The management of Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) says it has engaged the leaders of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) over the 175 workers laid off by one of its contract companies. Mr Esimaje Brikinn, the company’s General Manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Brikinn said that the laid-off workers were not employees of Chevron but workers of an independent contractor providing services to Chevron. He said the contract company laid off its workers following the suspension of the…
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The Federal Government says it has enrolled over 15 million persons in the National Social Register (NSR) to fast track implementation of the Social Investment Programme. Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, stated this during the presentation of food items donated to Nigeria by the ECOWAS Commission, on Saturday in Kano. Umar-Faroouq said: “It is worthy to state that at the onset of the pandemic, the National Social Register (NSR) contained data of over 2.6 million poor and vulnerable households, representing over 11 million individuals in the 34 States and the FCT. “With…
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Bwari Branch, on Saturday met to examine the way forward for a post COVID-19 work adaptation in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was part of the association’s target at the branch 2020 Engineering Conference and Annual General Meeting in Abuja. The meeting has the theme: ‘Post COVID-19 Work Adapation; Impact on Engineering Infrastructure and Justification for Work Flexibility’. Mr Dauda Musa, Chairman NSE, Bwari branch, said the theme was chosen in view of the global pandemic which was now referred to as the new normal. He added that…
The No Alternative To Buhari Osinbajo 2019 (NATBO 2019) says that President Muhammadu Buhari, is the only Nigerian leader who has all it takes to fight the corruption plaguing the nation. Mr Vincent Uba, National Coordinator NATBO 2019 said in a statement issued on Saturday that Buhari had demonstrated the capacity and will power in his fight against corruption. According to the group, apart from the fact that Buhari has no corruption stain on him in spite of holding several ‘juicy’ offices in the past, he has demonstrated doggedness in fighting the menace. He noted that corruption was a menace…
Popular Nigerian artiste Daniel Oyebanjo, a.k.a D’banj, has commended the Federal Government for its Agro-Rangers initiative undertaken by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). D’banj gave the commendation in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by his Corporate Manager, Mr Damien Okoroafor, following his decoration on Friday by the NSCDC Commandant-General, Abdullahi Mohammadu, as an Agro-Ranger. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Agro-Rangers programme inaugurated in mid-2016 is expected to forestall attacks on farms, boost farmers’ confidence to work on their farms without fear and to enhance FG’s food security plan. D’banj said he would dedicate his life…
Lagos NUJ Election: Ajayi kicks off campaign, promises to bring union back on tracka Mr Adeleye Ajayi, a chairmanship aspirant for Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), says he is in the race for the forthcoming election to bring the union back on track. Ajayi, a Deputy Editor-in-Chief with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), contested the Lagos state NUJ chairmanship position in 2017 but lost by 16 votes. In a statement kick-starting his campaign for the Sept. 29 Lagos NUJ Election on Saturday, the NAN editor promised to serve the union dispassionately if given the opportunity.…
Obasanjo, on Saturday declared that in Nigeria today, over 14 million children that should be in school were not in school, and thereby deprived of education.Obasanjo made this known in Lagos at the virtual 2020 Fellowship Graduation Ceremony of the second cohort of “Teach for Nigeria Fellows”.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that “Teach For Nigeria”, an NGO, graduated 161 fellows who have impacted approximately 9,660 students in 80 schools across Lagos, Ogun, and Kaduna States.NAN reports that “Teach For Nigeria” focuses on developing a movement of leaders across Nigeria who are committed to putting an end to educational…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says synergy among the three arms of government including representatives of the legal profession will be a useful approach to the required reform of Nigeria’s administration of justice system. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the vice president made the submission on Saturday at the virtual edition of the Wole Olanipekun and Co (WOC) Justice Summit. The theme of the summit is “Developing an Institutional Concept of Justice in Nigeria”. The event featured prominent speakers including the convener, Olanipekun, Prof. Fidelis Oditah, Mr Yemi Candide-Johnson, notable economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, a prominent…
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven ( OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Southern Kaduna and Bauchi states, has donated foodstuff and other items to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in southern Kaduna.The IDPs comprise the natives and Fulanis who were displaced by the recent attacks in the area, and are presently taking refuge in camps at Zonkwa and Kamuru-Ikulu communities of Zangon-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.Presenting the items separately on Saturday, The Commander of the task force, Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, said the gesture was part of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC).Okonkwo also…
Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the APC candidate for the Sept. 19 governorship election in Edo, says it is the turn of Orhiomwon Local Government Council to produce the next governor of the state. The All Progressives Congress candidate made the assertion on Saturday during his electioneering at Iyoba Ward 4 and Ugboko Ward 5 of the local government area. Ize-Iyamu, who hails from Orhionmwon local government area, said: “God has given us the nomination; it’s just for you to vote for APC on Sept. 19. “We are looking for 100 per cent votes from these wards; we want to win the…