•Akpabio, Oniha, Tinubu, Edun and Abbas As the All Progressives Congress (APC) pushes back on debt sustainability concerns, the Debt Management Office (DMO), Labour Party (LP) and other stakeholders have demanded a more transparent borrowing and documentation culture. Whereas data in the public space pegs the public debt stock as at the end of...
The federal government has announced plans to begin the decarbonisation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. Aviation and Aerospace Development Minister Festus Keyamo (SAN) announced the plans yesterday in Abuja, reports The Nation. The minister said the challenges posed by climate change demand decisive and concerted action b...
•Oil pipeline A socio-cultural organisation, the Southern Ijaw Unity Forum (SIUF), and the Committee for Transparency and Good Governance (CTGG), yesterday, warned against leaving the responsibility of securing oil pipelines in the Niger Delta to individuals. SIUF urged the federal government to decentralise the award of pipeline surveillance ...
The stakeholders meeting summoned by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Muhammad Dingyadi, to put a stop to the strike called by members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) ended in stalemate last night. As at 11p.m at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, parties to the deliberation could [&hellip...
•Minister of State for Education, Prof Suwaiba Ahmad The federal government is conducting a comprehensive mapping to identify those who are out of school or non-literate citizens across the country. The Minister of State for Education, Prof Suwaiba Ahmad, announced this yesterday in Abuja. She noted that with accurate data obtained from the ex...
Indications have emerged that the management of Dangote Group has accepted to allow workers of the its refinery and petrochemicals join the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG. Sources at the meeting told our correspondent that an MOU is currently being drafted to be signed by parties, reports Vanguard. According to the ...
•NNPCL trucks lining up for petrol loading at the Dangote Refinery The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) said it has rejected the federal government’s planned five per cent tax on petroleum products, describing it as a “reckless proposal” which is “nothing but an act of economic wickedness against already overburdened Nigerians”. The union...
The federal government has commenced a closed-door meeting with the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Dangote Group as part of efforts to resolve the industrial dispute between the two parties. The meeting is being led by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Mohammed Dingyadi, as well as the Minister [&helli...
The federal government has called on the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) to reconsider its decision to initiate a nationwide strike starting today, Monday, September 8, 2025. The dispute centres around the Dangote Group’s policy that allegedly restrains its employees from associating with unions in the industry, re...
The federal government said it had intensified monitoring and screening procedures at all points of entry in response to the ongoing outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Director of Port Health Services at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Akpan Nse, disclosed this in an […]
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