The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Adamawa, on Thursday, accused the Petroleum marketers for hoarding of petroleum products resulting to artificial scarcity of the products in Yola. Mr Emanue Fwashe, NLC’s Chairman, told journalists after a joint monitoring exercise of fuel dispensing stations in Yola, that the marketers were...
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Globacom Nigeria on Thursday rewarded over 100 subscribers, the first set of winners of the ‘Joy Unlimited Extravaganza‘ promo with home appliances in Lagos. The chairman of Globacom, Mr. Mike Adenuga Jnr., said at the event that over 500, 000 prizes would be won, in fulfilment of the pledge...
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja said that it would address the basic demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) next week. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this at a tripartite meeting organised by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Federal Government will allow the system to exhaust itself, and will, therefore, wait for pronouncements from state governments which set up panels to probe police brutality in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke Thursday at State House, Abuja, while receiving...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs , Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk, on Thursday said over nine million Nigerian pupils have been benefiting from the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) across the country. Farouk disclosed this at the hand over and distribution of Feeding Utensils for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law two important bills passed by the National Assembly thereby making them to become part of the Laws of the Federation. The Climate Change Act owes its origin to a bill sponsored by a member of the House...
Railway workers in the country have commenced a three-day warning strike grounding rail services nationwide. The workers commenced the strike on Thursday and shut down passenger and cargo train services of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). In Abuja, the nation’s capital, workers in Idu locked the station and displayed...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on ministries, departments and agencies, to study NIPSS report on how best to ensure effective policy design and implementation with a view to implementing some of its recommendations. The report titled “Getting Things Done: Strategies for Policy and Program Implementation in Nigeria” was presented...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In a bid to restore civil authority through the Nigerian Police in Malam-Fatori in the shores of Lake Chad, Governor Babagana Zulum has ordered nine Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) for police operations, some of which have arrived. Malam-Fatori, which came under Boko Haram occupation...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A budget proposal of N195,355,607,143 for the 2022 fiscal year has been presented by the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed to the Bauchi State House of Assembly for consideration and passage. The governor who presented the budget to the lawmakers at plenary on Thursday, said...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – Although the Kaduna State Government has remarkably sustained its efforts towards improving infrastructure in basis education, lack of toilets and other basic facilities still remain a huge challenge in primary schools, with pupil-toilet ratio of two hundred and forty-nine(249) to one toilet. A recent...
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said the Federal Government would allocate $200 million for the creation of 780 Agricultural Service Centres to serve as catalysts for training and equipment sharing, under the Nigeria-Brazil bilateral development programme. The Vice president, who was represented of the Federation, Mr Boss...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that a circular published on some social media platforms announcing the date for the next mobilisation of Prospective Corps Members is fake. In a statement signed Adeyemi, the NYSC Director, Press, and Public Relations on Wednesday...
Nigeria’s population growth that is adversely averse with the economic growth has been identified as not just a problem but the cause of poverty. Prof Jibrin Ibrahim, Senior Fellow, Centre for Democracy and Development, Abuja, and the lecturer on the theme: “Population, Rights and Peace, Mitigating Insecurity and Gender-Based...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As the world commentate World Toilet Day, UNICEF Officer in-Charge , UNICEF Chief of Maiduguri Office, Dr. Clement Adams said “across the country, about 48 million Nigerians lack access to toilets and the protection they confer against diseases and possible deaths.” Dr. Clement added...
Electricity consumers in Nigeria may start to pay more for electricity, following plans by the Federal Government to carry out a review of power tariff. This came as the Federal Government said on Wednesday it had commenced the procurement of four million meters meant to be distributed free of...
The Permanent Secretary in the Ondo State Ministry of Health, Mrs Folukemi Aladenola, has lauded the `giant strides“ of the state’s First Lady, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, in combating the scourge of cancer. Aladenola gave the commendation on Wednesday while speaking at the 2021 Town Hall Meeting on Cervical Cancer...
The Africa Farmers Management Association (AFMA) on Thursday has said that agriculture still remains the most important component of Nigeria’s economy. Prof. Usman Haruna, the President of AFMA stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar. Haruna said that although, petroleum overtook agriculture...
The Jigawa Government in partnership with Malaria Consortium have begun the distribution of 3.7 million Insecticide Treated Nets to vulnerable households in the state. Gov. Muhammad Badaru, stated this during the inauguration of the 12-day distribution exercise on Wednesday, at Madobi village in Dutse Local Government Area of the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is taking a decisive regulatory move to ensure sustainability, profitability and fair competition in the Special Numbering Service (SNS) segment of the nation’s telecommunications sector. This move informed the decision of the Commission to hold a Stakeholders’ Forum on...