“Your Excellency, we wish to table before you that at this moment, there are some pensioners who are still receiving N4,000 as pension,” said NLC.
The branch chairman, Seyi Olawunmi, described the increase in the electricity tariff by almost 300 per cent as unreasonable and insensitive.
Mr Opumie also asked the court to declare his arrest, torture and detention as false imprisonment and malicious prosecution.
The Nasarawa government says it would domesticate the national guidelines on eradicating maternal and child mortality.
20,000 Nigerians, representing about 3,000 households, took refuge in Chad, while 14,000 households were in Cameroon.
Mr Fagbemi said the government would continue to provide an environment enabling the commission to strive to protect the rights of Nigerians.
“Every child deserves access to quality education to thrive in today’s dynamic global economy,” said the Gombe governor.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.
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Magodo GRA Phase 1 residents besieged the head office of Ikeja DisCo to protest a seven-day blackout in their neighbour’s area and demand N1 billion in damages.
According to the workers, if the government does not check the inflation rate, potential gains of any new minimum wage would be eroded.
