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Labourer Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has challenged the Federal Government to publicly name terrorism financiers and oil thieves across the country. He said the call had become imperative to ensure there were no ‘sacred cows’ in the fight against terrorism, anti-corruption and economic sabotage across the country. The former Anambra State governor made the
Katsina State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu, says the federal government has released N6.25 billion for the establishment of Cattle ranches in local government areas affected by banditry in the state. Yakubu, also Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, disclosed this during the Ranch Stakeholders Development Meeting in Katsina on Monday. He said that the frontline local government
Indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government may consider the option of proscribing the,Academic staff union of Universities ASUU if it fails to call off the prolonged strike after an offer was made to it. The Federal Government has also approved an additional N100 billion for the university sector as part of the understanding in
The Congress of University Academics, CONUA, has called on the Federal Government to, without further delay, register and recognise it as an academic staff union in the university system in Nigeria. This, the union said, had become necessary as it had met all conditions required for it to be so registered. The National Coordinator, Dr
The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock on Tuesday, The PUNCH has learnt. Sources familiar with the matter told one of our correspondents that the Federal Government’s team met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission. “The meet with
To rein in the activities of terrorists and bandits across Nigeria, the federal government has disclosed that it would place a ban on motorcycles and mining activities across the federation. Attorney general of the federation and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the National Security Council presided over by
The Federal Government has disbursed the entire $322.5 million Abacha loot of 2017 to 1.9 million poor and vulnerable Nigerians. Before making the disbursement, the money accrued an interest of $11 million where it was deposited. Mr. David Ugolor, Executive Director of ANEEJ, an independent monitor providing independent report on the use of the funds,
THE federal government and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are to assist poor farmers in Anambra State with agricultural inputs worth N20 million. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Forster Ihejiofor said the funding would be done through the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP). Speaking during the flag off of the programme at Ogbaru
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has ended its two-week warning strike over the federal government’s failure to meet its demands. Some of ASUP’s demands include the payment of the N15bn revitalisation fund for polytechnics, payment of minimum wage arrears, and review of conditions of service, among others. In a statement signed by its
The federal government on Friday expressed optimism that recent agreements it has reached with the University Academic Staff Union, ASUU and other unions in the education sector will bear good fruit next week. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Head of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour