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Contrary to expectations that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will be called off soon, following a widely reported agreement between the union and the Federal Government on Tuesday, the union has said the strike would not be called off until all the offers made to it at the meeting are fully... Read More
The Federal Government has reached an agreement with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who disclosed this late Monday in Abuja while addressing journalists after a meeting with the striking lecturers, said majority of the union’s demands have been met including the release of N15.4 billion... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) has commenced a three-day nationwide protest this Monday, citing alleged refusal of the Federal Government to obey a court judgment on staff schools and to honour agreements on earned allowance. In a statement by its National Public Relations... Read More
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These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Thursday said that the misrule of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has led the country to lose over 12 million jobs, stressing that the best prosperity, peace, educational advancement in the history of the... Read More
While the name, Adams Oshiomhole or more recently Osho Baba is not new on the country’s political terrain, the recent developments may have revealed a lot more than majority of Nigerians ever knew about the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). More so, if reports in the last few days indicating that... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has dismissed calls for the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, saying party supremacy must be respected. Speaking to State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, Tinubu who... Read More
Arising from its emergency meeting in Abuja late Tuesday, Governors of Nigeria’s thirty-six states under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have restated their stance on the issue of the national minimum wage. The state chief executives are insisting that they can only pay N22,500 as against the N24, 000 earlier offered by the Federal... Read More
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it received nominations from 79 political parties for the 2019 presidential election and 6,352 for the National Assembly. According to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on update on the implementation of activities for the 2019 general elections, the... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the new international terminal of Port Harcourt Airport, in Omagwa, Rivers, built by the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company Nigeria Limited as part of the $500 million concessional loan from the Export – Import Bank of China. Speaking at the... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who went missing in September 2017 was on Friday confirmed to be alive. The new development came up following photos and videos shared online by Radio Biafra, showing where he is praying in Jerusalem, Israel. Kanu was... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The Federal Government says it is yet to reach an agreement with the leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on the new minimum wage, explaining that negotiations are still ongoing as the different groups involved have agreed on different figures as minimum wage. Minister of... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Embattled Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has resigned her appointment. Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has signed the 2018 supplementary budget of N9.9bn into law, berating Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi and his party(APC) for questioning the importance of the budget. Speaking at the event, Fayose stressed that it was laughable... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Former Ondo Governor, Olusegun Mimiko has on Thursday declared his intention to run for the office of the President of Nigeria on the platform of the Labour party (LP). Barely 24 hours after the 63-year old Mimiko, after the declaration at the party’s National Secretariat in... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has formally declared his intention to contest the Orlu senatorial seat in the 2019 elections on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC). A statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, revealed that the governor made the declaration before... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The Federal Government has blamed the delay in the approval of a new minimum wage for workers in the country to the inability of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) to come up with an agreed figure. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, who stated... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday held a meeting with senators elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). At the meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, and believed to be at the instance of the defection of 14 senators and 37 members of... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has on Wednesday reacted to the threat by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole to expel him from the party, describing him as one speaking out of ignorance. Ngige who spoke with State House... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: The Lagos State Government has extended the activities of the Joint Security Task Force constituted jointly by the Federal and State Governments to restore sanity to Apapa area of the state by 30 days. Commissioner for Transportation, Ladi Lawanson, who announced the decision on Monday as part of... Read More
These are the stories that you should be monitoring today: Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, said he has uncovered a plot by the Federal Government to frame him up for gunrunning using a Lebanese businessman. The governor revealed this on Sunday during a thanksgiving service at the St. Thomas Anglican Church, Diobu, Port Harcourt, in honour... Read More
These are the stories that drove the conversation today: Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Friday explained that the 35 years age qualification for the Senate was retained to correct the initial disparity in the 1999 Constitution between the age qualification for the Senate and that of the President. According to a statement by Uche... Read More
These are the stories you should be monitoring today: The Federal Government says the payment of a new national minimum wage will not materialize by the end of September as envisaged. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking with journalists in Abuja, pointing out that the September date was just... Read More
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has suspended its nationwide strike, which was supposed to start today. Background: The union embarked on the strike to protest the sacking of some employees of NECONDE Oil Limited. Highlights: The National Public Relations Officer of the association, Fortune Obi said the industrial action was... Read More
Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi over the weekend was embroiled in a messy public show of shame, as his convoy clashed with that of Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike. Both men who have been at loggerheads for years traded blames over who was responsible for the clash with the minister saying, his “black jeep was intercepted... Read More
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige yesterday said no administration in the history of Nigeria had surpassed that of President Muhammadu Buhari in job creation. According to him, more than seven million jobs were created in the agriculture sector in the last two and half years. Dr Ngige spoke with State House reporters after... Read More
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) John Odigie-Oyegun Thursday, while inaugurating a fifteen-member campaign committee for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra, said that the party remains the best option for actualising a Southeast Presidency; in the nearest future. Highlights: Oyegun challenged the committee led by the governor of Bauchi, Mohammed Abubakar to... Read More
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has said the ongoing strike by the National Association of Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) is not the fault of the Federal Government. He said this at the opening of a conciliation meeting with JOHESU leaders, Isaac Adewole, minister of health, and some government agencies on Tuesday in Abuja.... Read More
As reported by The Cable, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has refused to call off its strike despite meeting with the federal government. On Wednesday, a federal government delegation led by Isaac Adewole, minister of health, and Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, met with the leadership of NARD to resolve the problem. The... Read More
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has blasted the National Association of Resident Doctors for embarking on strike. Ngige said the doctors have breached the constitution for taking actions while they were in talks with the government. He said this at a mediation meeting which is ongoing at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja. He said, “Once... Read More
The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige has described the strike of resident doctors as an “act of rascality”. In a statement by the deputy director press in the ministry, Samuel Olowookere, Dr Ngige said the government was ‘surprised’ by the associations’ action after an agreement was reached. The sequence of events: NARD declares “total... Read More
