By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least 782,000 people participated in this year’s International Workers’ Day protests across France, the country’s Interior Ministry said Monday, 1 May, 2023. The protests took place amid social tensions caused by the government forcing passage of a controversial pension reform bill; last year, only 116,500 people took to the streets on Monday, 1 May, 2023. Like recent nationwide mobilizations against the pension reforms, Monday’s protests turned violent in major cities including Paris, Lyon, and Marseille. According to French interior minister Gerald Darmanin, at least 108 police and gendarmes were injured during the protests. One police officer…
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By Ayoola Amao, Gombe All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State has expelled the Senator representing the Gombe South Senatorial District, Senator Bulus Amos for alleged anti-party activities. This is almost a month after the former Governor of the state, Senator Danjuma Goje was also sent out of the party for the same reason. Bulus like Senator Goje was accused of working for an opposition party throughout the polls. Addressing the media on Tuesday, 2 May, 2023, the Gombe South Vice Chairman, Musa Awak said his office would unconditionally abide by the decision of the Senator’s Bambam Ward in Balanga…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Superstar Nigerian singer/songwriter, Ayra Starr, has been placed on bed rest by her doctor who advised her to slow things down. The singer is set to miss some shows in the United States due to ill health. In a statement on her Instagram story on the of Sunday, 30 April, 2023, the singer stated that she would not be carrying on with her shows as planned. She also apologised to her fans over her inability to attend her much-anticipated show.The statement reads; “DC, VA & Houston your girl is going through it. My doctor has advised I slow…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that at least 154 persons have died as a result of Lassa fever within four months in the country In its 16th-week Lassa fever situation report, the NCDC said there had been a total of 897 confirmed cases recorded from 26 states and 103 local government areas from January 1 to April 23, 2023, just as a total of 4,908 suspected cases were recorded during the period under review. With the current death toll, the public health institution noted that the case-fatality ratio of the outbreak stood…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewahas confirmed that the Egyptian authorities have finally agreed to allow Nigerians fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan pass through its country. Due to the closure of Sudanese airspace, the federal government had made arrangement for buses to convey Nigerians to Egypt from where they were to catch flights back home. Nigerians have been stranded at the Egyptian border as a result of refusal of the country to allow free passage despite repeated pleas. Dabiri-Erewa said in a statement issued on Monday, 1 May, 2023, that Egypt…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) on Monday, 1 May, 2023 said it would commence the release of results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Board on Tuesday, 2 May, 2023. This was contained in the minutes of the meeting held at the end of an emergency management meeting held over the weekend in Abuja. In the minutes which was made available to newsmen, the board noted that the delay in the release of results was due to the fact that it wanted to ensure that all necessary screenings were concluded. “The Board would be releasing the results…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The President of Atyap Community Development Association, Mr. Samuel Achi, has disclosed that 518 people have been gruesomely killed with thousands taking refuge, 20 villages displaced, while 18 villages burnt down from 2017 till date in southern Kaduna, Kaduna State. Achi made this disclosure on Monday, 1 May, 2023 while addressing a world press conference in Samaru Kataf, Kaduna State He said the persistent attacks were likened to those of 2019 and were the handwork of some criminal elements in their midst that needed to be apprehended and punished in accordance with the provisions of the criminal…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo, has threatened to cut salaries of workers who are absent from work on sit-at-home days in the state. The Governor gave the threat while addressing Anambra State workforce at May Day celebration held at Dr. Alex Ekwueme square, Awka on Monday, 1 May, 2023. According to him, Monday sit-at-home has become an excuse for workers to stop coming to work on Mondays, noting that he cannot continue with this attitude of workers Recently, Soludo had increased workers’ salaries by 10 per cent. “You cannot be working for just four days…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Monday, 1 May, 2023, said the administration will continue to prioritise the welfare of workers and protect the interest of labour unions in the state, acknowledging their support before and during the last general elections. Speaking at the May Day Celebration in Ilorin, the Governor congratulated the Nigerian workers and labour leaders on the celebration of May Day, a day AbdulRazaq said is “grounded in the progressive and noble values of the global workforce, including in Nigeria”. “Great workers, this administration is your own and it will always be your own. We owe our…
Immediate past Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Monday, inaugurated an 11-man Committee with the mandate to stimulate, revamp, restructure and reposition the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State. The setting-up of the Committee was conceptualised after a series of meetings held between Oyetola and all strata of the party, including the Igbimo Agba, the leadership of the party, critical stakeholders and the youth, to chart a new course for the APC in the State. Inaugurating the Committee in Osogbo, the former Governor said Osun remains the home of the Progressives in the South West, hence the need for the…