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1. Popular singer and song writer, Lanre Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan died yesterday after battling cancer of the throat. His death was confirmed in a statement issued by a family member, Dr Kayode Fasasi.
2. Armed men suspected to be bandits, on Sunday, abducted the provost of the College of Arts and Animal Science Bakura, Habibu Mainasara, in Zamfara State. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu confirmed the incident.
3. The Kaduna State Government, led by Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai has declared Monday, July 12 as a public holiday to honour a former Deputy Governor of the state, Arch Barnabas Bantex, who died on Sunday. This was contained in a statement issued by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication.
Deji Elumoye in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) have mourned the immediate former Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Mr. Barnabas Bala (Bantex), who died yesterday in an Abuja hospital, following a protracted illness.
Buhari described Bala as a true gentleman, forthright politician, and a thorough professional.
The Kaduna State Government has declared today work-free in honour of the former deputy governor.
Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, joined the government and people of Kaduna State to mourn the passing of Bala.
Buhari described Bantex as a gentleman and consummate professional who would be remembered for his many years of distinguished service to his home state, his patriotism to the nation as well as forthrightness in politics.
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Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment PHOTO:Twitter
The Federal Government has inaugurated a 10-man committee to resolve the industrial dispute between the Kaduna State Government and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
Speaking during the inauguration of the committee in Abuja, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, said President Muhammadu Buhari was desirous to return industrial peace to Kaduna State.
The Committee, headed by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Dr. Peter Tarfa, as the Secretary to Kaduna State Government, Balarabe Lawal and Deputy National President of NLC, Najim Hashim as co-chairmen. x
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
The federal government has inaugurated a 10-man committee to resolve the dispute between the Kaduna State government and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). The government charged the committee to ensure the return of industrial peace to Kaduna in the shortest time possible in line with the expectation of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The committee has 21 days to complete its work and report back to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.
The peace committee was to have been inaugurated over month ago but the state government withdrew from the talks after accusing the NLC of precipitating an illegal protest that disrupted activities in the state.