Metro

Metro

Oct
07
2021
By OHAFIATV
N30,000 minimum wage no longer takes Nigerian workers home – NLC

N30,000 minimum wage no longer takes Nigerian workers home – NLC

Economy, Metro, , , , ,
Comrade Ben Ukpepi, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) chairman in Cross River State, on Thursday, said that the take-home N30,000 national minimum wage no longer takes Nigerian workers home. Ukpepi disclosed this while commemorating the 2021 International Day for Decent Working Environment in Calabar. The 2021 Day has “Just Jobs” as its theme, NAN reports. Ukpepi explained that it was obvious that the workforce in Nigeria was working in environments that were deficient in indecency, adding that something needed to be done. He said, “Today in Cross River, we are marking the World Decent Work Day as a result of…
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Oct
07
2021
By OHAFIATV
Open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari: Before your first shot on Southeast; check the cost!

Open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari: Before your first shot on Southeast; check the cost!

Amos Oge Kalu, Metro, News, Politics, , , , , , , , , ,
HE, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (Rtd) GCFRC)The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, State House,Abuja. Your Excellency, For all the positions I have taken on political discourse as it affects Nigeria's continued existence, I have never advocated for violence as resolving solutions to any issue, not even a means for an end as the cost is always painful and costlier than the output. Therefore, I condemn any person or group of persons adopting any form of violence or civil disobedience as an option to register any grievances, 'factual or perceived, For the umpteenth time in my advocacies, I've always emphasised that…
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Oct
02
2021
By OHAFIATV
Adeboye queries govt for making COVID-19 vaccine compulsory

Adeboye queries govt for making COVID-19 vaccine compulsory

Health, Metro, Politics, , , , , ,
Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has criticized state governors forcing Nigerians to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Recently, the Governor of Edo State mandated that all citizens take the vaccine and obtain a card before having access to public places in the State. Despite the court order by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers directing the government to maintain the status quo on the compulsory COVID-19 vaccination for citizens, Governor Godwin Obaseki maintained that his government’s directive of no access to public places without being vaccinated still stands. But Adeboye while speaking during October Holy…
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Oct
02
2021
By OHAFIATV
Aero Contractors takes delivery of two Airbus 320

Aero Contractors takes delivery of two Airbus 320

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The Aero Contractors, Nigeria’s oldest aviation company, yesterday took delivery of two Airbus 320 from Heston airline based in Lithuania. The two aircraft touchdown the runway of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, yesterday afternoon and was immediately received at the airport by the Managing Director of the Aero Contractors, Capt. Abdullahi Mahmood, along with other senior executives of the airline. Mahmood while speaking to the press at the sidelines of the event said: “We are pleased to secure the two aircraft through House of Five A’s, which will boost our fleet and give us the much-needed capacity to serve…
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Sep
28
2021
By OHAFIATV
DIA: Local blacksmiths now manufacture AK-47 rifle

DIA: Local blacksmiths now manufacture AK-47 rifle

Metro, Politics, , , ,
The Defence Intelligence Agency has said some blacksmiths in Nigeria now have the expertise to manufacture assault weapons such as AK-47. The DIA noted that while blacksmiths and the rifles they traditionally produce are an integral part of some cultures in the country, some blacksmiths now produce more sophisticated weapons — a development he said posed a security threat. Representing the DIA at a public hearing organised by the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence on four security-related bills in Abuja on Monday, Air Commodore F. G. Okoyi said, “The cautionary attachment to blacksmith skills, as well as the…
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