The industrial action embarked upon by employees of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, nationwide has been called off with immediate effect. On Wednesday morning, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASAN, shut down NNPC locations in the country to protest…
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Severe Heat, Blackout, Fuel Scarcity Inflict Pains On Nigerians
These are surely not the best of times for Nigerians who have to go through the present harsh weather condition in agony without choice. Our correspondent gathered that what has made the condition worse is the fact that they have been in total blackout for days without electricity. Another salt added to their injury is…
VIDEO: Okorocha Disgraced In London
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State may have got more than he bargained for in far way London, England, when he was embarrassed by a young man. The vibrant governor was at the Royal Institute Of International Affairs, London also known as Chatham House on Wednesday, March 9, 2016, where he delivered a presentation on…
Nigeria, S’Africa Sign MoU On Immigration, Others
Nigeria and South Africa have sealed over 30 bilateral agreements and Memoranda of Understanding, MoU, in areas covering trade and commerce, transport, immigration, security, among others. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja welcome the South African President, Jacob Zuma, and a State Banquet was held in his honour. Addressing newsmen at a joint press…
NNPC Shut Down Nationwide As Workers Begin Strike
Employees of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, have embarked on an indefinite strike following the unbundling of the corporation by the Federal Government on Tuesday. Yesterday, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, announced that the government has unbundled NNPC into seven units namely downstream, refineries, gas and power, finance and accounts,…
Buhari Orders Review Of MTN N789b Fine
The Federal Government has ordered the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, to renegotiate the N789 billion fine it slammed on telecoms company, MTN, for not deactivating its subscribers not registered during the window opened for registration of SIM cards. President Muhammadu Buhari, who received his counterpart from South Africa, Jacob Zuma, on Tuesday in Abuja, explained…
Reps Summon DSS Boss Over Ekiti Invasion
The Director-General of the Department of State Service, DSS, Lawal Daura, has been directed to appear before the House of Representatives within 48 hours. Daura was summoned for him to explain why his men invaded the Ekiti House of Assembly last Friday. The summon followed the unanimous adoption of a motion under matters of urgent…
Senator Zareko Dies In Kano
The Senator, who represented Jigawa State in 7th National Assembly, has been reported dead. Senator Abdulmimun Zareko was said to have breathed his last at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital on Monday after protracted illness. In a statement signed on Tuesday by the Special Assistant to the state governor, Muhammad Badaru, on Media, Bello Zaki,…
BREAKING: Ondo Speaker, Deputy Impeached
Some lawmakers in the Ondo State House of Assembly have removed their Speaker and her deputy from office. The Assembly Speaker, Jumoke Akindele and her deputy, Fatai Olotu were reportedly impeached by 18 members on Tuesday night. It was gathered that the lawmakers met at about 10pm on Tuesday and signed the notice of impeachment…
Troops Kill Boko Haram Members In Sambisa Forest
The Nigerian troops in an earling attack on Tuesday resisted repelled attacks by fleeing Boko Haram terrorists on military locations at Pulka and Bitta in the fringes of Sambisa forest. A statement on Tuesday by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, disclosed that troops of 26 and 28 Task Force Brigades…