Innocent Oweh

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Journalist at Independent (Nigeria)

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Decent Work: Dingyadi Set To Transmit Eight Labour Bills To NASS, Tasks Legislature On Speedy Passage

2 weeks ago | independent.ng | Innocent Oweh

ABUJA – Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammadu Dingyadi, has tasked the House of Representatives to prioritise speedy passage of bills, especially those that have impact on the nation’s decent workforce. He gave the charge ahead of the transmission of the Labour Standards Bill, Collective Labour Relations Bill, Occupational Safety and Health Bill, Labour Institutions Bill and the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund Act, 2010 (to align with the Employees’ Compensation Act) to the lawmakers.
Nigeria May Miss 70% Broadband Penetration Target This Year

2 weeks ago | independent.ng | Justus Adejumoh |Innocent Oweh

…FG Set To Roll Out $2bn Fibre Optic Infrastructure By Q4 Barely some months to the five-year timeline for the achievement of a set target of Nigeria’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) 2020–2025, which aims to achieve 70% broadband penetration across the country, there are clear indications that the dream may after all not be realised, in spite of several assurances from the Federal Government.
Tinubu Asks Nigerians To Use Their Diversity For Stability, Devt

2 weeks ago | independent.ng | Innocent Oweh

…Meets Peter Obi, Fayemi At Pope’s Inauguration ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu has described it as historic, being the President of Nigeria when a new Pope was inaugurated in Rome. He urged Nigerians to use their diversity for the country’s stability and rapid development. He made the remarks on Sunday in Rome when he received members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria. The president also issued a stirring call to leaders at all levels to work for the betterment of the citizenry.
Tinubu Arrives Rome For Inuagural Mass Of Pope Leo XIV

3 weeks ago | independent.ng | Innocent Oweh

ABUJA: President Bola Tinubu has arrived Rome, Italy, on Saturday where he will join other world leaders at the solemn mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo is the 267th Bishop of Rome and the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The installation mass will take place on Sunday, May 18.
Tinubu Meets Security Chiefs Before Saturday’s Departure To Rome

3 weeks ago | independent.ng | Innocent Oweh

ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu met with Service Chiefs, including the Inspector General of Police (IGP), behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday. The meeting comes ahead of his scheduled trip to Rome on Saturday, where he will attend Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration mass, as invited by the Vatican.
FG’ll Continue To Equip Military To End Insecurity - Tinubu

3 weeks ago | independent.ng | Innocent Oweh

…Inducts Two New Agusta A-1 Attack Helicopters Into NAF ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu inducted two Agusta A-109S Trekker Power Attack Helicopters into the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Friday in Abuja, promising that his administration will continue to invest in cutting-edge defence technologies and provide the Nigerian military with the resources it requires to end the country’s insecurity.
Dangote, Rabiu Freeze Cement Price For Contractors Of Renewed Hope Projects

3 weeks ago | independent.ng | Innocent Oweh

ABUJA – Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, have agreed to keep the price of cement at a reasonably steady price without any increase in the near future for all contractors handling construction projects under the Renewed Hope Initiative.
Tinubu Okays Forest Guards To Flush Out Terrorists, Criminals

3 weeks ago | independent.ng | Innocent Oweh

…As Boko Haram Overruns Three LGAs In Borno ABUJA – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the recruitment of armed forest guards as part of a renewed national strategy to secure, reclaim Nigeria’s forests and flush out terrorists and criminal gangs hiding in the forests. The decision is aimed at strengthening environmental protection, combat deforestation, and address growing concerns over the use of forests as hideouts by bandits, insurgents, and other non-state actors.
Dangote, BUA Group To Float N20bn Intervention Fund To Train Artisans

3 weeks ago | independent.ng | Innocent Oweh

ABUJA – The rift between Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote and Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu may have come to an end, as both entrepreneurs have agreed to raise a N20billion support fund to train artisans in the construction industry. “Now that we are not importing cement. there is no money coming in as cement levy.
Tinubu To Attend Pope Leo XIV Inuaguration In Rome, Sunday

3 weeks ago | independent.ng | Innocent Oweh

ABUJA – Logistic arrangements have been perfected for President Bola Tinubu to travel to Rome, the capital of Italy, to attend the inuaguration of Pope Leo XIV. Tinubu is expected to depart Abuja for Rome, on Saturday. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, confirmed on Thursday, that the number citizen in Nigeria will beaccompanied by top Catholic leaders.