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By Joan Nwagwu The leadership of organised labour has declared an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) declared the strike at the end of a joint emergency meeting on Friday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that labour had during the May…

By Peter Amine Plateau Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Ephraim Usman, has built and donated two classroom blocks for children learning under the trees in Garshei and Nangar communities. Usman, who inaugurated the classroom blocks on Thursday in Kanam Local Government Area of the state, said that the gesture was to improve…

By Peter Amine The outgoing President of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Dr Stephen Panya, has reeled out his achievements and challenges of his stewardship in the last six years. Panya, who briefed newsmen in Jos, thanked God for the grace and opportunity to lead the great denomination of 10 million members for the…

By Blessing Odega Breakthrough Action Nigeria, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has conducted free Tuberculosis (TB) screening on 120 children at the House of Recap Orphanage in Jos. Dr Olubumi Ojelade, the Programme Officer, Tuberculosis, Breakthrough Action -Nigeria, said on Thursday that the screening was to commemorate the National Tuberculosis Child Testing Week, which commenced on…

By Thompson Yamput An anti-corruption bill for the establishment of the Kogi State Anti-corruption Agency has passed through second reading in the state house of assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja on Tuesday that the bill was being sponsored by Assemblyman Suleiman Abdulrazak, member representing Okene Constituency. Abdulrazak had during the…

By Zainab Oyekan To commemorate the 2024 Children’s Day Mrs Helen Mutfwang, wife of Plateau governor, has launched the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), vaccination campaign, and administered same to 130 girls. Mrs Mutfwang, who launched the campaign on Monday in Jos, said the initiative was to rid Plateau of cervical cancer, fighting it from a…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Government on Sunday described as “crude and shocking”, the gruesome killing of two students kidnapped at the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, near Okene. The students were among those kidnapped on May 9, when the abductors stormed the school around 9 p.m. and shot sporadically before grabbing…

By Thompson Yamput The management of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Kogi, has  declared three-day mourning over killing of two  students of the institution by  kidnappers. The CUSTECH Registrar, Ms Olufunke Hudson, made the disclosure in a statement   on Sunday. The students –  James Michael-Anajuwe and Musa Hussein,  first year students of  Information…

By Blessing Odega The Plateau Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA), has called for private sector collaboration to combat the menace of open defecation across the state. The Director General (D-G) of PEPSA, Mr Samuel Dapiya, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Jos. Dapiya, said…

By Blessing Odega Mr Samuel Dapiya, the Director General (D-G) of the Plateau State Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA), says the agency has generated N1 million revenue in the last three months. Dapiya, who assumed duty in February, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in…