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The Federal Government has directed the various unions in the health sector operating under the Joint Health Sector Unions not to go ahead with the strike declared for Sunday midnight by Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU). The Ministry of Labour and Employment in a statement said it had “apprehended the …

Four PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ workers in Nigeria were interrogated by the police over the mysterious death of the company’s Deputy Country Senior Partner, Tola Ogundipe. Ogundipe had gone for a boat cruise before his death. He is said to have drowned while boating. His boat was seen and his body was later …

…Demands immediate reversal The Yoruba One Voice (YOV), a coalition of all Yoruba groups and organisations in the diaspora consisting of more than fifty Yoruba organisations from the four continents of the world strongly display concerns over the federal government increase of electricity tariff and fuel price. In a press …

  The life of a pregnant woman may have been saved if the doctor that was to operate on her was not allegedly held by policemen enforcing the curfew in place to restrict movement amid the COVID-19 pandemic. PUNCH Metro gathered that the surgeon was held for about one hour …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has pegged the maximum loan an obligor can access under its N250bn intervention fund for the gas sector at N10bn. It made this known in a guideline titled ‘Framework for the implementation of intervention facility for the national gas expansion programme’, which was released …

In a surprise move, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved an increase in electricity tariff with effect from September 1, 2020 (today). This comes three months after the tariff hike implementation slated for July 1 was halted by the National Assembly, which prevailed on the distribution companies to shelve …

Chiamaka Ajeamo – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Life Assurance (GLA) scheme claims ratio for the last 10 years have shown a strong and sustained claims settlement, according to investigations. Analysis of the Corporation’s GLA claim settlement over the first three years shows the highest claims collected under the scheme …

The Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu, on Monday said that he would serve as Nigeria’s President if given the opportunity by the electorate. Kalu made the remark in Minna during a private visit to two former leaders of the country, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Rtd) and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd). …

CGI Muhammad Babandede, MFR (m) with Ukaigwu Lilian and Rajeem Aremu – representatives of the FG projects Independent Assessment Committee during the committee’s visit to the NIS headquarters in Abuja …Monday The federal government independent assessment committee on Monday, visited the headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Abuja to …

…Abeokuta North APC graces occasion As part of his commitment towards ensuring the success of the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration in Ogun State, a leading chairmanship aspirant under the APC in the forthcoming LG elections, Lanre Oyegbola-Sodipo has presented 20,000 free facemasks to his Abeokuta North constituency reinforcing his Mask4All …