Organised labour and rights activists have urged the Lagos State government, other states of the federation and the Federal Government to provide safe, clean and affordable drinking water to Nigerians through the public sector. They specifically tasked the Governor Babajide ...
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Intervene in Enugu airport repairs, lawmakers tell Buhari, group berates FG for delay
The House of Representatives has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to order the immediate repair of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. Adopting a motion under matters of urgent importance sponsored by Toby Okechukwu at the plenary presided by the Speaker, ...
Read More »Senate considers five-year jail term for lecturers over sexual scandal
UNILAG, UI move to tackle the menace, Kano Poly disowns teacher The Senate has revisited the sexual harassment bill sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and passed by the Eighth Senate. It specifies a five-year jail term for ...
Read More »Senate commences work on 2020 budget, approves Adewolu as NCC commissioner
The Senate has begun debate on the general principles of the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N10.33tr. Of the total amount, N556.7b is for statutory transfer, while debt servicing gets N2.7tr. Contributing, Gabriel Suswam (PDP: Benue) noted that the budget was ...
Read More »Federal Government, Labour meet to facilitate implementation of new minimum wage
The parley between the Federal Government and organised labour in Abuja has raised a fresh hope for the implementation of the consequential adjustment component of the N30, 000 national minimum wages. Approved on April 18, 2019, by President Muhammadu Buhari, ...
Read More »Federal Government to reclaim 1,260 mining sites
The Federal Government has disclosed that plans were underway for the reclamation of 1,260 abandoned mining sites nationwide. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, dropped the hint at a media briefing in Abuja to herald the 2019 Mining ...
Read More »Akwa Ibom government seeks residents’ understanding over road projects
The Akwa Ibom State Government has sought residents and commuters understanding and patience given the current inconveniences they are facing following diversion of traffic from Olusegun Obasanjo Way and Abak Road. State Commissioner for Works, Ephraim Inyangeyen, made the appeal ...
Read More »Groups write N’Assembly, seek investigation of NGOs operating in North East over alleged abuses
The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC) and the Centre for International and Strategy Studies (CISS) have written the National Assembly on the activities of some international non-govermental organisations (NGOs) in the North East and seeking a through investigation of their ...
Read More »Senate begins amendment of oil production sharing contracts’ law, receives report on Abbo as 10 bills scale first reading
The Senate has begun moves to amend the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) Act following the consideration of a bill in that respect. Titled Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2019, the piece of legislation passed ...
Read More »Nigeria moves to protect West Africa’s $286b maritime trade as Buhari assures of new transport plan, strategy
The spate of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea is posing a serious threat to import and export trade worth $286 billion in West Africa, stakeholders have disclosed. Speaking at the ongoing Global Maritime Security Conference organised by the Nigerian ...
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