Students of Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi, on Tuesday staged a protest against the two weeks warning strike embarked upon by the management of the institution in compliance to a directive by Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Academic and Non-Academic Unions. Recalled that the JAC had directed its members to embark on the warning strike…
UK prime minister will be decided Wednesday. with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt battling it out with frontrunner Rishi Sunak. Former finance minister Sunak was only two votes short of securing his place in the final two after Tuesday’s voting, but the race behind him tightened as Truss clawed back five votes to…
The Chairman of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, NIMC Chapter, Asekokhai Lucky, confirmed to Channels Television, that the meeting which was scheduled to hold with the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantanmi to address the issues has not been held, even though the workers suspended the strike in good…
Tagged ‘budget of recovery and continued growth’, the appropriation bill is 13.8% higher than the 2020 budget. ₦101.1 billion made up the capital expenditure which represents 60% of the total budget size, while ₦68.7 billion made up the recurrent expenditure representing 40% of the total budget. Governor Ugwuanyi believes that the 2021 budget will enhance…
Between July and September, the jobless rate surged by 7.5 percentage points to affect 30.8 percent of the workforce, the national statistics agency StatsSA said. “In the 3rd quarter of 2020 there were significant movements in the South African labour market… which resulted in a significant increase of 7.5 percentage points in the unemployment rate…
In a statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, President Buhari described the ex-governor as the voice for the voiceless. “President Muhammadu Buhari joins government and people of Kaduna State in mourning a former civilian governor of the state, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, whose passing will be sorely missed by all Nigerians, who have diligently…
In a statement congratulating Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris, Abbas said he hoped to work with the incoming administration “to enhance the Palestinian-American relations and achieve freedom, independence, justice, and dignity for our people.” Abbas heads the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority, which broke ties with Trump’s administration, accusing it of being flagrantly pro-Israeli. Trump cut funding to…
He made the call on Friday in a Facebook post, saying that has been his philosophy for several years. The former president stressed that in the pursuit of power, nobody’s ambition was worth the blood of any citizen. Rather, he stated that it was better to gain honour at the cost of losing power than…
The members of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN) are led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad. The meeting, which is taking place at the council chambers of the presidential villa, Abuja, is being attended by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, among other notable kings from across…
In a press statement by the National Information Officer, United Nations Information Centre, ( UNIC) Nigeria, Oluseyi Soremekun, Ugorji was selected by the United Nations as one of the two runners-up for the prestigious UN Woman Police Officer of the year award for 2020. She is currently serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission…
