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The Federal Government has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to rescind its opposition to the registration of Congress for Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and the Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) unions in the Nigerian public university system. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, made the call in a statement signed by Mr Olajide Oshundun, Head, Press and Public Relations, in the ministry on Tuesday in Abuja. The Minister of Labour and Employment,Chris Ngige had recently issued a letter of recognition to both CONUA and NAMDA to join the already existing ASUU in…
The Bayelsa State government has dismissed the 2022 fiscal sustainability report on Nigerian states released by BudgiT, a public finance transparency-focused civil society organisation. However, Rivers tops the 2022 fiscal performance ranking, followed by Kaduna and Cross River, while Yobe, Bayelsa and Benue sit at the bottom of the table. The Bayelsa government, in a statement released by Mr Maxwell Ebibai, Commissioner for Finance, questioned the report. Ebibai faulted the methodology used to arrive at the rankings and pointed out that it did not reflect current financial standing of the state. The commissioner said the report was merely a rehash…
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, promised to sustain President Muhammad Buhari’s legacy if elected President next year. The former Lagos State governor made the promise when he delivered a goodwill message at the ongoing 3-day ministerial retreat for Ministers and Permanent Secretaries in Abuja on Tuesday. He also praised the Buhari-led regime for creating lasting legacies for the country, declaring that the President set the country on the right path after years of maladministration. Tinubu said he would be lucky as President, when elected, to be taking over from an administration that has…
Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, Chidoka has described Governor Nyesom Wike’s endorsement of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state for a second term as morally wrong. Chidoka made this assertion while featuring on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Tuesday noting that Wike is free to associate with anyone. He added that, the moral burden lies with the Rivers leader. He said the party’s leadership will have to review the governor’s stand. “This is not the first time he’s doing it. In Anambra ,during the Anambra governorship election,he did not support the PDP candidate. He said it’s against his…
…..Directs SGF,Ministers To Start Preparing Transition Documents President Muhammadu Buhari has warned ministers, permanent secretaries, and heads of government agencies not to leave governance for electioneering. He issued the warning in Abuja on Tuesday at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Ministerial Performance Review Retreat, preceded by his signing of Executive Order 012 on Improving Performance Management, Coordination and Implementation of Presidential Priorities cautioning that He warned that,”any infraction will be viewed seriously”. According to Buhari, with campaigns for next year’s elections on the way, governance should not be abandoned. ”Consequently, all Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, and Heads of Agencies must…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday inaugurate the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council. Mr President will also unveil the manifesto of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja. This was disclosed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Lagos State, Gboyega Akosile via his tweeter handle on Tuesday. He wrote, “Flash: President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday at the State House, Abuja, unveil the manifesto and policy document of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and inaugurate the Campaign Council.” Earlier today,…
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has replied Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on his purpoted endorsement of Sanwo-Olu for second term saying that it will render his counterpart in Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, jobless in 2023. The party added that, Sanwo-Olu would also be sent to the club of former governors next year. The party was reacting to the purported endorsement of Sanwo-Olu for second term by Wike during his visit to Lagos. During his visit to Lagos today, Governor Wike endorsed his Lagos State counterpart for second term noting that he has performed…
A lady with a twitter handle,@princesskolade has taken to twitter to solicit for help in finding a lasting solution to what she described as a “physical assault” allegedly inflicted on her mother by her father. In a long Twitter thread on Tuesday, the lady shared footage of her father allegedly assaulting his wife who was seen lying helpless on a bed. She claimed her father, who is a pharmacist, is in the habit of brutalising his wife. “He beats her like a punching bag, threatens to kill her, divorce her, and thinks she’s a witch too,”she tweeted The Twitter…
The Arewa Joint Committee holding a public interaction with presidential candidates said on Tuesday that they have no plan to endorse any presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 general elections. It was gathered that the groups, under the aegis of Arewa Joint Committee, have interacted with five presidential candidates on their agenda for the North and Nigeria as a whole. The presidential candidates include Bola Tinubu of APC, Peter Obi of Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Kola Abiola of PRP and Adewole Adebayo of SDP. Murtala Aliyu, Chairman, Steering Committee of the group, said at a press conference…
Tragedy has struck the Nigerian Customs as its Comptroller in charge of the Trade Facilitation Unit, Anthony Ayalogu, slumped on Monday and died. Ayalogu was said to have taken ill at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on Monday. The Customs boss reportedly lost consciousness and was rushed to the Nigerian Air Force Hospital, Kano where he was pronounced dead at 2020 hours(8:20pm) yesterday. Announcing his death in a statement on Tuesday, AA Maiwada of the NCS Public Relations Unit, said, “He was in transit on an official assignment when he suddenly took ill upon arrival at Mallam Aminu…