Against the background of the ongoing faceoff with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over alleged government failure to fulfil agreements reached with the union, the federal government has said it will not sign any other agreement it cannot implement. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during a meeting […]
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Nume Ekeghe and James Emejo writes on the country’s controversial public debt stock that has been on the increase since 2015 and its lack of impact on key macroeconomic indicators Nigeria’s rising public debt profile has continued to be the subject of national discourse in recent times. Not that borrowing is bad in itself, especially […]
Members of the National Association of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have threatened to resume their suspended strike following the failure of the federal government to meet their demands. In its appraisal of the suspended strike, the union said the government was yet to meet their demands two weeks after it agreed to do so. The union […]
The federal government yesterday took a major step towards finally resolving its faceoff with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by setting up a tactical committee to review the no-work no-pay policy which the striking lecturers have kicked against. The lecturers’ union insists that its members have to be paid for the period they […]
The federal government has ordered the immediate dissolution of all Anti-vandal Squads of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) nationwide following allegations of misconduct and corruption against its officers LEADERSHIP reports that this may not be unconnected with the outcome of discreet investigations carried out by the Corps’ top management to ascertain the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will address the 77th session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. A revised provisional list of speakers released from the Office of the General Assembly President yesterday showed that Buhari would be the first […]
“Majority of us do not know any business other than the rearing of cattle.” Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) have appealed to Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State not to enforce the ban on the movement of cattle on foot in the state. Willie Obiano, the previous governor of the state, had […]
The commissioner said the kidnappers are demanding between N3 million and N10 million ransom. The Ondo State Government has assured that some burial guests abducted on the Owo/Benin Highways in Ifon, Ose Local Government Area on Saturday, would be rescued. Addressing Government House reporters on Monday, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, stated […]
The communications minister says the planned excise duty on telecommunication services has been suspended. The federal government has suspended the proposed new tax on phone calls and other telecommunications services. The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced this on Monday. He said the planned excise duty on telecommunication services has been suspended. […]
Abuja, Nigeria — Police in Nigeria’s southwest Ondo state are searching for more than 30 people abducted Saturday as they were returning home from a funeral. The mass abduction came just a day after gunmen seized scores of worshippers at a mosque during Friday prayers in northwest Zamfara state. The almost weekly attacks have Nigerian […]
United Nations has outlined steps needed to tackle air pollution and ensure a healthy, sustainable planet for all ahead of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies which is celebrated every September 7 each year. This year’s edition is billed for tomorrow. In July this year, nations recognised the universal right to clean, […]
Last month, the CBN monetary policy committee unanimously voted to increase the benchmark interest rate from 13 percent to 14 percent, to address the nation’s rising inflation. Members of the Central Bank of Nigeria‘s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) have expressed worry over the country’s high inflation rate. The officials expressed their concerns in their personal […]
The Speaker was detained when he reported ot the EFCC office on Monday For the second time in four days, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Speaker of the Ogun state House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, for alleged fraudulent activities. PREMIUM TIMES reports that the operatives had last Thursday […]
OPERATORS of the MMA2 terminal, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, yesterday, disclosed that a 14-year-old stowaway, who was found unconscious inside one of the airlines of United Nigeria at the domestic wing of the Lagos airport, was tired of Nigeria and wanted to travel out. A statement by the Head of Media of the company, Oluwatosin […]
Two weeks after suspension of the nationwide strike by electricity workers that threw the nation into blackout, indications have emerged of a fresh looming strike over alleged unwillingness of government to resolve issues of unpaid entitlements to former workers of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. This came as Vanguard gathered that some […]
… Parents to seek appropriate care for their children Health experts last week in Lagos blamed the growing number of autism cases in Nigeria and other African countries in the last 10 years on increased awareness. The experts who spoke at the GTCO Plc 12th Annual Autism conference held in Lagos with the theme: “Creating […]
A new COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium is being launched this week, as part of efforts to support Ministries of Health in 10 low- and middle-income countries to immediately provide rapid testing and oral antiviral treatments for high-risk patients and scale up wider access through 2023 as the government programmes move from launch to scale. […]
A coalition of North-East and North Central stakeholders of All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on the National Working Committee, NWC, to revisit the choice of Senator Kashim Shettima and Governor Simon Lalong as the party’s vice-presidential candidate and Director-General of its campaign respectively. The coalition, which made the call at a briefing in Abuja, […]