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Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria have commenced a nationwide protest over crude oil theft.The protesters were seen carrying banners with inscriptions such as ‘Chasing Oil Thieves and Vandals Out Of Business and ‘Oil Theft Is Illegal’.Speaking at the march that started from the Unity Fountain in Abuja, PENGASSAN President, FESTUS OSIFO, said President MUHA...

The Federal Government has threatened to sanction foreign airlines in the country over their refusal to accept naira payment for flight tickets. The Minister of Aviation, HADI SIRIKA, made this known at a briefing after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President MUHAMMADU BUHARI. He said intelligence reports indicated that some of the airlines refuse to sell in nai...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun recruitment of ad hoc staff for the 2023 general elections. In a statement released on its official Facebook page, the electoral umpire urged interested and eligible persons to visit its designated portal. The statement added that the portal will be open to eligible applicants for registration of all categories of ad-h...

Minister of Education, ADAMU ADAMU has listed what he described as efforts by the Federal Government to resolve the strike action embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities, which has entered day 206 today. ADAMU, after a meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities, says that the government had offered a 23.5 percent salary increase for all category of the workforce in Federal Universities, e...

The Federal Government has set up a 14-man committee to review the recommendations of the Professor NIMI BRIGGS-led committee in charge of the renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement between government and university unions. The Spokesman of the Ministry of Education, BEN GOONG, disclosed this to newsmen, after a meeting of the Minister of Education, ADAMU ADAMU with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities....

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Poland’s President HUNDREY DUDA, to strengthen the collaboration between both countries in the Agriculture sector. President BUHARI disclosed this while briefing newsmen, after a state visit by President DUDA, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.The Polish President assured that that Poland would strengthen its economic r...

Fuel scarcity looms as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria in nine northern states has declared a three-day warning strike by withdrawing services at depots.Abuja, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Kogi, Niger and other branches of IPMAN started the three-day warning strike today.The chairman of IPMAN in the northern states, YAHAYA ALHASSAN, announced the stoppage of the supply of the product from the depot due to the o...

Barely 24 hours after the abduction of 11 passengers in Ondo State, the Minister of Information, LAI MOHAMMED, has assured Nigerians that the military is restoring security to the country. MOHAMMED made the claim at a press briefing with the Ministers of Defense, Maj-Gen. BASHIR MAGASHI; Interior, RAUF AREGBESOLA; Police Affairs, MOHAMMED DINGYADI; and the Chief of Defense Staff, Gen. LEO IRABO...

The Federal Government has suspended the proposed excise duty on telecommunication services. The suspension was announced by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, ISA PANTAMI, during the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector in Abuja. According to the minister, the telecommunications sector is already overburden...

The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. IDRIS SALAKO, has resigned.His resignation comes barely 24 hours after a seven-storey building caved in, killing at least five persons with fears that more bodies will be recovered from the site. This was confirmed in a statement today by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, GBENGA OMOTOSO....