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Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has urged the Federal Government to make history and sign or submit the instrument of ratification of the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, TPNW, on September 26, 2019, in New York. A high-level ceremony for signatures and ratifications for the TPNW will be held during leaders’ week on September 26, 2019, at the United Nations General Assembly.  All governments across the globe have been invited to participate at the ceremony by the co-sponsoring governments: Austria, Brazil, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa and Thailand. President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, in a letter to the…

The House of Representatives has decided to honour the Chairman Air Peace Airlines, Allen Onyema for patriotism. The Chairman was invited to appear before to the House on Wednesday in recognition of his magnanimous decision to put his planes for use to evacuate Nigerians who were being attacked In the wake of the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila said that the House is honouring Onyema for the level of his patriotism. According to the Speaker, as at the present moment, Onyema has lifted over 498 Nigerians from South Africa, and his planes have returned to South h…

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) has selected 13 -year old Blessing Eijindu, of the Battle Axe Academy, Lugbe, Abuja, to participate in the Oct.7 International High-Level Conference in Vienna, Austria. Mr Marco Teixera, Senior Programme Officer and UNODC’s Global Programme Coordinator,  made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. He said Eijindu’s entry:” Educating for the Rule of Law, Inspire Change Together” was selected out of nearly 1,200 submissions, saying that it stood out for creativity and topical clarity. READ: Broke PDP notifies staff of…

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has notified staff at its headquarters and at the Peoples Democratic Institute, of its plan to sack them. The NWC set up a committee on the matter but is yet to receive and discuss the report of the committee. It was further learnt that the downsizing of the workers was the main agenda of a recent meeting between the staff of PDP and PDI and an official of PDP NWC, who requested not to be named. It was also gathered that the party plans to pay the staff that would…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo backed President Muhammadu Buhari’s dissolution of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), a source says. The SPIP was set up to report to the President and not prosecute persons on specific assignments handed to it by the office of the President. PM News gathered that Prof. Osinbajo who inaugurated the SPIP in August 2017 when he was acting President has been inundated with petitions against the suspended chairman of the Panel, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, who is presently under investigation by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). President Buhari had earlier…

With effect from September 17, 2019, the CBN has approved for banks to unbundle merchant settlement amounts and charge applicable taxes and duties on individual transactions as stipulated by regulations. This will further promote a cash-less economy and enhance the collection of applicable government revenues, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced a review of the process for merchant settlement. A statement signed by the Director, Payments System Management Department at the Bank, Sam Okojere, also announced a downward review of the Merchant Service Charge (MSC) from 0.75% capped at N1,200 to 0.50% capped at N1,000. READ: FCT minister…

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, on Tuesday, urged residents of the territory to be very vigilant and conscious of their personal security. Mr Anthony Ogunleye, Chief Press Secretary to the Minister, in a statement in Abuja said Bello gave the advice at the meeting of the FCT Security Committee. Ogunleye said the comprised the Heads of the Police, Military and Para Military formations in the FCT, Area Council Chairmen, and religious leaders. The minister reiterated that the Federal Capital Territory was safe and called on residents not to leave security matters to the law enforcement agencies alone. According to…

A Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Zaria, Kaduna State, has remanded a housewife, Mrs. Nnennaya Edmond in prison for allegedly pouring hot water on a nursing mother and her 10-month-old baby. The woman is standing trial on a two-count charge of criminal offence and causing of grievous injuries on one Gloria Cyril and her 10-month-old baby, Bright Cyril. The Nigeria News Agency reports that both the accused and the complainant are living in the same house at ECWA Church area of Wusasa, Zaria, Kaduna State. The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu-Lamido, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the…

The Federal Government has cautioned producers and marketers of chemical weapons against allowing it into the hands of non-state actors. Mr Gabriel Aduda, the Permanent Secretary, Political and Economic Affairs in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, gave the warning at a sensitisation workshop in Kano on Tuesday. The workshop was organised by the federal government to educate major stakeholders in the North west on sound management of chemicals as part of measures to prevent its getting into wrong hands. Aduda said the workshop was also aimed at promoting awareness and safety, by strengthening the understanding…

The Nigerian Army has commenced the trial of the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division, Sokoto, Maj.-Gen. Hakeem Otiki, over alleged stolen N400 million by some soldiers under his command. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, while inaugurating the General Court Martial on Tuesday in Abuja, said the trial was in line with the Armed Forces Act Cap A20 Laws of the Federation 2004. The General Court Martial is to be presided over by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Nigerian Army Headquarters, Maj.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, as the president of the court. Members of the court are…