Nigeria Labour Congress in Ekiti State says Fayose owes workers 8-months salary

The State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Ekiti State, Ade Adesanmi has disagreed with Governor Ayodele Fayose that workers in Ekiti are owed only four months’ salaries.  

He said state workers were owed about eight months’ salaries.  Fayose had, while appearing on a television station interview programme in Lagos on Thursday, claimed that workers were owed just four months’ salaries.

Reacting to the claim on Saturday, Adesanmi said different categories of workers in Ekiti were owed between five and eight months’ salaries.

'As we speak, the civil servants are owed five months’ salary arrears; local government, eight months’ salaries; and institutions like College of Education, Ikere, College of Heath Technology, Ijero and Ekiti State Universities are owed Seven months' salaries' he said.

My Parents joked about dying together and it happened - Toke Makinwa

In her book 'On Becoming', Toke Makinwa revealed how a gas cylinder leak led to the fire incident that killed her parents when she was just 8-years-old.

Yesterday, she tweeted that before the ugly incident happened, her parents once joked about

Photos: Nigerian man falls from fifth floor while trying to evade arrest during police raid in Malaysia

A Nigerian man on Saturday, September 30, fell from the fifth floor while trying to evade the police at Flora Damansara apartments in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

The unnamed Nigerian said to be in his 30's, who broke his hand and nose during the fall, was among 51 foreigners nabbed in the Ops Black Flora on Friday.

Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm Fadzil Ahmat said 171 foreigners were screened during the

'Someone I'm yet to meet paid my tuition through university' - Nigerian graduate shares touching story

This is quite an inspiring story by this Reedemers University graudate who narrated how a stranger paid her tuition from her 200-level days till she graduated.

Read her story below....

Police Uncovers Kidnapper Evan's Alleged Multi-million Naira Truck Company

As Nigerians await the trial of notorious kidnapper and billionaire Chukwudumeme Onwumadike Aka Evans, policemen attached to the IGP Intelligence Response Team(IRT) have uncovered a truck yard which he acquired from the proceeds of kidnapping. 

This is even as police detectives have arrested Evans’ secretary, Ngozika Ezeokoye who went into hiding as

Facebook, Google, Others Confirm Nigeria’s Requests for User Information

A new report has confirmed what many Nigerians have long suspected to be true: that the federal government is spying on its citizens through the social media and email accounts.

The report titled, “The Growing Trend of African Government’s Requests for User Information and Content Removal from Internet and Telecoms Companies,” was released last month by the Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) established under the Catalysing Access to Information and

Uh-uh! Oprah Winfrey fuels rumour she's going to run for US president in 2020

Back in March, billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey sparked rumors she was considering a run for the Presidency of the United States after realizing you don't need prior experience. Back then she told Bloomberg;

“I actually never thought that that was — I never considered the question even a possibility. I thought, ‘Oh gee, I don’t have the experience, I don’t know enough. And now I’m thinking, ‘Oh. Oh.’”

Former Governor, Orji Kalu says, 'Nnamdi Kanu is in London, he went through Malaysia'

The former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu has decared that IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu has fled the country, following the military crackdown in the state.

Orji Kanu made the disclosure in an interview with Punchng saying the FG outlawed the activities of the IPOB because its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, ignored the elders’ advice. Speaking about his meeting with Nnamdi Kanu in the prison, he said: “I spoke with Nnamdi Kanu in the prison and gave him quality advice. I counselled him to embrace peace and agree with whatever terms that will set him free'.

Read Exceprts from the interview below...

FIRST TIME TIPS FOR TRAVELLING IN IN INDIA

For Western travelers, a first-time visit to India can be an overwhelming experience. The country is huge, heavily populated, and uniquely foreign. By keeping in mind a few

ew essential tips, you can have a better idea of what to expect and have a better experience.

Keep It Focused

Most first-time visitors to India exhaust themselves by trying to do everything in a short period of time. Don’t overload your itinerary.

Plan ahead, focus on a few activities each day, and give yourself space to enjoy the culture. Also, let yourself be spontaneous when a moment arises. You don’t have to see everything on the first trip to India. That’s what return trips are for!

Meet Nigerian who’s first African mayor of Greenwich

History was recently made in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, South-East London after a Nigerian was elected as the first African mayor.

 

The new mayor, 59-year-old Olugbenga Babatola was born in Nigeria but is now a British citizen.

He had previously served as a councillor in the district, a position to which he was elected in 2014 because of his inspirational leadership style.

In 2015, he became the first African to be elected as deputy Mayor and served alongside current Mayor, Norman Adam

Babatola will be inaugurated into office as the first African Mayor of Greenwich on May 25, 2016.

“Looking around Royal Greenwich there’s much to be proud of. The physical regeneration of our community continues apace, while there are many developments in our economic, social and community life,” Council leader Denise Hyland said.

“I was determined that we should open the inauguration ceremony to more local people to reflect on the role our community plays in achieving the successes we have enjoyed over the past year. It is also a way to welcome Cllr Babatola to his new role as Mayor, and to thank Cllr Adams for his hard work and service during his tenure,” she added.

The mayor is elected by council members at an annual meeting and the position is held for a year. He or she is the first citizen of the Royal Borough and acts as an ambassador at public affairs and at civic and ceremonial events.