Stakeholders in the nation’s education sector have lampooned the Federal Government over what they described as ‘endless’ negotiations and reluctance to pay the N30, 000 new minimum wage it earlier approved. They insisted that setting up one panel after the ...
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Apologise to Nigerians, instead of appealing judgement, Mohammed tells PDP, Atiku, labour commends tribunal’s ruling
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has asked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, to apologise to Nigerians instead of appealing Wednesday’s ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. ...
Read More »INEC trains security agencies, election monitors for Bayelsa guber poll
Ahead of the November 16, 2019, gubernatorial election in Bayelsa and Kogi states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced a two-day training for security agencies and election monitors in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The training organised by The Electoral ...
Read More »Army neutralises terrorists in Borno, FG seeks U.S.’s assistance over insecurity
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, under the special response, Halaka Dodo Operations, have neutralised three terrorists in Kirawa border community of Borno State. Kirawa borders Cameroon, 135 kilometres east of Maiduguri, the state capital. The terrorists have been hibernating in ...
Read More »PDP rejects increase in VAT as Senate summons finance minister, FIRS boss
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned and rejected Federal Government’s decision to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 per cent to 7.2 per cent, insisting that Nigerians could not bear the burden under the prevailing economic situation. This ...
Read More »Only court can order state legislature takeover, judge affirms
Justice Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State has declared that only a competent court that can direct the National Assembly to take over the functions of a state legislature. He also held that the National ...
Read More »Northern governors approve national livestock policy, reject Almajiri, insecurity
The Northern States Governors Forum has adopted the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) is a system that would engender modernisation of pastoral activities. Rising from an emergency meeting in Kaduna, it clarified that the scheme was different from the Rural ...
Read More »Buhari receives labour leaders, promises better economy, welfare, others
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration would not compound their hardship, but instead create an enabling environment for everyone to thrive. He gave the assurance when he received the new executives of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) ...
Read More »NGOs task Gombe state on domestication of Child Rights Act
Different Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Gombe State have told the state government to domesticate the Child Rights Act to curb early and forced marriage in the state. The NGOs made the call on Tuesday in separate interviews on the sidelines ...
Read More »Azinge canvasses whistle blowing to check rot in education sector
To rid the country’s educational institutions of examination malpractices, there is a need to introduce whistleblowing in the sector. President, St. Patrick’s College (SPC) Asaba Old Boys Association, Professor Epiphany Azinge, stated this during a chat with journalists in Lagos. ...
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