Author: Aliyu H. Mohammed, Minna

THE National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting at the Minna High Court complex has upheld the election of Senator Sani Musa of All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Sani was dragged to the Tribunal by Barrister Ibrahim Isyaku (SAN) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the election of the second respondent at the February 25, 2023, National Assembly Election of Niger East Senatorial district. The petitioner in his Petition filed on the 7th of June 2023, claimed that the election was marred with unprecedented irregularities, over-voting, and denial of eligible voters to cast their in seven out of…

THE Niger State chapter of Organized Labour has rejected the N110 million palliative allocated to it by the state government saying, the money should be added to the palliative earmarked for the civil servants in the state. The State Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdulkarim Idris Lafene, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Minna. Lafene, frowned at the insensitivity of Governor Umar Bago’s led government for excluding pensioners in the sharing fomular of the palliative added that the exclusion of the senior citizens is a serious source of concern for the labour unions and that such flaws…