Poland and Nigeria are to brainstorm on water resource management, among other areas of social services, a move expected to further cement the relationship between both countries just as the trade volume between them has increased to $150 million. Speaking ...
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Cross ’River civil savants lament as Ayade reverses employments by deputy governor
Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has allegedly refused to recognise workers employed by Deputy Governor, Professor Ivara Esu in March this year, a situation that has caused unease among civil servants in the state. It was alleged that Ayade ...
Read More »President Buhari’s victory rape, mockery of democracy, Niger Delta agitators declare
A coalition of Niger Delta agitators has described the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal judgement that upheld the election of President Muhammadu Buhari as rape and mockery of the country’s democracy. They wondered why the tribunal ruled that educational qualifications were ...
Read More »Stakeholders carpet FG over ‘endless’ negotiations on new minimum wage
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 ...
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) ...
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