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Protesting workers of Lantang North Local Government Area of Plateau State on Thursday shut down the council Secretariat. Some of the angry workers who spoke with The PUNCH in Jos said they decided to close the secretariat to register their grievances over the non-payment of their salaries for more than four months One of the workers who declined to give her name said,” Early morning today (Thursday),Local Government staff of Langtang North LGA in large numbers embarked on a peaceful demonstration to register their grievances over non-payment of six months salary by the Local Government Management team. “The council secretariat was closed under the instruction of the National Union of Local Government Employee. All offices were closed, both local and federal, including the judiciary offices. “Roads leading in and out of Langtang North were also closed for several hours and we are not ready to stop the protest unless the government acts on our demands,” she added. The Presid...

INEC disowns purported ad hoc staff recruitment portal Posted by News Express | 6 October 2022 | The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a purported ad hoc staff recruitment portal for 2023 general election, describing it as fake. INEC said this in a release on its official social handles on Wednesday, urging members of the public to disregard the fake link. “Our attention has been drawn to a fake ad hoc recruitment link inecnigeria.govservice.site being circulated online. “INEC official link: pres.inecnigeria.org and Inecpress-app.com/pres “We implore Nigerians to disregard the fake link & avoid falling victims of swindlers,” it said. (NAN) Source: News Express

Alams Urges Nigerians at COCIN Nyanya, Abuja on the 62nd Independence to Remain Calm Despite Challenges. The former Speaker Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Titus Ayuba Alams was at COCIN Nyanya Abuja on Sunday the 2nd October, 2022 to talk on "Politics in Nigeria" at the 62nd Nigeria Independence. Alams as the guest speaker urged the congregation to remain united despite the current existential challenges and struggles for economic survival. In his message, Alams expressed concern at the level of disunity, intolerance and bigotry in the country, which results in conflicts with its attendant losses of human lives and property. According to him, “disunity doesn’t help Nigerians, because it makes it impossible for them to unite for a mutually beneficial common cause. “I believe that our common interests are greater than those things that divide us. If we spend our energies on division rather than fighting for our common interests, it would be more difficult to...

A unidentiefied drunk man from Bokkos local government area of Plateau State, who boasted that he can take nine bottles of locally brew alcoholic drink “Ogogoro” without getting intoxicated has died. Hafsat Abubakar of the Women Leaders of the Conflict Mediation Mitigation Regional Council (CMMRC) Plateau chapter said the unidentified man had requested the seller of the local gin to give him 11 bottles and swore that he would finish it without anything untoward or any embarrassing happening. Abubakar, who was hinted about the details of what transpired at the drinking joint, told The Nation that the man succeeded in gaggling nine bottles but could no longer continue to finish the remaining two bottles. The man immediately gave up while the seller packed up her wares and took to her heels. Before the man died, he was vomiting blood profusely from the nose, ears and mouth. Credit:Newsexpress.ng