Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo has approved the immediate reinstatement of the staff members of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, who were disengaged from service in March 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the approval was announced on Monday via a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Musa Ikhilor. NAN also recalls that the staffers, who were majorly members of the institution’s branch of Academic Staff Union of the Universities (ASUU), were relieved of their appointment, following the agitation for payment of their outstanding salaries, amongst other entitlements. Ikhilor described the recall as Okpebholo’s…
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The Ebonyi Government says it has begun evacuation and rehabilitation of destitutes and persons with mental disorders from the streets of Abakaliki. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Felicia Nwankpuma, who disclosed this on Monday in Abakaliki, said the exercise was to sanitise the environment and ensure safety of residents. Nwankpuma decried the increasing number of destitutes roaming the metropolis, while expressing the ministry’s commitment to expediting action to curtail the menace and reduce the dangers it posed to the society. She said that about five mentally-ill persons – three females and two males – were handed-over…
The Debt Management Office (DMO), has offered two Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) savings bonds for subscription in December. The DMO said on Monday that the first offer was a two-year FGN savings bond due in Dec. 11, 2026, at interest rate of 17.483 per cent per annum. The second offer was a three-year FGN savings bond due in Dec. 11, 2027 at interest rate of 18.483 per cent per annum. “Opening date is Dec. 2, closing date is Dec. 6, settlement date is Dec. 11, and coupon payment dates are March 11, June 11, Sept. 11 and Dec. 11.…
The Interior Ministry in Tbilisi reported on Monday that demonstrators and police officers were injured in an outbreak of violence in Georgia amid fierce election disputes and ties with the European Union. The ministry reported that 21 police officers had been injured by stones, fireworks, bottles, and iron bars, bringing the total injured over recent days to 113 officers. No figures were initially available on the number of injured demonstrators. According to media reports, police used water cannon and teargas, while protesters erected barricades. On Sunday, President Salome Zourabichvili called for fresh parliamentary elections in response to widespread allegations of…
The Government of Cross River has approved N70,000 as minimum wage for state civil servants effective Dec. 1. The approval was given in addition to the consequential adjustment across all cadre of the state workforce. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that signing of the agreement between the government and labour was reached following series of meetings that started on Thursday. The Trade Union Congress (TUC) Chairman, Monday Ogbodum while confirming the development, said that the unions will hold a congress on Monday to decide the next line of action. “It is true that we have reached and signed…
At least 56 people have been killed in Guinea and many injured after a mass panic among football fans, the government said on Monday. Clashes between rival fans broke out in the city of Nzerekore on Sunday after a red card was shown to a Labe player with the score at 0-0 late in the game. Fans of Labe started throwing stones and security forces then used tear gas, sparking the mass panic. It is not yet clear if the deaths were mainly caused by a stampede. Prime Minister Bah Oury expressed his condolences to the families of the victims…
A fire incident, which occured in the early hours of Monday, has razed shops and destroyed property worth millions of Naira at the Moniya Garage in Ibadan. Mr Yemi Akinyinka, the General Manager, Oyo State Fire Services Agency, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Ibadan. Akinyinka said that the agency received a distress call about the fire incident from one Mr Adelola around 12:27 a.m., on Monday, and immediately deployed personnel to the scene. He said that the personnel of the agency on getting to the scene discovered that the fire had affected…
The Benue Government, on Monday, distributed another set of food items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other vulnerable people in the state.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the items distributed included 2,225 bags of 25 kg rice, 1,395 bags of 10 kg beans, 2,205 bags of maize, and 836 bags of garri.Others were 2,894 cartons of Indomie noodles, 1,445 bags of sugar, 186 bags of salt, and 197 gallons of palm oil.Sir James Iorpuu, Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said that Gov. Hyacinth Alia said that gesture was part of Gov. Hyacinth Alia’s resolve…
The Commissioner for Health in Gombe State, Dr Habu Dahiru, says the state has made progress in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Dahiru made the disclosure on Monday at a news conference to commemorate this year’s World AIDS Day held in Gombe. He said that the state achieved the feat aimed at achieving an AIDS-free status in the state, in partnership with critical stakeholders. He said that through renewed advocacies and engagement of critical stakeholders, the state was able to increase the number of pregnant women going for test during antenatal services. “Mother-to-child transmission has been reduced significantly, and I…
Nigerian Youth For Atiku (NYFA), a support group of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has urged President Bola Tinubu to take steps toward reforming the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The group’s Director of Communications (Nigeria and Diaspora), Mr Dare Dada, gave the advice in a statement, on Monday in Lagos, after the NYFA’s bi-monthly strategic meeting. Dada said that the group, as part of its resolution in the meeting on Sunday in Lagos, called on the President to reform INEC, the police and other security apparatuses, to deepen Nigeria’s democracy. He said that this should be done ahead of…