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NUPENG The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) called off its proposed strike before the Nov. 6 ultimatum following the intervention of Lagos State government. Mr Tayo Aboyeji, Lagos Chairman of NUPENG, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that the intervention of the state …

Bala Mohammed Senator Bala Mohammed, Bauchi State governor, has said Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is ‘sidelining’ him and had threatened to ‘teach him a lesson’ for contesting against him (Atiku) in the party’s presidential primaries in May. Mohammed had contested against Atiku in …

The United States of America is providing $1million to support the people affected by unprecedented flooding in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a video statement by the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard. Leonard expressed concerns as the flood has led to the loss of lives, livelihoods and homes. …

Inuwa The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), and the Centre for Information and Technology Development (CITAD) have commissioned the School of Network Community (SCN) initiative with a view of connecting people from different communities and promoting access to internet especially in rural areas across the country. The commissioning is …

LIRS Executive Chairman, Hamzat Ayodele Subair Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, is currently enmeshed in crisis as aggrieved staff of the Service, on Monday, stormed the state House of Assembly Complex, Alausa, Ikeja, to protest against what they termed “inhuman treatment” by the management of the agency led by the …

Without mincing words, Phemnick Life Support has remained an household name amongst its contemporaries in the Travel and Tours industry within Nigeria and African countries at large. It didn’t stop at that as the company still extends its tentacles down to Overseas, USA, Texas, Mexico to mention a few. Thousands …

Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU President The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commenced an emergency meeting over the Federal Government’s decision to pay lecturers under the union half salaries for the month of October. There is anxiety among undergraduates who had just been …

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday visited some Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Bayelsa State. Tinubu who visited with Hajiya Fatima Shettima, wife of the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC, Kashim Shettima, was welcomed by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief …

There is jubilation in the Niger Delta following the decision of the Federal Government to rescind its plans to terminate the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). The Interim Administrator, PAP, Maj-Gen Barry Ndiomu (retd), confirmed the government’s new position at the weekend. Ndiomu, in statement by PAP’s Media Consultant, Donu Kogbara, expressed gratitude towards the …

Elon Musk Twitter Elon Musk, the new owner of microblogging platform, Twitter, has claimed that the company loses $4 million daily due to its large global workforce. In a bid to justify the mass lay-off exercise which shook the company on Friday, the billionaire said the move was necessary to …