By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has challenged the Federal Government to give account of the one billion dollars security funds jointly put together by the 36 states of the federation to fight insurgency in the country. Governor Ortom threw the challenge in Tuesday...
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ebonyi chapter says it will not stop talking until the federal and state government fulfilled the 2009 promises for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that ASUU had been on industrial action for over five months...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma has assured members of the organised labour in Imo that the Federal Government was not insensitive to the plight of students in the country. Uzodimma gave the assurance while addressing protesting organised labour, led by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday in Owerri. NLC embarked...
By SAA-AONDO ADZEGEH, Kaduna – President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba, has justified the Union’s solidarity rally for the Academic Stafff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, which started today and is scheduled to last till tomorrow. Comrade Wabba said this earlier today on Channels Television’s...
The Federal Government has again reiterated its resolve in securing the release of the remaining 43 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers held captive by the terrorists. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Mu’azu Sambo said this while addressing families of the victims of the ill-fated March 28, train attack on Monday in...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday called on members and civil society groups in Lagos State to come out en-masse on Tuesday morning to begin the two-day protest in solidarity with striking lecturers. Mrs Funmi Sessi, state chairman of NLC gave the directive at a stakeholders’ meeting at...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of one of its colleges, the Federal Government College Kwali, located in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja . The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu gave the directive in a statement...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, reiterated the determination of the Federal Government towards bringing to an end strikes embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in nation’s tertiary institutions. The President’s position was made known in a statement issued by...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has released the list of admissions into the 110 unity colleges across the country, including the Gifted Academy in Suleja LGA of Niger State. The Director Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Benjamin Bem Goong announced this in a statement issued on...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that it will make provision for subsidy in 2023 to the tune of N6.72 trillion. Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed made this disclosure in Abuja on Thursday during the 2023 – 2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and...
…..Pegs cut off marks of 140, 100 for varsities, polytechnics/COEs By JOHN ONAH Abuja – The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu, Adamu had disclosed that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) under Prof Ishaq Oloyede has so far remitted about N29 billion directly to the Consolidated Revenue Fund...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared a two day nationwide protest following the continued closure of the public universities in Nigeria. The nation wide protest, according to The NLC is scheduled to hold on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. This came as it faulted the Federal Government purported...
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) says it is necessary to inform the public about measures taken by the Federal Government concerning the board of various DISCOs across the country. The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Alex Okoh, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday....
The Federal Government says there was no Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which currently awaits signing by the President. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this in a statement signed by Mr Olajide Oshundun, Deputy Director, Press...
Some economists have suggested diverse ways in which the Federal Government can overcome the rising food prices in the country. They made the suggestions in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Food inflation rate in Nigeria rose, month-on-month (MoM) to 2.0 per...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government on Friday declared no fewer than 69 Boko Haram suspects wanted following an attack by ISWAP terrorists on the Kuje Prison facility in Abuja, which led to their escape. This is according to a statement issued on Friday by The Nigerian...
The Federal Government on Thursday began uploading the data of 60 terrorists and other criminals to the International Criminal Police Organisation database. The terrorists and the other criminals were among those who escaped when a terrorist group, the Islamic State of West African Province , bombed the Kuje Correctional...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum on Thursday affirmed that there is direct link between food transformation and the social problems of hunger, poverty, healthcare, insecurity and unemployment. Governor Zulum stated this during the North-East Sensitization Workshop on National Food System Transformation Pathways, which was...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, says $1 billion is being earmarked annually for Social Investment Programme (NSIP) by the Federal Government. Farouq said this during the flag-off of grant for vulnerable groups and digitized cash transfer payment, on Tuesday in Osogbo....
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has tasked the Federal Government to develop new technologies, strengthen human capacity and innovation to meet the world’s growing need for energy. OPEC said regular investment was needed in view of global oil sector requirement of cumulative investments of 11.8 trillion...