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Nationwide Strike: NLC members shut down National Assembly in Abuja  Published by ECHEKWU SUNDAY JNR  Striking members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday afternoon, November 14, shut down the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. The union, alongside members of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), embarked on a nationwide strike over the ill-treatment of the NLC President, Joe Ajaero during the workers’ protest in Imo State. The workers locked all the gates into the complex, leaving many stranded. 📸: @leadership_newspaper / @thecableng @thebridge 

     Published by   ECHEKWU SUNDAY  JNR @  EKUM BLOG  The House of Representatives and the Central Bank of Nigeria have agreed that a time limit will no longer apply to the validity of old naira notes after the expiration of the February 10 deadline set by the apex bank. This means that the face value of the old N1000, N500 and N200 notes will continue to be redeemable in compliance with Section 20 (3) of the CBN Establishment Act. Banks will continue to mop up the notes after they cease to be legal tender on February 10 without a time limit. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, was directed to submit a weekly report on releases of the new notes to commercial banks so that the House could verify claims by the CEOs of the banks that the apex bank had not been releasing enough cash to them. The CBN was also directed to restore over-the-counter transactions by the banks and increase Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cash withdrawal limits in order to fast-track the circulation of the new no

BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI-NIGERIA  (Postgraduate School)  ADMISSION INTO POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES   2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION  Published by ECHEKWU E. SUNDAY JNR    Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into Postgraduate programmes leading to the award of Postgraduate Diplomas, Masters and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees of the Benue State University, Makurdi for the 2023/2024 academic session.    1. FACULTY OF ARTS        a. Department of Languages and Linguistics   M.A. Linguistics                 Full time   M.A. French                 Full time   PhD. Linguistics                Full time   PhD. French                   b. Department of English  Full time   M.A. Literature in English             Full time   PhD. Literature in English               c. Department of History  Full/Part time         M.A. History with specialization in any of the following areas:   M.A. History (Nigerian History -Central Nigeria)                        

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AGE LONG CEO OF MULTIPLE BLOGS AND WEBSITES. ECHEKWU SUNDAY JNR.  May the good Lord protect me as I turned to another amazing age today                      EARLIER PICTURE A gracious new year to spend  Thank  you Jesus  Happy to myself again.  11/11/2023.