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Stakeholders Seek Schools, Parents Collaboration To Tackle Bullying
Education stakeholders have called for the cooperation of school administration and P.T.A. to combat the threat of school bullying. The stakeholders made this call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday. They were reacting to reports of bullying in secondary schools nationwide, particularly a recent incident at the Federal Government College, Enugu. READ ALSO: Enugu: Nigerian...
VIO Chief Warns Motorists Against Harmattan Hazards
The Directorate of Road Traffic Services has advised drivers to use caution due to the foggy weather that is typical of the Harmattan season. The Federal Capital Territory squadron leader at the Vehicle Inspection Office, Dr. Yusuf Suberu, made this call during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja. Suberu noted that the dry season is...
PH Refinery: Marketers Oppose N1,030/Liter As Low-Key Operations Begin
The Port Harcourt Refining Company has clarified that its operations were not completely halted but scaled down to facilitate improvements at the facility. It disclosed this on Sunday as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria insisted that it would not buy from the Port Harcourt refinery if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited sells fuel from the plant at...
Tinubu Vows To Stabilize ECOWAS, Strengthen Peace In Africa
President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his resolve to stabilise the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and contribute to peace in Africa. Tinubu stated this during the closing ceremony of the African Military Games 2024 in Abuja, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice-President, said in a statement. Tinubu, represented...
Minimum Wage: Strike Begins In Five States, FCT As Panel Meets
Strike looms, barring any last-minute changes to the plan as state authorities have failed to negotiate the N70,000 new minimum wage payment. Though the implementation panels set up by the concerned states have been meeting with labour leaders in a bid to ward off the strike action, the various state chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress—the Federal Capital Territory, Cross...
Tinubu To Visit South Africa From France — Presidency
President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, Bayo Onanuga, his spokesman, has said. According to Onanuga, the president would co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. “The presidential BNC, scheduled for Tuesday, December 3, will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on December 2, 2024, at the South...
Subsidy Removal Now Yielding Positive Results — Tinubu
According to President Bola Tiunbu, his administration eliminated the oil subsidy to prevent Nigeria from collapsing completely, not to punish its citizens. The president, who announced the subsidy removal on the day of his inauguration on May 29, 2023, noted that the policy had been yielding positive results for the country. Tinubu stated this in his address at the 34th and...
Fubara Set To Launch 43rd FEPSGA In Port Harcourt
Siminalayi Fubara, the governor of Rivers State, will officially open the 43rd Federation of Public Service Games (FEPSGA), which the state is currently hosting. The official opening ceremony is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on Sunday (today) at Sharks Stadium, Port Harcourt, and is expected to attract prominent dignitaries from across the country, including officials of the federal government. According to a...
Okonjo-Iweala’s Re-appointment A Reflection Of Nigerians’ Excellence-In-Service – Onuigbo
Former Member of the House of Representatives for Ikwuano/Umuahia North and Umuahia South Federal Constituency, Rep. Sir Sam Onuigbo, has described the re-appointment of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala GCON as the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as proof that Nigerians exhibit remarkable excellence-in-service whenever they are called upon to serve. Onuigbo, who currently represents the South East on...
Nigeria Can’t Afford Another Civil War, Says Gowon
A former Head of State Yakubu Gowon has expressed concern over the crises across the nation, saying Nigeria cannot afford another civil disturbance. The Nigerian Civil War was between 1967 and 1970 and claimed millions of lives. But speaking at the Plateau Unity Christmas Carols and Praise Festival in Jos, Plateau, Gowon who expressed worry over the state of insecurity,...
