Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, issued a directive that a part of the $136 million belonging to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) should be paid in naira equivalent, Keystone Bank has said. The bank made this revelation during a hearing of the Ad-hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of all recovered loots, Movable
Railway workers declare 3-day warning strike over ‘poor welfare’
The National Union of Railway Workers (NURW) has declared a three-day warning strike nationwide. In a statement on Friday, the union and its senior staff workers stated that the strike will begin on November 18 to protest their “poor welfare”. In a circular, the union also notified its members in Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Zaria, Minna,
The Association of professional women engineers of Nigeria, APWEN 1st Prof. Philomena Igbokwe lecture Series
The association of professional women engineers of Nigeria, APWEN, Awka chapter under the distinguished chairmanship of Engr. Nneka Ezeani, MNSE held her maiden Prof. Philomena Igbokwe lecture Series today, Nov.12th ,2021. The association of professional women engineers of Nigeria, APWEN is a non-profit, non-governmental, educational and service organization and a division of the Nigerian society
Aminata Diallo has been released without charge
PSG midfielder Aminata Diallo has been released without charge as French prosecutors continue to investigate an attack on club teammate Kheira Hamraoui. Hamraoui was reportedly dragged from a car by two masked men and attacked with an iron bar after attending a team meal last week, leaving her with injuries to her hands and legs.
FG will pay Nigerians transport allowance after fuel subsidy removal -Zainab Ahmed
Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, says the federal government will pay Nigerians transport allowance after removing fuel subsidy. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, Ahmed said fuel subsidy is costing the country resources that should have been used for education and health. She described fuel subsidy as a “major drain and waste”
INEC Presents Certificates Of Return To Soludo, Ibezim(images)
The Anambra State Governor-Elect, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo and Deputy Governor-Elect, Onyedikachukwu Ibezim have been presented with their respective Certificates of return today in Awka, by the National Chairman of INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu represented by the INEC Federal Commissioner on Voter Education, Festus Okoye. See images below..
Ngige suggests Nigeria-Trained Doctors Should Sign Bond To Serve For 9 Years Before Relocating Abroad
Emefiele is going after Banks & FINTECH. Lai Mohammed is going after media houses. Malami is going after judges & freedom fighters. Ngige is going after doctors/labour force. Wow… What a formidable force against the collective good of a nation! The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has stated that medical workers trained
Andy Uba Rejects Result, Says His 200,000 APC Primaries’ Voters Were Rigged Out
Senator Andy Uba has rejected the result of the Anambra Governorship election querying as irrational that the more than 200,000 APC members who voted for him in the party primaries were locked out of the main election. Noting the high-profile defections that preceded the election, he said that what was left of APGA was Governor
SSANU, NASU begin 3-day protest over N22bn allowance sharing formula
The Non-academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have directed its members to proceed on a three-day nationwide protest. The directive was issued in a memo dated November 8 and jointly signed by Peters Adeyemi, the NASU general secretary, and Mohammed Ibrahim, SSANU national
FW de Klerk,South Africa’s former president is dead
FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last white president, has died aged 85, his foundation announced on Thursday. “It is with the deepest sadness that the FW de Klerk Foundation must announce that former President FW de Klerk died peacefully at his home in Fresnaye earlier this morning following his struggle again,” the statement said. AFP