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A House of Representatives panel investigating the alleged violation of public trust in the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has announced that it will invite the vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, who doubles as the board chairman of NEMA over the suspension of six of its directors. During a public hearing Thursday by the house committee on emergency and disaster preparedness, the committee also decided to summon Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Winifred Oyo-Ita, head of civil service. The governing council of NEMA, inaugurated on April 3, on the same day suspended six directors of the agency, who were said to have kicked against the way the NEMA DG was implementing contracts.

The history of trade unionism can be traced to the struggles of the English workers. This workforce was made up of peasants who irrespective of their inputs to the English economy, had their lands coldly taken away from them. Not just that, they were forced to work for long hours usually between 12-18 hours daily under poor conditions in the factories and mines in return for low wages. This was around the historical 18th-century industrial revolution in  Britain . It was this struggle that birthed the earliest trade unions. But as expected, they were declared illegal and heavily subdued, but were later granted recognition by the government. What is trade union? According to the business dictionary, a trade union is an organization whose membership consists of workers and union leaders, united to protect and promote their common interests. It goes further to state that its principal  purposes consist the following: 1. Negotiate wages and working condition terms 2. R

The alleged Closed-Circuit Television footage of the Offa bank robbery has surfaced. The four-minute video, which went viral on the Internet on Wednesday, revealed the moment the robbers attacked one of the five affected banks.The gunmen had neutralised the security post with what appeared like grenades before entering the bank and operating unfettered.It  had been reported that on Thursday, April 5, armed robbers invaded five banks in Offa, Kwara State, killing scores of residents, including policemen, bank workers and passersby. The assailants were said to have carted away millions of naira as they robbed the banks for about one hour without any challenge from security agents.The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ado Lawan, who put the casualty figure at 17, said nine policemen died during the attack. The Operations Commander, Vigilance Group of Nigeria, Offa, Kwara State chapter, Wasiu Adepoju, however, said vigilantes in the state counted 50 dead bodies. The unverified v

The Real Madrid star netted his 10th career goal against Juventus in the competition, setting yet another record Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty deep into stoppage time on Wednesday sent Real Madrid through to the Champions League semi-finals, and also established yet another record for the Portugal star in the competition. With Madrid down 3-0 to Juventus on the night and the quarter-final tie level at 3-3 on aggregate, Ronaldo buried a penalty in the 97th minute at the Santiago Bernabeu. The goal – scored against Wojciech Szczesny after Gianluigi Buffon had been red carded in possibly his final Champions League game – was Ronaldo's 10th career goal against Juve in the Champions League.

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Nigerians to stop hiding monies meant to develop the nation in foreign countries, in a bid to avoid paying tax. The President, who is in the United Kingdom, gave the warning on Wednesday in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.Hiding monies overseas, evading taxes by manipulation, and other unwholesome practices, have never developed a country, and for Nigeria to attain her true potential, these must stop,” he said. “For a nation of people who are competitive and driven, it is not a pride that we are the lowest performer in tax to GDP, not just in Africa, but in the world. Nigeria’s growth needs are such that every Nigerian must do his duty to his nation, to his neighbour, and to himself.”nd, President Buhari approved the extension of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) to June 30, 2018. He explained that the short extension after the original March 31 date was based on th

It was an atmosphere of panicking for observers who witnessed an assault on a man by operatives of the  Special Anti-Robbery Squad  (SARS) in Ogba, Ikeja. A video shared on  Instagram  showed a group of policemen as they tried to force the unidentified victim in a yellow mini-bus. He appeared to be resisting arrest according to an  Instablog9ja  caption which explained that he had refused to surrender his phone for checking.An eyewitness thinks he died from the violent SARS encounter. “They demanded to see his phone, which he refused. The next thing was them harassing him and tied him all up. "I heard he died though, but not sure about it. Another source said he's in the hospital as those in the area didn't allow SARS officials drop him when they noticed he was convulsing, so they took him to a private hospital,"  the eyewitness expressed. ARS is becoming a synonym for 'unprovoked violence' There has been no shortage of tragic reports concerning t