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  The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has suspended its six-week old strike. National Chairman of the union, Comrade Biobelemoye Josiah, told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, that the union's National Executive Council (NEC) approved the suspension of the strike because of the sympathy they have for the suffering Nigerian masses. He said it was also to pave way for further negotiations to continue on Monday next week. Comrade Josiah said the strike was not suspended because of the recent order by the National Industrial Court but because the intervention of the Senate President Bukola Saraki played a major role. The JOHESU leader said that the strike action was not politically motivated but to save the health sector from imminent collapse. He said that the union was not unmindful of the various threats letters and circulars emanating from the Federal Ministry of Health and managements of hospitals across the country.   The union had embarked on an industrial action on Ap...

The Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party asking it to suspend Governor Rochas Okorocha for what the state chairman, Hillary Eke termed “anti-party activities”. Eke in the petition signed by the Publicity Secretary of the party, Nwabueze Oguchienti, accused Okorocha of establishing a parallel party by appointing an acting chairman, Mr Chris Oguoma, in the state against the constitution of the party. Eke said if not promptly checked by the national leadership of the party, the action was capable of plunging the state into avoidable crisis. Governor Okorocha had two weeks ago announced Oguoma from Owerri Municipal Council as the acting chairman of the party following his loss at the ward, local government and state congresses held in Imo. The petition, read: “Pursuant to Article 21D (11) of the APC Constitution, the State Working Committee (SEC) has made appropriate recommendations to the National Working...

A senatorial aspirant from Kaduna Central, Alhaji Lawal Adamu Usman, has said 19 years of democracy in Nigeria only encouraged more corruption and violence than physical and human development. He said though the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government had achieved a lot, Nigeria’s democracy was full of corruption right from the process of electing leaders at the party levels. “We have seen within the last 18 years how political office holders embezzled and stole trillions of naira more than any military regime,” he said.  Popularly called Mr LA, the politician said though Nigerians had kept accusing military regimes of dictatorship and right abuse, “yet the civil rule could not improve the lives of the citizens.”     

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Senator Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina), yesterday, said President Muhammadu Buhari will win the 2019 presidential election with or without members of the nPDP. Ibrahim, who is the chairman of the Buhari Support Group (BSG), punctured the claim that members of the nPDP played key roles in the electoral victory of President Buhari in 2015. The ranking lawmaker spoke in an interview following alleged moves by the nPDP members, including Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC). “Politics is politics. Elections are coming; nPDP is dead since the day its members joined the APC. There is nothing like nPDP. That group should not exist. “Nigerians should not take it (nPDP) like a new group; there is nothing like that again as there is nothing like ACN, CPC,” he said. Ibrahim said the agitation by the members of the so-called nPDP was to extract certain concessions ahead of the 2019 general elections. “APC will ...

President Muhammadu Buhari Nigerians are marking the 19th year of return to democracy and the 3rd Anniversary of the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration today. The President, in a national broadcast, highlighted his achievements and plans for the next year. Below are the talking points of his national broadcast: 1. Buhari said his administration came at a time that Nigerians needed Change, adding that "the Change we promised and the Change we continue to deliver."  2. He said Nigerians have stood by his administration in achieving the three cardinal points of this administration namely; Security, Corruption and the Economy. 3. He said the capacity of the Boko Haram insurgents had been degraded by his government, leading to the re-establishment of authority of government and the release of captives including, 106 Chibok and 104 Dapchi girls, and over 16,000 other persons held by the Boko Haram. 4. Buhari said Efforts were in process for resettlement of IDPs in thei...

The presidency and members of the new Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) bloc in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have resolved to set up a 9-man panel to look into the grievances of the group, sources told Daily Trust last night.

President Muhammadu Buhari ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 2018 DEMOCRACY DAY CELEBRATION, TUESDAY, 29TH MAY, 2018 My Dear Nigerians!   Today marks the 19th year of our nascent democracy and the 3rd Anniversary of this administration. I am thankful to Almighty God for bringing us thus far.  This administration came at a time that Nigerians needed Change, the Change we promised and the Change we continue to deliver. We have faced a lot of challenges on this journey and Nigerians have stood by us in achieving the three cardinal points of this administration namely; Security, Corruption and the Economy.   2.     The commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day is a celebration of freedom, a salute to the resilience and determination of Nigerians and a recommitment by Government to keep its promise to lead Nigeria into a new era of justice and prosperity.   3.     Public safety ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to assent into law the “Not Too Young to Run” Bill very soon. The president disclosed this on Tuesday in commemoration of the 2018 Democracy Day in Abuja. “In few days to come, I will be joined by many promising young Nigerians to sign into law the “Not Too Young to Run” Bill,” Buhari said. He also enjoined all Nigerians to tolerate each other and live in peace. “As we all celebrate our democratic experience, let us resolve to avoid hatred and intolerance; we can only achieve our objectives in an atmosphere of harmony and peaceful co-existence,” the president advised. President Buhari also urged Nigerians to conduct themselves peacefully as the 2019 general elections approach. “Finally, the up-coming months will usher us into another season of general elections. Let me use this opportunity to urge us all to conduct ourselves, our wards and our constituencies with the utmost sense of fairness, justice and peaceful co-existence such that we will have ...

The federal government on Tuesday said it is pained by “the grievous loss of lives and properties” caused by Boko Haram, kidnappings, herdsmen and farmers clashes in several communities across the nation. This was contained in President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech on the commemoration of Nigeria’s 2018 Democracy Day. According to the president, the unfortunate incidences of kidnappings, herdsmen and farmers clashes in several communities which have led to high number of fatalities and loss of properties across the country is being addressed. President Buhari said the identified culprits and their sponsors will face the full wrath of the law. He said: “This administration is pained over the grievous loss of lives and properties occasioned by the carnage of insurgency and other forms of criminality in the country.  “I wish to assure Nigerians that we will not rest until all criminal elements and their sponsors are brought to justice. Government is boosting the capacity of our secu...

Do you know Ibe Kachikwu? Who is he and where is he from? What is his occupation? Read this article and learn more about Ibe Kachikwu! You will find out a lot of Interesting information!  Ibe Kachikwu is the reputable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was appointed by the President Muhammadu Buhari to represent Ibe Kachikwu state of origin in the President's cabinet to manage the main reforms in the gas and oil sector. He was born on December 18, 1956, in Onicha-Ugbo, Delta State. Ibe Kachikwu is a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and Nigerian Law School. He studied law there. He was the best graduate in his class. Afterward, he obtained a Master's and Doctorate Degree in Law from Harvard University.  Ibe Kachikwu has 30 years of experience in management positions in the oil industry. He was also a general counselor ExxonMobil in Nigeria. Dr. Ibe Kachikwu wrote legal books. His bestseller is "Legislation and Poli...

The police in Adamawa State have confirmed the arrest of three persons at Tashan-Baba village in Jada Local Government Area for exhuming and beheading the corpse of a seven-year old girl. Spokesman of the Command, S.P Othman Abubakar, said the three suspects were arrested with the fresh human head of Blessing Johnson, a day after she was buried.  Abubakar added that the three suspects identified as Yunusa Audi, Dauda Babale and Muka’ilu Ishaya confessed to the crime, adding that they were contracted to get fresh human head by one John Bakari of Karlahi village in Fufore Local Government. They told investigators that their sponsor promised to pay N5m for the head. Abubakar said the principal suspect Bakari had escaped but police were making effort to arrest him while the three suspects will be charged to court today.

The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the death of seven persons in a fresh attack by gunmen at Gidan-Labbo village in Gidan-Goga district of Maradun local government area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Muhammad Shehu disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau on Sunday. He said the unidentified bandits on Friday attacked people of Gidan Labbo village at Malikawa Forest while the victims were clearing their farm lands to prepare for this year’s rainy season. “As soon as we received the report, our men were deployed to the area. They discovered seven bodies”. He said the command and other security agencies have already deployed security personnel to the area to maintain peace and stability. He urged people of the state to continue to support security agents with information on criminals to enable them take proactive measures. NAN reports that Governor Abdul’aziz Yari yesterday disclosed that the bandits are now ...