Police Command swiftly mobilized to the location. The FCT Police spokesperson, SP Josephine Andeh, says in a statement…
