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No Going Back On IPPIS, Federal Government Tells ASUU

No Going Back On IPPIS, Federal Government Tells ASUU

October 23, 2019 3:24 am

The rift between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) deepened yesterday as the federal government dismissed the union’s concern about putting lecturers on the centralised IPPIS salary payment platform.

Reacting to the union’s objection to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that federal government workers not on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) would not be paid salaries, the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris, fired back, saying that the union is not in a position to dictate to the federal government on how its members should be paid their salaries.

ASUU had …

‘PSC Law Could Provide Extra $1.5b To Fund 2020 Budget’

‘PSC Law Could Provide Extra $1.5b To Fund 2020 Budget’

October 23, 2019 3:15 am

The Deputy Leader of the Senate, Senator Robert Ajayi Borofice, told journalists that the commended Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract (PSC) law will give Nigeria additional US$1.5 billion for funding the 2020 budget, and warned that the National Assembly will resist attempts by oil companies to create crisis in order to disrupt concurrence of the bill by both chambers.

The PSC bill enjoyed the fastest legislative approval. What informed such speed and will other bills get the same treatment?

This is an arrangement that has been there for years and the problem of not benefitting from …

‘Discrimination Is Stalling Growth In The ICT Sector’

October 23, 2019 2:46 am

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has been identified as a major frontier for the economic development of the country.

According to experts, technology will play major role in Nigeria’s economic developments but has been stunted majorly because of the various challenges in the country, especially those that are making it difficult for companies to thrive.

These challenges are largely becoming discriminatory, especially, against young companies in the country.

But to bridge this challenge, experts have charged the government to implement frameworks that support local companies and ensure global competitiveness. They also called for more adoption of indigenous technology.…

It Is A Criminal To Collect Money For Bail, AIG Warns

It Is A Crime To Collect Money For Bail, AIG Warns

October 22, 2019 6:25 pm

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone 2, Lagos, Lawal Shehu, has warned police officers who are involved in various forms of corrupt practices to desist hence they would be made to pay for their illicit acts. Lawal lamented that some officers were involved in corruption by collecting money for bail while it was crystal clear and written in all police stations that bail is free.

The AIG, who spoke at a training for police officers on human rights organised by the Crime Victims Foundation of Nigeria (CRIVIFON), however, mentioned that there were times police officers might not want to …

157 Dead In Iraq Protests: New Official Toll

157 Dead In Iraq Protests: New Official Toll

October 22, 2019 6:14 pm

The death toll from week-long anti-government protests that erupted in the Iraq capital and other cities at the start of the month totalled 157, an official inquiry found on Tuesday.

Baghdad accounted for 111 of the dead, nearly all of whom were protesters, the inquiry found.

Around 70 percent of the deaths were caused by bullet wounds “to the head or chest”, according to the findings, published as Iraq braces for fresh protests on Friday.

The official toll included 149 civilians and eight members of the security forces killed between October 1 and 6, during protests in Baghdad and across …

2,000 Traders Affected By Onitsha Fire, Says NEMA Official

2,000 Traders Affected By Onitsha Fire, Says NEMA Official

October 22, 2019 5:00 pm
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says that at least 2,000 traders suffered huge losses in the fuel tanker fire that destroyed major parts of the Ochanja Market in Onitsha.

The South-East Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Fred Anusim, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu while speaking on the extent of damage by the fire.

Anusim said that from the “rapid assessment” conducted by the agency, over 50 storey buildings were affected.

He said that the assessment was not comprehensive but rapidly done due to the prevailing anger amongst residents of the

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Cataract, Main Cause Of Infant Blindness - Opthalmologist

Cataract, Main Cause Of Infant Blindness – Opthalmologist

October 22, 2019 4:47 pm

A Consultant Ophthalmologist, Dr Olubusayo Adejumo, says pediatric cataract is one of the common causes of blindness in children.

Adejumo of Marilyn Miller Centre for Child Eye Health, Eleta Eye Institute, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ibadan.

The ophthalmologist said that the practice of early detection and intervention was important to protect children from permanent blindness.

“Childhood blindness is becoming increasingly common and one of the common causes is pediatric cataract.

“Cataract causes cloudy vision and when you leave the child like that for years without attending to …

NYSC Opens New Mobilisation Area Office In Enugu

NYSC Opens New Mobilisation Area Office In Enugu

October 22, 2019 3:03 pm

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has opened an area office in Enugu to meet the needs of the increasing number of corps members mobilised annually in the South-East.

The Area Coordinator, Alhaji Ahmed Ikaka, at the inaugural meeting with members of staff of the scheme on Tuesday in Enugu, said the office would serve the five states in the South-East.

Ikaka said the management of the scheme had experimented with the area offices in the six geopolitical zones in the 1990s, but could not sustain them.

“However, the number of corps members mobilised annually which stands …

38,000 People Die Of Tobacco, Alcohol In Sri Lanka Yearly

38,000 People Die Of Tobacco, Alcohol In Sri Lanka Yearly

October 22, 2019 2:29 pm

About 38,000 people have been reported dead from the excessive use of alcohol and tobacco in Sri Lanka yearly, local media reports, quoting medical experts from the Sri Lanka Medical Association.

According to statistics from the Sri Lanka Medical Association on Tuesday, an estimated 18,000 people died from the use of tobacco and an estimated 20,000 from the use of alcohol in the island country.

Head of the Sri Lanka Medical Association, Anula Wijesundara, told the local Daily News that a person addicted to alcohol consumed at least an average of 3.5 litres of alcohol on a daily basis.

READ …

Again, South Africans Resume Fresh Attack On Nigerians

Again, South Africans Resume Fresh Attack On Nigerians

October 22, 2019 11:53 am
South Africans have once again pounced on Nigerians living in South Africa, subjecting them to a terrible anti-foreigner attack on Tuesday.

South Africans living in Mpumalamga province attacked Nigerians in fresh violence which the leadership of Nigerian Citizens In South Africa (NICASA) confirmed.

READ ALSO: Drug Abuse, Suicide On The Increase – Neuro-Psychiatric MD

Nigeria’s Consular General to South Africa is also on their way to Witbank in Mpumalanga province to address the issue.

In early September fresh outbursts of violence against foreigners erupted in parts of South Africa. Over a dozen people were killed when mobs torched and looted

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Brexit: Boris Johnson In Last Push To Get Deal Through

Brexit: Boris Johnson In Last Push To Get Deal Through

October 22, 2019 5:07 am

Boris Johnson will urge MPs to back his Brexit deal in a final bid to get the UK to leave the EU in nine days’ time.

MPs will vote on the PM’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill and if they back it they will be asked to approve a three-day timetable to consider the legislation.

But the decision to curtail the scrutiny of the bill to three days has sparked anger from opposition MPs.

The BBC’s Norman Smith said the PM looks set for a “deeply damaging” defeat over the timetable.

However, the prime minister seems on course to win an important …

Why North Should Concede Power To South In 2023 –Abba Gana

Why North Should Concede Power To South In 2023 –Abba Gana

October 22, 2019 3:04 am

Mohammed Abba Gana, member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has said the North should concede power to the South in 2023 as a sacrifice for justice, equity, and unity of the country. He spoke on various issues in this interview.

Nigeria recently celebrated her 59th independence from Colonial rule with many arguing whether it was worth it considering the challenges facing the nation today. For you, what were your reflections on October 1?

Political instability is the root cause of all the problems that we …

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