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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum have once again hit back at the Minister of Justice ABUBAKAR MALAMI over the planned deduction of 418 million dollars from the Paris Club refund as payment to some consultants. Chairman of the Forum, Governor KAYODE FAYEMI while briefing newsmen after a meeting in Abuja, described the claims of the Minister as fraudulent. The Governors also vowed...

Relief has come the way of many Nigerians, with the restoration of electricity following the suspension of the strike embarked upon by the National Union of Electricity Employees.  The union suspended their strike after a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, DR CHRIS NGIGE. The Minister of Labour during the meeting constituted a tripartite committee to look int...

The meeting on Tuesday between the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government has again ended without an agreement. This means the six-month old strike by public university lecturers is set to continue. The striking lecturers had met with the Professor NIMI BRIGGS Committee at the National University Commission in Abuja with high hopes...

Governors of the 36 states of the federation will today meet with President MUHAMMADU BUHARI to deliberate the way forward from the current economic downturn in the country.The Director, Media and Public Affairs of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat, ABDULRAZAQUE BELLO-BARKINDO disclosed this in a statement.BELLO-BARKINDO added that the issue of inflation in particular will be the major matter for consideration.Also to be discu...

The Federal road safety commission in Lagos state has lamented incessant road accidents, occurring along its jurisdiction, noting that the agency has recorded 416 accidents within 8 months. Lagos state sector commander, SEGUN OGUN-GBEMI-DEBE In a press conference, explained that commercial vehicles are more affected by road crashes than private vehicles.He added that night driving ...

The accreditation of no fewer than 159 undergraduate courses in nine federal universities across the country is set to expire in 2022 amidst the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The nine universities include the University of Ilorin; University of Jos, Plateau; University of Calabar; Bayero University Kano; University of Benin, Edo; University of Lagos; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; Obafemi Awolowo Unive...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities is scheduled to meet with Federal Government representatives on Tuesday over its prolonged strike action. Speaking on monitored television program, President of ASUU, Professor EMMANUEL OSODEKE said the meeting was to discuss one of seven issues ASUU is protesting over ASUU embarked on a four-week warning strike on February 14....

The country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the level of price change in goods and services, hit 19.64 percent in July 2022 from the 18.60 percent recorded in the last month. This means a 1.82% month-on-month hike, according to the (CPI) report for July 2022 released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the NBS report, the country’s urb...

14-member reconciliation committee constituted by the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, ATIKU ABUBAKAR, and Rivers State Governor, NYESOM WIKE, is set to begin its work in Abuja today. Both men had agreed to form the committee at a meeting they held at the Abuja residence of a former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Professor JERRY GANA. ...

Nigeria has beaten South Korea 1-0 in the Group C football match at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. ESTHER ONYENEZIDE’S late strike gave the Falconets victory in their second match of the tournament. The Falconets will face Canada in their final group match on Wednesday. The Falconets made their f...