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Ikpeazu Promises Teachers, Other Workers Regular Payment Of Salaries, Improved Welfare
The Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has promised the regular payment of salaries and wages to teachers and other workers in the state. He made this assurance on Thursday when he played host to the National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Dr Nasiru Idris and the General Secretary of the Union, Dr. Mike Ike Ene at Government...
60,000 Nigerians Nurses Abroad Join NiDCOM Portal
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission launched the Diaspora Data Mapping Portal, which currently has about 60,000 registered Nigerians living overseas. The initiative aimed at gathering detailed demographic and socio-economic data on citizens outside the country. The portal, launched on June 29, 2021, is a central component of NiDCOM’s strategy to engage the diaspora in national planning and development. Diasporas from over 30...
FG Plans To Cultivate 70,000 Hectares For Wheat Production – Minister
The Federal Government plans to cultivate about 70,000 hectares across the wheat producing states with an expected yield of 875,000 tonnes for the National Food Reserve. The Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari said this was in an effort to enhance massive food production and nutrition security. This is even as he revealed that the Federal Government...
Senate To Withdraw 10-years Passports Of Nigerians Convicted Abroad
The Senate on Tuesday considered a bill seeking to amend the Passport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act to impose penalties on Nigerians convicted of crimes abroad, including the withdrawal of their international passports for a minimum of 10 years. The bill, sponsored by Abubakar Bello (Niger North), aims to redeem Nigeria’s image in the international community and curb criminal activities by citizens...
ASUU Raises Alarm Over N132bn Unremitted Funds By TETFund
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has complained about the TETFund's unremitted N132 billion, which accounts for 41% of the N320 billion allowed money for reviving tertiary institutions. According to ASUU, just 58% of allowed funds have been allocated to public tertiary institutions in the country. On Wednesday, the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono,...
President Buhari Procured 20 Ships In Eight Years – Naval Chief
The Nigerian Navy has said that a total of 20 capital ships were procured for the Nigerian Navy (NN) during the eight-year administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Chief of Policy and Plans, Naval Headquarters, Rear Adm. Saidu Garba, said this in a statement he signed on Friday. According to Garba, the ships comprise of Offshore Patrol Vessels, Landing Ship Transport, Hydrographic Survey...
Ikpeazu Sympathises With Ariaria Market Traders Over Flood, Orders Reconstruction
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed his sympathy to the traders of Ariaria market over the recent flood cases recorded in the market. The governor blamed "torrential rains of the past three days" as being responsible for the flooding of the market, saying the state government lacks power to prevail on rains not to fall in the markets. In a...
Bobrisky Served Prison Sentence, Says FG Panel
The Federal Government investigative panel has revealed that the convicted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, served out his six-month prison sentence in custody. Findings of the investigative panel contradicted an earlier report that Bobrisky was kept out of the custodial centre while serving his jail term in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, where he was transferred to the Medium...
Reps Cautions Against Rising Insecurities
The House of Representatives, yesterday, held a special plenary session on Nigeria’s escalating insecurity, with lawmakers issuing some of the strongest self-indicting speeches heard in the chamber in recent years. Members warned that the country was “slipping,” institutions failing, adding that parliament must take responsibility to rescue the nation. Minority Leader of the House, Kingsley Chinda, who lamented that insecurity could...
Federal Government Declares Public Holiday
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, September 27, 2023, as a public holiday. This is to mark the Eid-ul-Mawlid celebration and the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The announcement was made in a statement on Monday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade. She noted that the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, urged Nigerians to be tolerant. The statement...
