Lagos State Police Command has arrested 179 persons for violating interstates non-essential travel restrictions. The violators were arrested on June 28, 2020, and June 29, 2020, in various interstate checkpoints and motor parks in the state. Police Public Relations Officer ...
Read More »Workers Begin Indefinite Strike In Cross River State
Workers in Cross River State began a total strike as declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) despite a pull-out by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and directives by the state government and few others. The NLC, led by Benedict ...
Read More »Court orders reinstatement of downgraded Otuoke University lecturers, awards N20 million damages
The Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has ordered the reinstatement of four lecturers demoted by the Federal University, Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state. The institution, in 2018, downgraded Prof. Steve Nwabuzor from the rank ...
Read More »Rivers Government Approves N2.3b for COVID-19, Orders Compulsory Testing Of Workers
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has ordered employees of the Government House to undergo mandatory tests, as infected persons hit 1,056 in the state. He gave the directive while receiving three ambulances from the Executive Director of BUA Foundation, Khalifa ...
Read More »Wike Berates APC Over Abandoning Governance For President Buhari’s Succession Drive,
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has accused his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterparts, ministers and political office holders of abandoning governance for succession of President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2023 general elections. Dismissing his presidential ambition speculations, the Rivers ...
Read More »Defend Your ‘Tax-Collector’ Status, Edo APC Guber Candidate Ize-Iyamu Tells PDP
Obaseki’s Goodwill, Performance Will Earn Him Victory, Groups Insist All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the 2020 Edo State gubernatorial election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has challenged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to defend its ‘tax collector’ status citing his depiction ...
Read More »NIMASA Issues Advisory On Vessels From COVID-19 High Risk Countries
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has notified stakeholders about 13 vessels from five countries heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, eight of which are expected to berth in Apapa, Lagos; four in Bonny, and one in Port ...
Read More »Stakeholders Propose Energy Alternatives For Africa Outcomes From Dialogue On Climate And Power Alternatives
Local and international CSOs / NGOs from Ghana, Togo, Senegal, Brazil, Philippines, Algeria, Kenya and Nigeria, joined Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) in a two-day virtual dialogue/School of Ecology on Climate and Power Alternatives on June 22 and 23, ...
Read More »Right Livelihood Lecture Calls For Energy Alternatives, Collective Response To Climate Change
Over the past six years, HOMEF and the University of Port Harcourt have hosted the Right Livelihood College Lectures at the University of Port Harcourt – one of the nine campuses of the Right Livelihood College (RLC) in globally. The ...
Read More »Confronting migration challenge in West Africa, a presentation by Clare Henshaw, Country Manager, The Migrant Project, Nigeria at a an international virtual summit organised by the Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) Summit Theme: Migration: Remedies For Covid-19 And The Economy.
WHO IS A MIGRANT? The UN Migration Agency (IOM) defines a migrant as any person who is moving or has moved across an international border or within a State away from his/her habitual place of residence, regardless of (1) the ...
Read More »