The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have begun a nationwide strike today (Monday) over what they described as unfair treatment and disparity in the payment of salaries by the Federal Government. “Definitely, it (the strike) has already started,” SSANU President, Mohammed Ibrahim, declared on Channels Television’s The…
After it was confronted with heavy criticisms over a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Transportation and MPH Rail Development Limited, a construction firm from the United Kingdom, the Federal Government on Sunday provided clarifications saying the MoU is not bidding. The minister of Transportation, Senator Said Alkali came under fire weekend, in social…
John Nwokocha An all-time high inflation has hit Nigeria’s food sector with a figure reaching 37.92 percent, representing 38 percent in the first nine months of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. This is the latest food inflation index released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Tinubu had met food inflation rate at 24.48 percent upon…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has said the Port Harcourt refinery will commence operations in about two weeks time. According to Kyari, mechanical works have been completed on the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries, stressing that the Kaduna refinery will commence operations in December. Kyari made…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Temitope Ilori to serve as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) for an initial term of four years. The appointment was announced in a statement signed by President Tinubu’s media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, on Thursday. Dr. Ilori is a senior lecturer in…
The Olubadan of Ibadan Oba Lekan Balogun has passed away. The 42nd Olubadan was 82. Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde announced this in a statement. The Governor said the, monarch passed away at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
John Nwokocha The widespread public outcry that greeted the unmasking of a humongous corruption in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, and Poverty Alleviation may have cooled, but the pertinent questions are still being asked by concerned Nigerians, as the dust raised in the wake has yet to settle. Prominent among the questions are: What…
Again, the Federal Government has postponed the launch of the Nigerian Students Loan Scheme. But this time, indefinitely, citing it was due to some corrections that were being made around the launch. Hopes were raised over the public launch of the Student Loan Scheme when on Sunday the President’s media aide, Anjuri Ngelale declared categorically…
Access Holdings Plc (the Holdco) has announced that Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede is returning as its Non-Executive Chairman. This decision was made after the untimely passing of the previous Group Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe. The announcement was made in a press release signed by Mr. Sunday Ekwochi, the company secretary, and titled “Access Holdings Plc Announces…
Cancer patients across the country may soon heave a sigh of relief as the House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to provide funding for the establishment of free cancer treatment centres across the country. This followed the adoption of a motion on matter of urgent importance on “The Need for free…
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