The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations in Uganda, Col. (Rtd) Charles Okello Engola,, has been killed by his bodyguard. Engola, who was the Deputy Minister for Gender and Labour, was shot at his home on Tuesday morning, 2 May, 2023. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enaga, said Engola was shot at close range […]
The former governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, has begun moves to reposition the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Oyetola, on Monday, inaugurated an 11-man committee headed by a former Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, for the repositioning of the APC in the state. While addressing party leaders and loyalists at the […]
Abike Dabiri-Erewa has been reappointed as the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) by President Buhari. The notice of her reappointment was contained in a letter written by the President to the Senate requesting the Upper Chamber to confirm her reappointment. Dabiri-Erewa was first appointed as NIDCOM chairman in November 2018. Before then, she […]
Another batch of 1,350 Nigerians on Sunday left the war-torn Sudanese capital, Khartoum, for Port Sudan from where they will be airlifted back home. Port Sudan is a Sudanese city 825 kilometres from Khartoum, where planes can still land and take off despite the ongoing battle between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces […]
The Egyptian authorities have given stringent conditions for stranded Nigerians to cross its border. The first set of 637 Nigerian students evacuated from Sudan are stranded at the Egyptian border with the war-torn country. Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, who spoke Sunday, said the Egyptian authorities had not opened its border with Sudan for the […]
The Anambra State Police Command has paraded three out of a six-man gang of kidnappers, who operate from a border town of Umuaku-Isuochi in Abia State. The State Commissioner of Police (CP), Echeng Echeng, who made this known while parading them at the Command’s headquarters, said the gang’s victim, a University professor, was rescued from […]
The director-general, Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Kwara State, Comrade Issa Aremu, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as the most labour-friendly President the country has ever produced. Aremu, who spoke with journalists in Ilorin, on Saturday, on the occasion of the 80th birthday of the President, listed a number of Buhari […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Nigeria said it would commence the random sampling of Indomie noodles, including the seasoning from the production facilities and the markets tomorrow (Tuesday). NAFDAC also said the importation of Indomie noodles into Nigeria had been banned for many years and the products were on […]
… Says her demise is a huge loss to the maritime sector The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Doctor Bashir Jamoh, paid a condolence visit to the home of Late Barrister (Mrs.) Margaret Orakwusi, in Ikoyi, on Monday. Orakwusi died on April 28th, 2023 after a brief illness as announced […]
Following the intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Egyptian Government has opened its border allowing over 500 Nigerians fleeing from Sudan to gain entry into the country. The border was said to have been opened after President Muhammadu Buhari engaged his Egyptian counterpart on the need to open its country’s border for Nigerians that were […]
