NLC urges Buhari to sign Electoral Act Amendment Bill
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. Buhari, who received the bill on November 19, has until December 19 to sign it into law or communicate his comments on the bill to the National Assembly. NLC made the call on Monday […]
SSANU to FG – Revisit Earned Allowance sharing formula to reflect equity
The South-South Zone of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has asked the Federal Government to revisit the sharing formula of the Earned Allowance meant for varsity workers to reflect equity. The association stated its position in a communiqué endorsed at the end of its meeting held at the Federal University Otuoke in […]
FG announces plans to meet with Ogoni stakeholders
The Federal Government has announced plans to meet with stakeholders in Ogoniland on the ongoing clean-up exercise. According to FG, the meeting is scheduled to get their assessment of how far the government has gone. Disclosing this at the weekly ministerial press briefing organized by the Presidential Media Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Minister […]
FG suspends Aiteo’s oilfield operations in Bayelsa over spillage
The federal government has directed AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company Ltd. (AEEPCo) to indefinitely suspend the oilfield operations in Bayelsa state. This follows the oil spill caused by a blown wellhead in the Santa Barbara South field, Opu Nembe Community area of the state, on November 5. A statement by the Federal Ministry of […]
We’re trying to normalise gas price – FG
The Federal Government has stated that efforts are being made to normalise the increasing price of cooking gas across the country. Speaking after a meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, explained that the FG has no control over the price of cooking gas […]
#EndSARS: Report riddled with discrepancies, lacks facts – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government through its minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed has dismissed the report by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters. Recall that the panel had submitted a report to the Lagos State Government last week, testifying against the Nigerian Army […]
FG pledges to tackle soot in Rivers
The Federal Government, through the Minister for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has promised to tackle the soot situation in Rivers State. Sylva made the promise on Thursday while delivering a speech at the 6th National Council on Hydrocarbon held in Port Harcourt. The minister, represented by Nasir Gwazor, a Permanent Secretary at the Federal Ministry […]
EndSARS: Twelve people were killed, others injured at Lekki Tollgate – Lagos Judicial Panel
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS ) related Abuses on Monday submitted a final report to State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Recall that Men of the Force had opened fire on protesters at the Lekki toll gate in the heat of the protests. This led to […]
ASUU threatens fresh strike action
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on a strike action if the Federal Government’s fails to implement the Memorandum of Action (MoA) agreed upon by both parties. Speaking at a news conference on Monday, at the union’s National Secretariat, University of Abuja, the union’s National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said […]
Court orders FG to pay $1.6 billion oil revenue to Delta state
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Federal Government to pay $1,638 billion oil revenue to the Delta State. In a judgment delivered by Justice Donatus Okorowo, the court declared the suit as “unchallenged”, saying it was satisfied that the amount was 13 per cent derivative sum due as arrears of revenue […]
Grant bandits, herdsmen amnesty like Niger Delta militants – Gumi to FG
Declaring bandits as terrorist will attract direct foreign Jihadist movements – Gumi
Islamic scholar and cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has warned that declaring bandits as terrorists will come at a price, such as attracting direct foreign Jihadist movements. This follows after the Speakers of state Houses of Assembly called on the Federal Government to declare bandits and kidnappers as terrorists, as part of the resolutions reached at […]