The Northern Governors Forum (NGF), elders and community leaders have perfected plans to ensure peaceful coexistence between Jukun and Tiv communities of Taraba State before the end of the month. A communiqué issued in Abuja after a two-day conflict resolution ...
Read More »South East group flays FG’s plan to reintroduce tollgates
The South East Revival Group (SERG) has said attempt to reintroduce toll gates in the nation’s highways would be counterproductive, describing Federal Government’s plan to bring back the tollgates, as insensitive to the plight of Nigerians, especially southeasterners. The group said ...
Read More »Stop asking for money, hold government accountable, Makarfi tells workers
A former governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi has decried over monetisation in Nigeria, saying Nigerian workers should hold government accountable rather than always asking for money. Makarfi, who is a member of Schools Old Students Association (USOSA), stated this ...
Read More »GenCos release 3,226MW of electricity to national grid
Electricity generation companies (GenCos), comprising gas-fired and hydro stations, said they released an average of 3,226 megawatts/hour of electricity into the national grid on Saturday. The information was contained in a daily energy report by the Advisory Power Team, office ...
Read More »Army foiling Boko Haram’s deceitful mission in North East, commander declares
The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, has declared that the dream of the Boko Haram sect to establish a caliphate in the North East had met a brick wall in the past decade, as the military ...
Read More »Nigerian Embassy in Benin not attacked, FG clarifies
The Federal Government has dismissed a video clip making the rounds that the Nigerian Embassy in Cotonou, Benin Republic had been attacked. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ferdinand Nwonye, refuted the claim yesterday in a statement in ...
Read More »Oil marketers seek inclusion in downstream automation panel
The Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has called for the expanded membership of the inter-agency committee on downstream automation with full recognition of its members. IPMAN Chairman, Kano Unit, comprising Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Bauchi and Yobe states, Alhaji Bashir ...
Read More »Abuja council gets ultimatum to revoke life pensions for former government officials
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has written the chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abdullahi Adamu Candido, imploring him to “urgently withdraw and revoke the bill/edict for the unconstitutional and illegal payment of life pensions to former ...
Read More »Fayemi begs workers to drop minimum wage strike, insists increase not total pay review
Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has appealed to workers to shelve their planned nation-wide strike to protest against non-implementation of the new national minimum wage, saying such action would amount to an effort in futility. Fayemi, who is also chairman ...
Read More »VC orders immediate suspension of student for alleged cultism
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Cross River State, Professor Zana Akpagu, has approved the immediate suspension of one Obio, Godswill Okon of the Department of Physical Oceanography over alleged cult activities. Obio, who is a fourth-year student with registration ...
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