Civil servants working in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed delight over the Federal Civil Service Bus Scheme provided by the Federal Government. The workers made their feelings known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday as the buses began operation. They said the buses will ease their transportation burden. NAN reports that the federal government, through the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), recently inaugurated the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme with 20 buses to convey civil servants working in FCT and its environs to and from…
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THE Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has described its former president, the late Comrade Pascal Bafyau, as a visionary, pragmatic and proactive leader of the Nigerian workers. NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, said this at the 10th Memorial Lecture of the late Comrade Bafyau celebrated in Abuja on Tuesday. Comrade Bafyau was the third president of the NLC. He passed on on May 15, 2012. According to Comrade Wabba, the emergence of Bafyau as the President of NLC in 1988-1994 was very significant and it was no less historical and phenomenal. “The depth of commitment of Bafyau was evidenced in many of the…
TRADE union leaders in the country have been advised to be conversant with the provisions of the relevant circular of the Head of Service with respect to participation of civil servants in partisan politics in enhancing their “full and unfettered” participation in the democratic process. The Director General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, Comrade Issa Aremu, gave the advice in Abuja on Tuesday on the side-lines of the 10th year Memorial for the late President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Paschal Bafyau, organised by NLC. Bafyau was the third elected President of NLC…
JUSTICE Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday declined to hear two cases of human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omihrhobo, who adorned himself in a lawyer’s gown with ‘native doctor’ attire to court, Punch newspaper reports on Tuesday. According to the report, Mr Omihrhobo, also appeared bare footed with cowries tied on his two legs. His wig had two long feathers, with cowries in his two hands and tied a red wrapper, while he wore his lawyer’s gown on it. The human rights lawyer, who appeared before Justice Ringim, was greeted with resistance by some lawyers who…
G7 leaders have agreed to study possible price caps on Russian oil and gas to try to limit Moscow’s ability to fund its invasion of Ukraine, G7 officials said on Tuesday. The officials, who include U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, say the measure will limit the price that Russia receives for energy while allowing Western consumers to continue getting supply. Below are some of the most commonly asked questions about the price cap and challenges it could face. Has it Been Done Before? A somewhat similar mechanism was established as part of the oil-for-food programme by the United Nations in…
THE bodies of 46 dead migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, city officials said, in one of the deadliest recent incidents of human smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border, reports Reuters. A San Antonio Fire Department official said they found “stacks of bodies” and no signs of water in the truck, which was found next to railroad tracks in a remote area on the city’s southern outskirts. Sixteen other people found inside the trailer were transported to hospitals for heat stroke and exhaustion, including four minors, but no children were among the dead, the department…
THE Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, has stated that some African countries have continued to account for slow phase of socio-economic development in spite of their vast minerals. Adegbite, represented by Mr Obadiah Nkom, the Director-General, Nigerian Mining Cadastre Office, said this at the first International Conference and Exhibitions of the Nigerian Society of Economic Geologists (NSEG) in Abuja on Monday. The theme of the event was: “Economic Diversification, The Role of the Geoscientist.” He said Nigeria and some Africa countries had continued to suffer under-utilisation of their minerals in spite of their vast mineral resources, adding…
THE Senate on Tuesday insisted that it would go ahead with the probe of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Tanko Muhammad. This was sequel to a motion on Matter of Urgent Public Importance moved by Chairman Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), tagged: “State of Affairs in the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Demand by Justices of the Court.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Senate had on June 22, mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, to, as a matter of urgency, wade into…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a fresh bail application filed by leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, said the application for bail was an abuse of court process, and that she was not satisfied with the reasons the IPOB leader gave for his failure to appear in court for continuation of his trial. Justice Nyako noted that from records of the court, Kanu was represented by his lawyer on the day his bail was revoked, likewise his sureties. “In fact, his sureties told the court that…
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