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The Nigeria Labor Congress has debunked rumors making the rounds that it has called off the proposed nationwide protest scheduled for today, after reports had emerged online alleging that the union, after a meeting with government officials, decided to shelve the proposed protest. NLC in a statement yesterday night by its President Joe Ajaero, said it has neither reconsidered nor suspended the nationwide mass protest, urging Nigerians to ignore the […]
The President of the World Bank Ajay Banga will begin a three-day visit to Nigeria tomorrow during which he will meet with President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima. The visit is referred to as the next step of a global tour that is at the center of a mission to write a new playbook for the 78-year-old institution, with Banga set to focus his time in Nigeria on identifying […]
The Nigerian senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress is through to the quarterfinal stage of the 2023 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket tournament ongoing in Kigali, Rwanda after beating Egypt 83-65 yesterday at the Bk Arena. After winning the first two quarters, 18-10 and 24-13 to step up their quest for an astonishing fourth consecutive continental title, they couldn’t keep up the momentum in the third quarter as Egypt emerged tops with 19-14 […]
A member of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Advisory Council Professor Gregory Ibe has advised the governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo to deploy his current position as National leader of the All Progressive Grand Alliance in rebuilding, strengthening, and extending the limits of the party to other parts of the nation. Ibe, who advised while congratulating Soludo on his 63rd birthday urged him to use his lofty position as the […]
The Department of State Services DSS on Friday released the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu to undergo an independent medical examination. Kanu’s lead counsel Ifeanyi Ejiofor revealed that his client underwent a medical examination in an unnamed hospital in Abuja where he met with his choice of personal physician outside the facility of the State Security Service SSS. Ejiofor said as part of the protocol, he […]
The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, President Bola Tinubu has criticized the coup by military leaders in Niger Republic, saying Africa has come of age, in an Extra-Ordinary Summit in Abuja on the political situation in the country. Briefing leaders of the regional bloc, Tinubu registered the displeasure of Ecowas at the coup d’état in the Niger Republic, stressing that as African leaders, it is […]
The Enugu state waste management authorityESWAMA has announced that this month’s mandatory clean-up exercise will hold on Saturday, 29th July 2023. In a press release made available to Urban Radio, ESWAMA urged Enugu residents to keep their environs clean, stressing that proper bagging of refuse, specifically with an ESWAMA bag was mandatory. The waste management authority noted that the data collection team was already going around, issuing demand notices to all residents, which can be paid at any designated bank or its head […]
The National Association of Resident Doctors NARD has declared a total and indefinite strike action after they initially issued a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government on July 5 for the implementation of all its demands but was not attended to. The resident doctors in a short statement yesterday listed their demands to include the immediate payment of the 2023 MRTF, the immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement, and the […]
The police public relations officer in Imo State Henry Okoye has confirmed the arrest of 26 enforcers of the illegal sit-at-home order by some suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB. The police also arrested 53 other suspects involved in criminal activities ranging from conspiracy, armed robbery, murder, defilement, kidnapping, child trafficking, unlawful possession of prohibited firearms, car snatching, and vandalization of electrical cables. Okoye at a press […]
