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The Federal Government has commenced plans to pay the salaries of lecturers in federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education via the Government Integrated Financial Management System, popularly known as the GIFMIS.This was revealed in a letter written by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, DIDI WATSON-JACK, to the National Universities Commission, National Board for Technical Education and National Commission for Colleges of Education....

Electricity workers, under the umbrella of the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies and the National Union of Electricity Workers, have issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government over the proposed unbundling of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the unilateral tariff increase being implemented. In a letter addressed to the Minister of Power, ADEBAYO ADELABU the workers accused him of unfriendly and harsh policies that had made...

The Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has said it will commence with students in federal tertiary institutions....

 Former President GOODLUCK JONATHAN has called on the Rivers State governor, SIMINALAYI FUBARA and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory to stop the escalation of political tension in Rivers State....

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, LATEEF FAGBEMI, has lamented the neglect in the remuneration of judicial officers for close to 17 years, a situation he acknowledged is hostile to any meaningful judicial reform.FAGBEMI stated this during a one-day public hearing bordering on the advancement of the welfare of the judiciary and the need to salvage an impoverished judiciary.He stated that between May 1999 and March 2011, the Fede...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed an application by alleged terrorists’ negotiator, MOHAMMED TUKUR MAMU, seeking to be relocated from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to Kuje prison in the Federal Capital Territory....

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), NNAMDI KANU, has claimed that he cannot be tried in any Nigerian court, citing the country’s Constitution and international laws....

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a fresh application filed by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), NNAMDI KANU, to be released on bail, pending the determination of the treasonable felony charge the Fede...

The Organised Labour and the Nigeria Labour Congress have met ahead of the meeting with the tripartite committee on minimum wage, which is set to be today....

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has withdrawn its earlier circular directing banks to implement a controversial 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions....