There is no respite in sight for university workers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who are agitating for the release of their withheld salaries resulting from last year’s industrial action. According to the reports the union last week lost its suit against the federal government over the salaries withheld for…
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, will be put on trial by the Federal Government on alleged economic sabotage-related offences. Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, will today be put on trial by the Federal Government on alleged economic sabotage-related offences. Emefiele, whose trial was…
The Federal Government says it has received 108 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in neighbouring country, Niger Republic. The Southwest Zonal Coordinator, National Commission For Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Mr Alexander Oturu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the commission, Nigerians received include 32 males, 29 females,…
The Federal Government has said it is facing enormous challenges and revenue deficit amid a growing population. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, lamented that the Federal Government was struggling to pay salaries because there is no money. He urged non-governmental organisations to help the government to cover the spaces it could…
Two human rights organisations, Centre for Information Technology and Development and Avocats Sans Frontières France, also known as Lawyers Without Borders on Tuesday, warned the Federal Government against controlling the digital space. The duo said controlling the digital space would be counterproductive and antithetical to turning the country into a digital economy. The organisations expressed…
The Federal Government has announced its readiness to commence the payment of nine months backlogs to N-Power beneficiaries who are on the programme beginning from November. It announced this on Monday through the N-Power National Programme Manager, Akindele Egbuwalo, who disclosed this during a meeting with some N-Power beneficiaries at his office in Abuja. Egbuwalo…
As the December deadline to resume full petrol production draws near, the managing director of Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC) Engr Ibrahim Onoja and the acting managing director of Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), Mrs Usua Ofonmbuk Edet are currently under pressure to deliver. The federal government had said the December deadline for…
As Nigerian universities prepare to resume, the Federal Government is appealing to students, lecturers, and parents not to engage in any act that would disrupt the smooth flow of the academic session. The Minister of State for Education, Tanko Sununu, made the appeal on Friday when the leadership of the Congress of University Academics paid…
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the Federal Government cannot stop funding universities in the country as it is constitutional. He made this known to the newsmen on Thursday. “There is no way the Federal Government of Nigeria would say they would not fund public universities…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities following a National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Maiduguri has asked the Federal Government through the office of the Accountant General of the Federation to release outstanding promotion arrears owed its members in the interest of industrial peace and harmony in Nigerian universities. The ASUU in…