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Tuesday, 25 September 2018 04:29

FG approves N43bn for ex-Nigeria Airways workers, Universities

More than 15 years after liquidation of Nigeria Airways Limited, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved immediate release of N22.68 billion for settlement of retirement benefits of ex-workers of the defunct airline. Supervisory minister of finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, announced on Monday that the president also approved release of another N20 billion as ‘revitalisation’ fund of public universities based the request by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Ahmed who made the announcement through a series of tweets with via her personal Tweeter handle, @ZShamsuna, said the N22.68 billion was 50 per cent of the total entitlement of N45.3 billion agreed…

Tuesday, 25 September 2018 04:23

Workers set for nationwide strike

Nigeria’s organised labour began preparation for a nationwide strike over Federal Government delay in the implementation of a new national Minimum Wage. Mr Joe Ajaero, President, United Labour Congress (ULC) said in a communique issued after its meeting on Monday in Lagos. Organised labour, made up of NLC, TUC and ULC had on Sept. 12 issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government to state an amount to enable the minimum wage committee conclude its sitting. Labour had collectively demanded for N65,000 per month as the National Minimum wage for all Nigerian. Ajaero said that if the government failed to meet…

Tuesday, 25 September 2018 04:20

FRSC screens 324,000 applicants for 4,200 jobs

324,000 applicants nationwide have commenced screening exercise for 4,000 job spaces in Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Speaking yesterday during an assessment tour to the screening centres in Abuja, Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi said a total of 4,200 vacancies were available. He said 3,200 vacancies were available for Road Marshal assistants while 1,000 vacancies were available for Marshal Inspectorate cadre. Oyeyemi said applicants would go through different levels of screening exercise ranging from credentials, aptitude test to be conducted by Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), interview screening and drug test. He said some irregularities ranging from the presence of…

Monday, 24 September 2018 04:21

National Assembly postpones resumption

Nigeria’s National Assembly has postponed its resumption. The parliament will now resume on October 9 instead of September 25 earlier slated. The postponement was contained in a statement by the National Assembly clerk, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, addressed to the lawmakers. “This is to inform all Distinguished Senators and Honourable Members that resumption of plenary session earlier scheduled for Tuesday, 25th September has been postponed to Tuesday 9th October due to primaries of the political parties. “All Distinguished Senators and Honourable members are expected to resume plenary session by 10 am on the 9th of October, please,” the statement reads. PT

Sunday, 23 September 2018 03:46

World leaders gather at UN under threat from unilateralism

With rising unilateralism challenging its very existence, the United Nations convenes its annual meeting of world leaders Monday and will try once more to tackle problems together as a community of nations, addressing threats ranging from Mideast conflicts to the effects of global warming — and also encouraging the glimmer of hope over the nuclear standoff in North Korea. This year, 133 world leaders have signed up to attend the General Assembly session, a significant increase from last year’s 114. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the expected large turnout “eloquent proof of the confidence of the international community in the United…

Sunday, 23 September 2018 03:43

FRSC releases recruitment screening time-table

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has released its nationwide recruitment screening timetable for applicants who applied for the corps’ recruitment into the different cadres. The corps public education officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, made the screening timetable available to reporters on Saturday in Abuja. FRSC scheduled its screening and physical fitness assessment on recruitment from September 24 to 29. Kazeem said that the screening recruitment timetable cuts across the 36 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory with 57 venues. He said that Federal Capital Territory, Kaduna, Lagos and Edo had two venues each. “Enugu, Benue, Kano,Akwa-Ibom, Kwara, Anambra, Kogi,…

Friday, 21 September 2018 06:02

12 states still in danger as Rivers Niger, Benue keep rising

The raging flood, which has affected at least 12 states across the country, remains worrisome not only to the victims but also the government, as Rivers Niger and Benue continue to rise in volume, according to National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) The current flood pattern, which experts say has shown indices of a similar natural disaster of 2012 in many parts of the country, has left hundreds of victims with tales of woes, with many others living in fear. A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) showed that some lives have been lost while farms, houses and livestock destroyed…

Thursday, 20 September 2018 05:18

How Osinbajo-led committee stopped Nigeria Air

Federal government on Wednesday announced immediate suspension of its widely publicised national carrier because the nation’s Economic Management Team (EMT) did not approve it when it launched, sources familiar with the matter have revealed. Sources at the presidential villa told this newspaper Wednesday night that the EMT recommendation was that the federal government should not set up a national carrier with public funds. EMT is chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Mr Hadi Sirika, Nigeria’s aviation minister, announced the cancellation on Wednesday shortly after the cabinet meeting. The minister later posted the announcement on his Twitter page. Sirika said: “I…

Thursday, 20 September 2018 05:16

Presidency clarifies position of new finance minister

Presidential spokesperson, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday clarified the current status of former minister of state for budget and national planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed. Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari redeployed Ahmed to finance ministry to take over in supervisory capacity following the resignation of former minister of finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. Adeosun resigned her appointment in the wake of a report which revealed she procured and had been parading a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate used to secure the appointments. Adesina, who spoke with reporters at the end of federal executive council meeting on Wednesday, confirmed that…

Wednesday, 19 September 2018 05:04

Over 40% of world’s poorest will live in Nigeria, Congo by 2050 - Report

More than 40 per cent of “extremely poor people” in the world will be living in Nigeria and DR Congo by 2050, a report by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has revealed. This is coming as the world’s second richest man and the Co-founder, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Mr. Bill Gates, has called on the Nigerian government to increase efforts to fund human capital development as this will propel the country towards achieving the year 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) set by the United Nations. In the 2018 goalkeepers report released yesterday, Bill and Melinda Foundation said by…

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Wednesday, 19 September 2018 05:02

National Assembly adopts fourth version of Electoral Amendment Act

Senate and House of the Representatives Joint Committee on Electoral Matters on Tuesday, adopted the fourth version of the 2018/2019 Electoral Amendment Act. Joint Committee Chairman, Mr Suleiman Nazif (Bauchi North), gave the update on the outcome of the proposed amendment to Electoral bill at a joint press briefing in Abuja. He also disclosed that National Assembly was now on the same page with the executive arm of government and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the issues of clauses in the bill. The 14 consolidated amendments are: Sections 9 (1a), 9b (5), 181-4), 19(4), 31, 31(1), 31(7), 36(3), 44(3…

Wednesday, 19 September 2018 04:59

Mandatory use of identity numbers begins in January - FG

Mandatory use of National Identification Number [NIN] will come into full force on January 1, 2019, the Federal Government has said. This followed last week’s approval by Federal Executive Council (FEC) of the immediate implementation of a strategic roadmap for a new Digital Identity Ecosystem, Director-General of National Identity Management Commission [NIMC], Mr Aliyu Abubakar Aziz said in a statement yesterday. FEC at its meeting last week approved the new identity ecosystem strategy for the enrolment of Nigerians and legal residents into National Identity Database (NIDB), the statement said. “FEC’s approval of the new Digital Identity Ecosystem will bring into…

Wednesday, 19 September 2018 04:53

Sacked SGF: How I made N500m after I left government

Mr Babachir Lawal, former secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), has described his sack as a blessing in disguise. Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Monday, Lawal said his monthly income as SGF was N953,000 but he made about half a billion last year. Buhari fired Lawal in October for allegedly diverting funds meant for people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency. But Lawal said his absence from government has given him the opportunity to focus on his business. “Let me shock you, before I came into government, I have been in business, I was a very successful…

Tuesday, 18 September 2018 04:43

Panic in Abuja as fighter jets fly over National Assembly, houses

There has been panic in Jikwoyi, Nyanya and Karu satellite areas of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, over some military fighter jets reportedly hovering over houses and creating deafening noises. Residents reported that the jets had been combing the areas since Saturday in “a war-like manner.” It was gathered that the military aircraft, said to be about seven, flew on Monday at low levels in the Three Arms Zone and Asokoro areas of Abuja, creating panic for passersby and people going about their business. One of the eyewitnesses, who gave his name as Umar Bichi, said the noise of the military…

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