ASUU strike: Occupy Abuja streets, NANS tells students
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) said it has begun mobilising students nationwide to disrupt official activities and public movements in Abuja beginning from Monday. NANS said this was to express its anger over the inability of the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve their differences and reopen the […]
Use indigenous contractors for clean-up projects – Ogoni group tells FG
A group, Ogoni Peoples Assembly (OPA), has disclosed that the Ogonis would resist any plan to hijack the water and remediation projects in the ongoing Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) by contract awards that did not bestow right of the first choice on Ogoniland. It called on the Minister of Environment to consider indigenous contractors […]
FG is determined to end illegal oil activities – Sylva
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it is committed to stopping the economic degradation caused by pipeline vandalism, crude oil theft among others in the different areas of the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva on Wednesday at Bonny Island, Rivers State while addressing officers of the […]
Fuel scarcity: FG moves to sanction depot owners selling beyond approved price
The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva has said that the Federal Government will deal decisively with any Depot Owner caught selling petroleum products above the approved Ex-Depot price in the country. The minister disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while briefing journalists on its effort to resolve the current fuel scarcity in the […]
Aviation fuel: Senate begs airline operators over threat to stop operations
The Nigeria Senate has appealed to airline operators to be lenient with the National Assembly following their threat to stop operations by Friday over the hike in the price of aviation fuel. Airline operators had on Monday in a meeting with members of the Aviation Committee in the House of Representatives, threatened to stop operations […]
Breaking: ASUU extends strike by 2 months
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has resolved to extend its warning strike by another 8 weeks. The union reached the decision during its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja, on Sunday night. ASUU had scheduled an emergency NEC meeting to decide on the next line of action following the expiration of its […]
‘We have cheated Nigeria and her poor masses; we deserve to be jailed’ – Ex-Minister
A former Minister of Works in Nigeria, Ambassador Ibrahim Kazaure has said that himself and all other politicians in the country that have served Nigeria since 1999 ought to be jailed for bad governance. The former minister, who disclosed this during an interview on Thursday with Radio France International, accused his collegues of sabotaging the […]
Buhari lacks capacity to seek Electoral Act amendment –Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter to the National Assembly seeking amendment to Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, 2022 is in bad faith. The governor maintained that the president lacks the power to determine whether Section 84 (12), which he claims will disenfranchise serving political office holders, is […]
Strike: FG doesn’t have funds to meet ASUU’s demands – Ngige
The Minister of Labour, Senator Chris Ngige has claimed that the President Buhari-led administration does not have the money to meet some of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU had embarked on a one-month warning strike on February, 14 following the federal government’s delay to implement their agreement, which include […]
FG to sanction Russia
ASUU strike: N92bn paid so far – Ngige
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has said that everything is on course to resolve the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) following the implementation of the 2020 December agreement reached with ASUU, The minister, who spoke to State House Correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on […]
FG begins evacuation of citizens from Ukraine
The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday says it is expecting a batch of no less than 100 Nigerians into the city of Budapest, the Hungarian capital. A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda, said 130 and 74 Nigerians have been received safely at Bucharest, Romania and Budapest, […]