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  The meeting between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday again ended with both parties failing to resolve their differences. With the non-resolution the issues, the four-week-old industrial action embarked upon by the lecturers continues. The meeting, which started in the evening and lasted …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State yesterday presented a budget proposal of N175 billion for 2019 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly. The budget proposal is 9.2 per cent above the 2018 budget of N146 billion. The proposed budget tagged: “Budget of Socio-Economic Inclusion” has N95.8 billion as …

  The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Monday, disclosed that the Federal Government is in talks with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to create $500 million innovation fund for technology and creative sector. Meanwhile, the outgoing President of African Securities Exchanges Association, ASEA, Mr. Oscar Onyema, said that strategic relationships of …

The Federal Government has called on state governments to reduce unnecessary overhead costs and enthrone fiscal discipline. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, made the call, Monday, at the on-going 2018 Conference of the National Council on Finance and Economic Development, NACOFED, in Kaduna. Special Adviser on Media and Communications …

 By Paul Mbagwu The Lagos State Government has raised concerns over the increased establishment of beer parlours in Lagos. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Kehinde Bamigbetan, said the state was worried because there was also an increase in the record of alcohol-induced auto accidents in the state. Bamigbetan spoke …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will carry out any responsibility he is given with dignity. Obasanjo stated this at the turbaning of Atiku as the seventh Wazirin Adamawa by the Lamido of Adamawa, Dr. …

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has vowed not to return to class until its demands are met. This was contained in a statement by the union’s national president, Biodun Ogunyemi, on Sunday. The strike which began on November 5, is now in its fourth week. Ten days …

  Few months to the 2019 general elections, a coalition of Christian leaders under the aegis of National Christian Elders Forum has asked Nigerians not to vote for the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, describing the parties as “two evils.” The group also faulted the current political …

Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Ahmed Dangiwa, said the bank has recouped more than N3 billion in its loan recovery drive in 2018. Dangiwa made the disclosure in Abuja on Saturday in a statement signed by Mrs Zubaida Umar, FMBN’s Group Head, Corporate Communications. He pointed out …

True words are not defined by the volume of a man’s voice, but by the consequence of his choices. Ask Femi Otedola. The billionaire magnate would never use gilded words to masque deceit neither does he brandish fickle principles and statistics to conclude with a false truth. Unlike many a …