James Onanefe Ibori, former Delta State governor who was released from a UK prison on Wednesday, is still facing two obstacles before he can return to Nigeria. He must face a deportation hearing and then also pay £18 million to the UK government as the “proceeds of crime.” The unresolved issues almost elongated Ibori’s incarceration, […]
The Federal Government says it will embark on building of nuclear plants and careful application of nuclear energy to meet the needs of the country. Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Onu said that nuclear energy […]
The Federal Government has said staff of some federal agencies are yet to receive their salaries for November because the agencies have exhausted their budgetary allocations. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja. Some agencies such as the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) have not paid their staff November […]
Angry youths and women of Brass Communities in Brass Local Government Council Area of Bayelsa State on Tuesday staged a protest march against the planned withdrawal of the Federal Government 40 per cent stake and relocation of the Liquified Natural Gas project in the area. The protesting women, armed with placards and green leaves, accused […]
Protest rocked Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, on Wednesday, as irate traders protest against alleged ‘disturbance’ from task force officials of the Ekiti State Ministry of Works. The protesters vandalised offices of the ministry and attacked the office of the State Commissioner for Works, Mrs Funmi Ogun. It was gathered that early on […]
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has approved the total sum of N12.5 billion for the payment of gratuities, cooperative deductions arrears and severance allowance of former Political office holders in the state. This was disclosed, on Wednesday, by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa, while addressing a press conference at […]
Kogi State civil servants in Lokoja, on Wednesday took to the banks’ Automated Teller Machines (ATM) celebrating the clearance of their salary backlogs by the State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Kogi State Government had promised to clear the backlog salaries of all the genuine workers and […]
The unions in the aviation sector have directed the commencement of a joint strike at Arik Air, with effect from Dec. 20, over the airline’s failure to pay seven months salary arrears and other anti-labour practices. The unions gave the directive in a strike notice obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos […]
Twin sensation, P-Square have been confirmed as the headline acts for a mega entertainment concert powered by pioneer composite e-commerce Yudala in partnership with the Imo State Government scheduled for the Heroes Square, Owerri on Wednesday, December 2. Tagged ‘Yudala Imo My Pride Mega Music Concert’, the event is part of activities for the widely […]
The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen Hadi Sirika, says the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, will be closed for six weeks between February and March 2017 for total repairs on the runway. Sirika told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the closure was to allow Julius Berger carry out total re-construction on the […]