The Court of Appeal will rule on Friday in an application by ASUU seeking its permission to appeal against an order of the National Industrial Court directing its members to resume work. The industrial court granted an interlocutory injunction in favour of the Federal Government on Sept. 21, and ordered the union to call of the strike pending the resolution of its dispute with government. The union of university teachers began the strike on Feb. 14. Not satisfied with the order of the industrial court, ASUU filed an application at the Court of Appeal, seeking the leave of court to…
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom says all leaders, irrespective of political affiliation must join hands now and work together to salvage Nigeria. Governor Ortom stated this Thursday, October 6th, 2022 in a brief remark at the launching of the Solomon Lar Leadership Institute and presentation of an autobiography of the late nationalist titled, “Chronicles of the Rainbow” held at the Nigerian Air Force, NAF Conference Centre, Abuja. He reiterated his earlier position that all is not well with Nigeria and advocated the need for leaders and citizens to complement each other in efforts toward salvaging the country. The Governor said,…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN will continue to support the creation of export ready markets in order to add to the country’s economic growth through its various interventions, Director of Corporate Communications, Mr Osita Nwanisobi has stated. Accordingly, under the Real Sector Facility, the Bank released the sum of ₦66.99 billion to 12 additional projects in manufacturing and agriculture. Cumulative disbursements under the Real Sector Support Facility (RSSF) currently stood at ₦2.10 trillion disbursed to 426 projects across the country, he further stated. The Director disclosed this while speaking during the CBN Special Day at…
The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the 2023 elections, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is back in the country after weeks in London, United Kingdom. See pictures below: APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, and Plateau State Governor & Director-General of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaigns on Asiwaju Tinubu’s return from the United Kingdom…Thursday night at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has described the election of Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu as 1st Vice President of the Nigeria Football Federation as a “well-deserved recognition” of the latter’s years of dedication to the development of football, especially in Abia State through two-time CAF Champions League winners Enyimba FC. Anyansi-Agwu, under whose chairmanship Enyimba FC have won dozens of trophies nationally and on the African continent, was on Friday elected 1st Vice President of NFF at the Elective General Assembly in Benin City. The self-effacing administrator had served three consecutive terms as Member of NFF Executive Board. “On behalf of the…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The moral right of citizens to demand accountability from government on what their taxes have been used for, is dependent on when citizens have themselves heeded to their civil obligations to pay taxes. This was the position of the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami during the unveiling of the FIRS Service Charter on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Nami, while delivering the opening remarks at the unveiling, which was one of the events hosted by the Service in commemoration of the 2022 Global Customer Service Week, called on citizens to be…
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has appointed Mr. Kolawole Stephen Ologbondiyan, former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP as one of his spokesperson for the 2023 presidential campaign. The appointment takes immediate effect. Ologbondiyan joins other spokespersons earlier appointed by the presidential candidate to project the unique selling points of Atiku Abubakar and keep the electorate updated about goings on in the campaign. Ologbondiyan was former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP (Dec. 2017-Dec. 2021). He was Director of Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Council (2019 Presidential Election)…
The Ministry of Health will soon introduce the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), into its Routine immunisation (RI) system. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made this known on Thursday in Abuja, at the quarterly review meeting of the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee on Primary Health Care Delivery (NTLC). He said Nigeria has met the condition for the Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) to introduce the HPV vaccine. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the HPV vaccines are vaccines that prevent infection by certain types of human papillomavirus. Available HPV vaccines protect against two, four, or nine types of HPV. All…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Statistician General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran has frowned at the attitude of many Nigerians for not believing the data reports released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) simply because it is a government institution. He regretted that when the same information is published by the IMF or the World Bank, or any other development partner, such Nigerians would accept it without question, not minding that the same development partners rely on the NBS fully to produce those indicators. Prince Adeniran expressed his displeasure at a 3-day retreat organised by the Bureau for…