The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is scheduled to meet with Federal Government representatives on Tuesday over its prolonged strike action. President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, while speaking on Channels Politics Today, said the meeting was to discuss one of seven issues ASUU is protesting over, “That...
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The Minister of Transportation, Alhaji Mu’azu Sambo, has threatened to sanction the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) for not meeting up with the contract of providing 85 per cent of rail project cost. Sambo made this known at the inspection of the Lekki Deep Seaport on Saturday in...
Prof. Angela Oyo-Ita, Deputy Vice Chancellor, (DVC) of the University of Calabar on Saturday said corruption in Nigeria was more infectious than the dreaded and highly infectious COVID-19. Oyo-Ita gave the statement at an anti corruption symposium organised by Students Christian Movement, (SCM) of Nigeria and Priests Peace and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Federal Government has disbursed a total of N100 billion to indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare investors as loans to expand their capital base and boost local production of medicines and medical consumables. President Muhammadu Buhari announced this Tuesday in Abuja while receiving the...
The Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) has inaugurated a Meter Generation Museum/Gallery at the National Meter Test Station, Oshodi, Lagos State. Mr Iyali Peter, the Special Adviser on Media to the Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Jedy-Agba made this known in a...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Government has commended the leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission for the remarkable strides of the agency that has earned spectacular international reputation for Nigeria and placed the telecom regulator in the forefront of the nation’s quest for forward looking national economic...
The National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) has said the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike would affect students chances in the labour market after graduation. Mr Shasanya Akinola, National President of NULASS in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday said...
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called on the Federal Government to adopt measures to increase the country’s revenue and borrow from cheaper sources to cushion Nigeria’s debt portfolio. Dr Michael Olawale-Cole, President, LCCI, gave the advice in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Olawale-Cole said...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – The Benue State Government is to formally submit an application to President Muhammadu Buhari this week for approval for licences to procure AK 47 and AK 49 riffles on behalf of the newly established Benue State Community Volunteer Guards. Governor Samuel Ortom made this...
Prof. Chuwumerije Okereke, Director, Centre for Climate Change and Development at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State, says climate change will cost Nigeria $460 billion by 2050, if action is not taken to mitigate its effects. Okereke made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang has expressed optimism that the dualization of the Oku-Iboku road between Cross River and Akwa-Ibom State will be completed. Senator Enang gave the assurance over the weekend during an...
….Wage bills of 66,460 ministries’ staff hit N924bn The Federal Government would not encourage premature retirements of Civil Servants, as being insinuated in some quarters, PRNigeria learnt. It is recently reported that Nigerian Governors, under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), at a meeting with President Muhammadu...
The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to sheathe its sword and come to a truce with the Federal Government over their ongoing strike. According to the JAMB registrar, both parties will have...
Kogi State Government on Saturday said it is working vigorously to rescue three children kidnapped at a housing estate in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of the state on Friday. The abductors have made a demand of N100 million ransom for their release. Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – The Kogi State Government has called on the Federal Government to resuscitate the Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, observed that the company’s site was fast becoming a den of criminals, Mr. Fanwo made the call...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on Friday said it was unrealistic for the Federal Government to borrow money to end the months-long strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Mr. Keyamo stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Should we...
The Federal Government of Nigeria on Thursday asked Google to block terrorists organisations from YouTube. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the request when a team from Google visited him in Abuja. “We want Google to look into how to tackle the use of private and...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria to demand a refund of the N1.4billion it gave to Niger Republic authorities and use the refund to offset ASUU funding. Recall that the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Mrs. Zainab Ahmed confirmed on...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – MTN Nigeria Communications PLC has announced its launch of Home Broadband services to accelerate broadband penetration in alignment with the Federal Government’s plan to achieve over 70% broadband penetration by 2025. The Chief Operating Officer, MTN Nigeria Communications PLC, Hassan Jaber, said in a...
South-East beneficiaries of the Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) Survival Fund and Guaranteed Off-take Scheme have lauded the Federal Government for undertaking the business sustainability scheme after COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. They said this on Tuesday in Enugu during the South-East MSME Survival Fund and the Guaranteed Off-Take Scheme...