The Federal Government has threatened to sanction any fuel stations or depot selling above the stipulated approved pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). The threat followed the persistent fuel scarcity being witnessed in the FCT and its environs as well as in other parts of the country. Mr Farouk Ahmed, Authority Chief Executive, Nigerian […]
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As the second round of the eight-week warning strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, wraps up on Monday, the union is poised to go on an indefinite industrial action, Vanguard has gathered. Sources said the national leadership of the union would make public its decision on Monday. Also […]
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The Federal Government has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in tertiary institutions who are currently on strike to embrace dialogue. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President, made the appeal during the 2022 International Workers Day celebration on Sunday in Abuja with the theme, `Labour, Politics and the Quest for […]
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Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has told the federal government to return to the negotiation table with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and other striking labour unions to end the lingering strike action. The Presidential hopeful under the PDP stated this in a statement on Sunday in commemoration of International workers day, […]
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The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), has distributed a total of N695.033 billion to the three tiers of government as federation allocation for the month of February, 2022. This represents an increase from N574.668 billion shared in the month before. According to a communiqué issued at the end of FAAC virtual meeting, the N695.033 billion […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Sunday called on the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to amicably settle the lingering crisis between them leading to incessant strikes in the education sector in the best interest of the Nigerian students. Addressing a press conference at the secretariat of the […]
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The umbrella body for all Academic staffs of Universities, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has insisted to continue its strike unless the Federal Government meets all existing demands. But on its part, the Federal Government believes that the ongoing strike would be called off soon, saying it was taken aback by the renewed […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has restricted religious gatherings to 50 per cent capacity due to the COVID-19 surge. According to an official statement from the presidency signed by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 led by Boss Mustapha, made available to journalists on Thursday in Abuja, declared that indoor religious gatherings should be limited […]
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The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, says the federal government will soon make COVID-19 vaccination compulsory for civil servants. Speaking at a meeting of the health commissioners forum on Thursday in Abuja, Mustapha said the government wants civil servants to be vaccinated, considering that they sometimes represent Nigeria abroad. The […]
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Tuesday, said that the silence of the Federal Government to killings by foreign militia herdsmen is an agenda of ethic cleansing and continuation of the 1804 Usman Danfodio Jihadist Movement across the country. Ortom, who made the remark at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi, faulted the alleged FG’s […]
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