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By Newslineglobal Following the proposed two days nationwide protests by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliate organizations, slated for Tuesday the 27th and Wednesday the 28th of February 2024, the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, Anayo Uzuegbui, has ordered the adequate deployment of Police operational and intelligence resources to ensure the security…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State,  Tuesday, joined the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress in its peaceful protest. Pix- Gov Makinde at the peaceful protest He assured the protesters that the current hardship would soon be over. The workers began their protest from the NLC state secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan, the state capital,…

Three children of the same parents, a boy and two girls, were Sunday,  suffocated to death inside the car parked at their compound at No 8, Boluke Line, Zango-Kulende quarters in the Ilorin , Kwara State It was gathered that their mother, Shade Silifat, went to buy noodles for them to prepare for Monday morning…

Vice President of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, has commended the Governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah on his commitment to educational development in the state. Pix- VP Shettima He gave the commendation at the South East Business Roundtable and flag-off of the Light Up Nigeria Programme organised by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company…

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it suspended the second day(28th February ) of the  planned two-day  nationwide peaceful protest against the hardship being experienced in Nigeria presently, because, the  Federal Government has asked for a 7-day grace to implement the  agreements with labour  and that  some states that were not paying minimum wage have approved…

A Non- Governmental Organisation, Women and  Children Charity Action Organization (WACCA) and Sexual and Gender- based Violence  Justice Network (SJN), Wednesday, February 28, 2024, paid a visit to TAMAR-SARC Enugu , to redeem the  pledge WACCA  made in the last public private partnership programme organized by SJN  to support the upgrade of TAMAR-SARC , Enugu….

Management of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) has warned those extorting money from it’s customers to upgrade their meters to desist from the criminal act, saying that meter upgrade is free to customers. Head, Corporate Communications,EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, made this known in a statement he made available to newsmen on Wednesday. The statement…

Federal Government says it  will not retrench workers in the course of the implementation of the 12-year-old Steve Oronsaye report. The Minister of Information and National Orientation,  Mohammed Idris, made this known during the Ministerial Press Briefing on Wednesday in Abuja. He said “,The essence of the implementation of the Oronsaye report is not to…

In a rare moment of grace and fidelity to promise, Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, at the weekend hosted a grand civic reception in honour of elder statesman and eminent economist, Dr. Uma Oke Eleazu (OON) a gesture the pan-Igbo umbrella body, Anya-Ndi-Igbo, has described as “fidelity in its most elegant form.” The ceremony,…

Business community in the south east geopolitical zone will on on Tuesday, 28 October 2025 converge in Enugu for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) workshop. The ETLS is a trade instrument established in 1979 by the ECOWAS as a cornerstone for regional integration within the region. The Scheme…