GOVERNMENT
The Edo State Government has denied media reports that the Islamic State- West Africa Province, ISWAP, carried out an attack on Ibillo-Igarra Road Junction and burnt a security patrol vehicle on September 22, 2022. The State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare in a statement, attributed the attack to fleeing bandits. He said a […]
Some Police Special Constabularies on Wednesday stormed the streets of Osogbo, Osun State capital, to protest the non-payment of their stipends for eighteen months. The police constabularies, numbering about 500, gathered at the Oke-Fia Roundabout in the morning and moved through Alekunwodo to Olaiya Junction to register their displeasure over the unpaid allowances. The protesters […]
Residents of the Okpamakhin community of Owan Forest Zone, have appealed to the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to put a stop to the bulldozing of their ancestral rainforest and farms. They are urging the governor to respect an ECOWAS court order that has stopped the demolition. In a protest march held at Uhonmora Ora […]
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has set up a 14-Man committee to find a common ground aimed at ending the seven month – old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The Minister said the committee’s report is expected to be ready in a few days and will be submitted to President Muhammadu […]
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has met with Pro-chancellors and Vice-chancellors of Federal universities over the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU). Speaking shortly before the meeting went into a closed-door session, the Minister tabled the position of the government in the impasse to the group for deliberations. Adamu said while […]
The Federal Road Safety Corp(FRSC) has again informed the general public that it is not an arms-bearing organisation as it has not yet been authorized by the government to bear arms. The Acting Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu while reacting to the image that is been recirculated has stated that officials of the Federal Road […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria, Ekiti state chapter has called on the government at all levels to find lasting solutions to insecurity in Nigeria and the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The Christian body made the call in Aramoko Ekiti at a meeting of Christian leaders in the state capital Ado […]
Following a two-year break, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Cross River State Government says the 2022 Edition of the annual Africa Biggest Street Party, Carnival Calabar, will be organised to change the face of the state’s economy. Briefing journalists in Calabar on the preparation for the event, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Eric […]
Following extensive deliberations and taking cognizance of the Government’s past failures to abide by its own timelines in addressing issues raised in the 2020 FGN/ASUU Memorandum of Action, the National Executive Council of ASUU has resolved that the ongoing strike be extended for another four weeks from August 1, 2022 In a nine paragraphs communique […]
Minister of Labour AND Employment, Chris Ngige is begging the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to cancel its planned mass protest over the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and other university-based unions. The Minister made the appeal on Thursday at a meeting with the leadership of NLC in his office in […]
