The farmer/herder crisis, once uncommon in southwestern Nigeria, has expanded southward due to pasture degradation and rising violence in the North, compelling herders to migrate southward. According to the International Crisis Groups, approximately 300,000 individuals have fled their homes since January 2018 due to clashes between farmers and herders in the region. However, there’s a sense of hope…
The Okoloba Federated Community in Delta State has urgently appealed to the Federal Government to establish army barracks in the neighbouring town of Okuama. The call was made to address the recurring communal clashes and violence that have plagued the area. Clement Koki, the Chairman of Okoloba Federated Community, made this appeal during an interview with newsmen…
Some Governors have taken the initiative to increase the salary of workers in their respective states pending the outcome of negotiations between the government and organized labour on the new minimum wage. The Governors cited the rising cost of living occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidies as one of the factors responsible for the…
Petroleum marketers in the country have confirmed that Nigerians will soon begin to purchase fuel easily from filling stations across the country and at a reduced price instead of the N700 to N750 per litre. They confirmed the development while speaking to Legit. Also, the national secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), James…
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has announced a region-wide sit-at-home on May 30 in the Southeast. In a statement issued via its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, on Thursday, IPOB said the sit-at-home is a tribute to the Biafran heroes who lost their lives during the civil war from 1967 to 1970. Powerful said the group had…
The organised labour has denied a claim that the ongoing negotiations for a new minimum wage have been deadlocked. It was earlier reported that a source said the ongoing talks for a new minimum wage ended in a stalemate following the inability of the Federal Government and the labour unions to reach a consensus on the issue….
Ebonyi State governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru has approved the increment of civil servants’ salaries by N10,000. He also approved the recruitment of 1,700 teachers to remedy the shortage of personnel in the public primary and secondary schools. The governor made the pronouncement on May 1, 2024, during the Workers’ Day celebration at Pa Ngele…
Ebonyi State governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru has approved the increment of civil servants’ salaries by N10,000. He also approved the recruitment of 1,700 teachers to remedy the shortage of personnel in the public primary and secondary schools. The governor made the pronouncement on May 1, 2024, during the Workers’ Day celebration at Pa Ngele…
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has pledged to decisively deal with workers receiving multiple salaries in the state civil service. The governor made the disclosure on Wednesday while speaking at the 2024 Workers’ Day celebration held in Gusau. He advised them to support the present administration in its determination to sanitise the state civil service…
Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, has blamed bad road infrastructure and insecurity under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration for the death of 35 persons from accidents in Kogi and Enugu states. Obi disclosed this in several posts on his official X handle on Wednesday. Recall that accidents in…
