Once the Muhammadu Buhari government had failed to get striking lecturers in our public universities back to class, I knew it would head for the National Industrial Court, NIC, shopping for an injunction. Tragically that is what governments in the country and rich employers have turned the NIC into: a fishing pond for injunctions against Read More…
The national grid collapsed on Monday leaving many parts of the country without power, according to electricity distribution companies. This would be the fourth time this year that the grid is collapsing for what the authorities blame on technical problems. Last month workers from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) went on strike and temporarily Read More…
Nyesom Wike’s day job is to administer the affairs of Rivers State as Governor. But in actual fact, he is more than that. He is the ‘bee’ of Nigeria’s leading opposition party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The bee makes sweet honey and is loyal to its colony or beehive. The sweetness of the bee’s Read More…
The industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) is officially over. The National Industrial Court has ordered members of the union to return to work. The Federal Government in a suit prayed for the order for ASUU to call off its seven months strike. The Minister of Labour and Read More…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Tuesday that crude oil theft in Nigeria, which is blamed for throttling output and exports, is tantamount to treason that should be punished by the stiffest possible penalty. Oil production fell below 1 million barrels per day in August, figures from NNPC show. Gbajabiamila said Read More…
Following the resignation of Kennedy Ibe earlier on Monday, Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has received the new Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Emeka Nduka. Ibe did not give any reason for his resignation. Uzodimma received the speaker and some key legislative members at the Government House Owerri, and applauded them for the Read More…
Abdul-Aziz Yusuf, a public affairs analyst’ has advised parents to always observe their daughters’ communications with men, this is coming three days after the alleged horrifying murder of a 22-year-old Kano lady Ummukulsum Buhari by her Chinese lover. Yusuf was speaking on Monday in an Interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that Nigeria will do its best to reach all learners, wherever they are, with quality, inclusive learning and skills development opportunities to prepare them for the bright future they deserve. Buhari made the pledge in his statement on Thematic Session four: “Digital Transformation of Education at a 3-day Transforming Education Read More…
Ola Echegbu, a 20-year-old mother was reunited with her five-month-old-son with the aid of the Ebonyi Police Command on Monday. SP Chris Anyanwu, the command’s Spokesman, revealed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Abakaliki on Monday. Anyanwu claims that the baby, who had been sold for half-a-million naira, was rescued by the command Read More…
As students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) stormed the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in protest against the continued nationwide lecturers’ strike on Monday morning, the ruling has been set for Wednesday on whether lecturers should return to the classrooms. The National Industrial Court will deliver its ruling in an Read More…
