The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has condemned the federal government plan to pay only members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) the withheld salaries, while excluding members of NAAT and two other university-based unions.In a statement signed by its president, Comrade Ibeji Nwokoma, and general-secretary, Comrade
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has issued a 14-day termination notice to the contractor handling the Enugu-Port Harcourt highway, Messrs China Civil Engineering Construction CECC, over non-performance.The minister of works, Nweze Dave Umahi, gave the directive yesterday when he inspected the progress of work at Ozuaku, after the Imo Bridge
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Troops of the Nigerian Army's Sector 2 of “Operation Hadin Kai” have killed four Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and rescued passengers who were kidnapped in Buni Yadi, Yobe State.In a statement issued yesterday by a counter-insurgency and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, the
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) a seven-day ultimatum to account for missing oil revenues worth $2.04 billion and N164 billion.SERAP, which made the demand in an open letter addressed to the group chief executive officer of the NNPCL, Mr. Mele
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Former speakers of the State Houses of Assembly of Nigeria have charged the federal government to embark on initiatives that bring lasting solutions to the hardships being faced by Nigerians.The appeal was made on behalf of the speakers by the chairman of the forum, Senator Simon Bako Lalong, in a
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The Dawanau Market Development Association (DMDA) of the International Grains Market in Kano has dismissed allegations that it is buying and hoarding food items, describing it as disinformation and misinformation.Addressing a press conference at the weekend in Kano, the president of the International Grains Market, Alhaji Muttaqa Isah, declared that
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called for investigations of alleged financial impropriety levelled against the chairman, Julius Abure, by the national treasurer, Oluchi Opara.Obi spoke at a media briefing where he rendered an account of the 2023 Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organization funding, on Thursday, February
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President Bola Tinubu met with state governors in Abuja on Thursday to discuss insecurity and the increase in the prices of goods and services that have made basic items unaffordable for millions of Nigerians.Part of their resolutions at the meeting was to reject the proposal by some Nigerians for massive
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the executive management teams of two parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.The affected parastatals are the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) and the Federal Housing Authority (FHA).The reconstitution of the executive management of the two parastatals, according
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The Senate has passed for second reading bills seeking the establishment of the North West Development Commission (NWDC) and the National Youth Service Corps Trust Fund.The passage of the two bills for the second reading by the Senate was done separately after the lead and general debates.Leading the debate on
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