The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Mr Anderson Ezeibe, has urged the Federal Government to empower polytechnics to award their bachelors of technology to end the B.Sc and Higher National Diploma (HND) dichotomy. Mr. Ezeibe made the call in Kaduna at an award presentation...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Three Civil Society International and local Groups – ReCommon, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) and Corner House have jointly written to President Buhari on the recent developments with regards to the various court proceedings relating to the corrupt award in 2011...
The Federal Government has denied the accusation that it paid members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria (ASUU) half salaries in October. Mr Olajide Oshundun, Head of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, said this in a statement he signed on Saturday in Abuja....
The Federal Government has rescinded its earlier plans to terminate the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The Interim Administrator, PAP, Gen. Barry Ndiomu, confirmed the government’s new position in a statement on Saturday. Ndiomu, in the statement issued by PAP’s Media Consultant, Donu Kogbara, expressed gratitude to the Federal Government...
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross Rivers says his administration has received N45 billion only from the Federal Government as Bakassi stabilisation fund. Mr Christian Ita, Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Calabar on Saturday. He said that...
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday, criticised the planned redesign of the N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The revered cleric expressed displeasure that the Federal Government is concerned with the redesigning of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have cried for help, accusing the Nigerian soldiers drafted to Ikang Community for ‘Operation Still Water’ of harassing, and intimidating Bakassi IDPs who are predominantly fishermen. In a peaceful protest which kick-started from Ikot Effiom Obutong re-settlement camp and...
Federal Government has supported Katsina State with N3 billion to construct the Faculty of Agriculture buildings at the state-owned university, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU), at Layin Minista in Malumfashi LGA of the state. UMYU’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sunusi Mamman, disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Katsina. He said...
The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has said that the Federal Government is set to generate 21 million full time jobs and lift 35 million people out of poverty by 2025. Sambo, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Dr Sam Idiagbonya, disclosed this on...
The Federal Government on Thursday launched the Digital Economy Industry Working Group (DEIWG) to facilitate the digital economy agenda. Prof. Isa Pantami,Minister, Communications and Digital Economy inaugurated the group at the closing ceremony of the Digital Nigeria Conference and Exhibition organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Nov 18 for hearing a N20bn suit filed by leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date for hearing the suit, which also...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has committed a total sum of N7, 879, 432,390 billion to intervention projects at the College of Education Akwanga, Nasarawa State, from inception. Minister of Environment, Muhammed Abdullahi, who disclosed this on Thursday, while commissioning three newly-completed TETFund...
A Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia, on Wednesday, ordered the Federal Government to return Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, to Kenya before his rendition on June 19, 2021. Delivering judgment, Justice Evelyn Anyadike, also awarded Kanu N500m in general damages. The News Agency...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a N100 billion fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Federal Government over his continued detention by the Department of State Services, (DSS). In the suit filed at the Federal High Court Abuja, Kanu is seeking...
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in the health sector of the country. Dr Omosehin Adeyemi-Osowe, Ondo Chairman of NMA, made the appeal in Akure while addressing newsmen as part of activities marking the 2022 Physicians’ Week. The News...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division has reserved judgment in the application by the Federal Government seeking to stay the execution of the judgment that set free the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The three-member panel of justices led by Justice Haruna Tsalmani...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Western zone, has urged Federal Government to bring crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta region culprits to justice. Alhaji Dele Tajudeen, Chairman, IPMAN Western Zone, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. Tajudeen...
Some financial analysts have urged the Federal Government to raise the nation’s oil production to OPEC quota, as panacea to ensure fiscal sustainability and reduce the proposed budget deficit. They made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. Prof. Sherifdean...
The Federal Government says the Second Niger Bridge linking Anambra and Delta states will soon be open for public use. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this at a ministerial press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the Second Niger bridge itself has been “finished” and...
The Federal Government has ordered the reopening of the Obajana cement plant shut by the Kogi State Government last week. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known on Friday at the end of the National Security Council. The Kogi State Government and Dangote Group have been at loggerheads...