•Lead poisoning As government-led blood-lead screening continues in Ogijo, environmental expert Abayomi Ladapo has urged the government to move swiftly into the most crucial phase of the response with full-scale environmental remediation and long-term exposure prevention. Ladapo disclosed that while screening is essential, it does not stop ong...
From 2009 till date and under the full administration of different democratically-elected presidents, killings, kidnapping, burning of homes, schools and churches, mass displacements, closure of schools, bandits ruling in captured territories and loss of economic livelihoods, among a litany of other woes, have largely characterised the landsca...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has suspended its industrial action, protesting the sack of over 800 members of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company, who were laid off unceremoniously. President of PENGASSAN, Festus Osifo, announced the suspension today, in Abuja, warning the federal governme...
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria today suspended its strike which started yesterday. JUSUN announced the suspension in a communique issued after its meetings with the representatives of the Chief Judge of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, reports NAN. The commiunque signed by all shareholders present, said this was after long deliberat...
•Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo Workers of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) have called off their strike after the federal government’s intervention. The workers had protested over poor working conditions, grounding flights across the country today. But after a meeting with the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus ...
•Naira notes The naira depreciated by 2.4 per cent and 2.6 per cent in March at both the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market window and the parallel market compared to the previous month. According to the latest Afrinvest Monthly Market Report titled, ‘Analysing Global and Nigerian Economies & Financial Markets’, the naira dropped ...
•Natasha and Akpabio The federal government yesterday said it would intervene in the leadership crisis of the National Assembly after the suspension of the senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. “We’re engaging all the stakeholders to ensure that they temper justice with mercy,” the Minister of Women Af...
Following a successful eye care intervention in the South West, where over 1,000 people, including two minors, regained their sight, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) is set to expand the initiative nationwide. By the end of the first quarter, the company aims to restore vision for about 6,000 people across Nigeria, r...
•Acting Controller-General of the Service, Sylvester Nwakucheee taking salute The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), otherwise known as the Nigeria Prisons, has sought the intervention of the Inspector-General of Police, the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), the Attorney General of the Federation, state Chief Justices, and other stakeh...
•FCT protest Residents of Ruga Community, along the Lugbe-Airport Expressway in the Federal Capital Territory, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene and stop the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, from carrying out further demolitions in the area. It was reported that a Special Ministerial Task Team of the FCT Administration had, on Wedn...
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