The Federal Government on Wednesday informed the National Industrial Court of its decision to formally react to Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s request for arbitration by May 11. ASUU filed the suit against the Minister of Labour and Employment and the Registrar of Trade Unions ( RTU). The...
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has restated its commitment towards evacuating stranded Nigerians in Sudan. The Director-General of the agency, Mr Mustapha Ahmed,stated this in a statement issued by the Head of its Press Unit, Mr Manzo Ezekiel on Saturday in Abuja. NEMA, he said, has set up...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Vice Chancellor of Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof Lawal Bilbis has condemned the recent attack on Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, who was carrying out his national assignment in Yola, Adamawa State. Prof. Bilbis who stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday, described...
Rt. Rev. Christian Onyia, the Bishop, Diocese of Nike Anglican Communion in Enugu State on Saturday urged governments at all levels to focus on job creation to stem rising insecurity and terrorism. Onyia made the call while delivering his Bishop’s Charge at the 2nd session of the 6th Synod of the...
The Federal Government (FG), in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on Tuesday evacuated 152 Nigerians, who are stranded and lived as illegal immigrants in Libya, to Nigeria. The evacuated Nigerians whose return was facilitated under the FG-IOM Voluntary Repatriation Exercise, arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International...
Like every new invention which comes with opportunities and challenges, the passage by the National Assembly and signing into law of the Petroleum Industry Bill into law about two years ago, by the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government, after about 17years of protracted back and forth debates, was...
The Federal Government has challenged the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to clarify his position on a leaked audio of the conversation he allegedly had with a prominent Nigerian cleric. The audio clip as released by an online newspaper was an alleged conversation between Obi and...
The House of Representatives has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to put on hold the release of N15 billion counterpart funding of humanitarian intervention by the Federal Government. This followed the adoption of an urgent motion of public importance by Rep. Unyime Idem (PDP-Akwa-Ibom) on the floor...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Friday, April 7 and Monday, April 10 as public holidays for the 2023 Easter celebration. Tthe Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Intrerior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. Belgore said that the Minister...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Worried that the remains of the former Senate President, Joseph Wayas has been abandoned in a London Hospital 16 months after his demised, the Federal Government has been urged to urgently take over the burial arrangements before the end of April this year. Moving...
The Federal Government says it has completed the Loko-Oweto Bridge and the 2nd Niger Bridge and both would be commissioned and handed over before the in-coming administration by May 29. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said this during the inspection of the completed Loko-oweto road...
The Federal Government is to deploy the newly acquired N12 billion fire fighting vehicles to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation, made this known while presenting the eight fire fighting vehicles to...
The Federal Government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday evacuated 128 more Nigerian migrants living illegally in Libya to Nigeria under its voluntary evacuation exercise. The stranded Nigerians, who were evacuated from the Libyan capital, Tripoli, are expected to arrive the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos...
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on Tuesday evacuated 151 stranded Nigerians from Benghazi, Libya as the government resumed its voluntary evacuation in Libya. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge D’affiares en titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, made this known in a statement...
The National Industrial Court on Tuesday declared as valid the Minister of Labour and Employment’s referral to the court in the matter with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The claimants, the Federal government and the Minister of Education had dragged ASUU before the court in August 2022...
The 2023 National Population and Housing Census is to commence on May 3, the Federal Government has confirmed. Dr Garba Abari, a member of the Publicity and Advocacy Committee on 2023 National Population and Housing Census, confirmed this on Sunday in Abuja when he appeared on the News Agency...
The Federal Government is ready to fulfill the Paris Agreement on Climate Change to ensure effective gender inclusion. Sen. Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment stated this during the inauguration and inception workshop of the project in Abuja on Thursday. The protect is tagged: “The Nigeria Initiative...
The Federal Government and stakeholders took the “Check Am O!” campaign to the streets of Abuja on free diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2023 World Tuberculosis Day which is observed every year on March 24, is with theme:”Yes! We...
A water and renewable energy organisation, Fordmarx Nigeria, says it will create over 20 million productive jobs within a year to assist the Federal Government’s employment strategy. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr Clifford Nnaji, said this during the 2023 World Bank Water Day...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says the Federal Government will demand a full investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a Nigerian, Chizoba Favour Eze, in an Ethiopian prison. This is contained in a statement by Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and...