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Supreme Court Bars State Governors from Dissolving Elected Local Government Councils

Lateef Fagbemi

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has ruled that governors across the country are no longer authorized to dissolve democratically elected Local Government councils. The ruling, delivered on Thursday 11 July 2024, declares such actions unconstitutional under the provisions of the 1999 Constitution as amended. The case, brought before the court by the Attorney General of […]

Kaduna Nurses Suspend 5-day Warning Strike

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Kaduna State chapter, has suspended its warning strike. ALSO READ: Why Petrol Prices Increased Slightly – Marketers The association disclosed this in statement made available to PUNCH Online by its Chairman, Ishaku Yahaya, on Monday. The union said it decided to suspend the strike following a level […]

Why Petrol Prices Increased Slightly – Marketers

Petrol marketers have blamed the fresh petrol scarcity in the country on supply challenges on the part of the sole importer of the premium commodity, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. ALSO READ: End slave wage – Labour to NASS The marketers said they have had to resort to depot owners to get petrol […]

End slave wage – Labour to NASS

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has appealed to the National Assembly to liaise with the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage to set up mechanisms for regular and systematic review of wage levels to ensure they keep pace with inflation and cost of living. ALSO READ: Time Running Out for Magistrate  NLC President, Joe […]

Edo Guber: Ighodalo Remains Candidate – PDP

…Says Primary Election Followed Due Process, No Eligible Delegate Excluded The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says that its candidate in the September 21, 2024 Edo State governorship election, Dr. Asue Ighodalo remains validly in the race, contrary to erroneous interpretative media reports of the ruling by the Federal High Court, Abuja. The PDP states that […]

Kaduna State Returns Over 2,500 Hajj Pilgrims Home

The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has so far returned over 2,500, out of its 4, 767 pilgrims that performed this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia. A statement signed by the Agency’s spokesperson, Yunusa Mohammed Abdullahi, explained that the pilgrims were transported back home in five outbound flights by MaxAir Airline. The statement recalled that […]

Nigeria’s housing deficit a huge opportunity for builders, says ABU Vice-Chancellor

By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Professor. Kabiru Bala, says the housing and infrastructure deficit in the country provides enormous opportunities for professional builders to actively participate in building the national economy considering Nigeria’s level of development. Speaking at the two-day maiden retreat of the Northern Builders’ Forum (NBF) of the […]