The federal government has filed two separate set of charges against Isah Misau, senator representing Bauchi central. A set of charges were filed by the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) at the federal high court, Abuja, and the other before the FCT high court. The suits follow the disagreement between the senator and Ibrahim Idris, […]
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A total of 2,918,842 schoolchildren from 19,881 schools in the 14 pilot states of the federation have so far benefitted from the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, which is part of President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s N500 billion Social Investment Programmes, SIPs. A total of N6,643,432,789 billion have been disbursed by the Federal Government since […]
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There seem to be hope for Nigerian universities as the non-teaching staff (NASU, SSANU, NAAT) have had a successful meeting with representatives of the federal government and have accepted a proposal. However, the strike does not end immediately, as they have asked to be given some time to end it. Samson Ugwoke, the National President […]
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The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Biodun Ogunyemi, has announced a conditional suspension of its nationwide strike and has directed lecturers to go back to work on Tuesday (today). The suspension of the strike which started on August 13, was announced at the end of a meeting with top government officials […]
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The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Sunday called on the Federal Government to settle all debts owed oil marketers to engender growth of the oil and gas industry and develop the nation’s economy. The union made the call against the backdrop of threat by the marketers to embark on […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government have reached an agreement aimed at bringing the ongoing strike to an end. The agreement comes after 12 hours, 30 minutes of a closed door meeting between ASUU and a government delegation led by Adamu Adamu, minister of education. The leadership of ASUU, however, […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Federal Government of maintaining a “deafening silence” on the “weighty” allegation that Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, received bribes, totalling N120bn from police officers seeking promotion. The said allegation was made by Senator Isah Misau, an alleged police deserter, also claimed the IGP usually collects bribe […]
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The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has rejected the Federal Government’s (FG) offer, and have therefore commenced an indefinite strike over the failure of the FG to meet its demands. The decision to go on strike is coming after after the association’s national executive council meeting which ended in the early hours of Monday […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says the two illegal mining companies – Solid Unit Limited and Geotess Nigeria Limited – that were shut down in Zurak, Wase local government area of Plateau state, last month, had illegally taken out minerals worth over N100 billion in the past few years. Kayode Fayemi, minister of mines and […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has refused to attend a meeting with the Federal Government scheduled for today. ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi, confirmed that the union will not attend the meeting. According to him, ASUU has met, discussed the new offer from the FG and submitted a proposal to the government. He said […]
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