In a bid to weaken the influence of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal Government of Nigeria, on Tuesday, registered two unions in the university system.
The unions are the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics.
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, made this known while speaking during the presention of the certificates of registration to the two unions explained that the two bodies will exist alongside ASUU.
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This is coming after a joint meeting of staff of the Medical and Health Workers Union, the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employers (NULGE), the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Niger state and Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) Niger state.
The workers in a letter through their unions, and dated March 31, 2020 and signed by Comrade Kabiru Yakubu, the secretary of the joint union,
Austria’s foreign ministry is facing a “serious cyber attack”, it said late Saturday, warning another country could be responsible.
“Due to the gravity and nature of the attack, it cannot be excluded that it is a targeted attack by a state actor,” it said in a statement with the interior ministry shortly before 11.00 pm (2200 GMT), adding that the attack was ongoing.
“In the past, other European countries have been the target of similar attacks,” it continued.
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Immediate measures had been taken and a “coordination committee” set up, it …
The Ministry of Youth and Sports yesterday warned factional leader of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Ibrahim Shehu Gusau against disobeying the decisions of the board, which suspended him during its December 3, 2019 general meeting in Abuja.
Eight members of the AFN board had in Abuja suspended Gusau from his position as the president of the body and elected his erstwhile vice, Olamide George as its acting president.
But Gusau and a group loyal to him held another meeting in Awka a day later, where the former federal legislator was reaffirmed as the AFN boss.The Awka meeting also …
The Federal Ministry of Justice wednesday stated that it has zero allocation for alleged constituency or zonal intervention projects in the 2019 approved budget.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry and Solicitor General of the Federation (SGF), Dayo Apata SAN, made the clarification in a statement issued to newsmen by Dr. Umar Gwandu, media aide to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN. The SGF maintained that the clarification, which was contained in a letter dated December 3, 2019, and addressed to the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), was necessary …
The Institute of Information Management Africa (IIM Africa) has urged the Federal Government (FG) to restructure the Ministry of Information and Culture for effective management of government data.
The President/Chairman, Governing Council of IIM Africa, Dr. Oyedokun Ayodeji, disclosed this at the National Information Management Stakeholders Forum held in Lagos over the weekend.
He also said that IIM Africa believes time is ripe for the establishment of the National Information Management Development Agency (NIMDA) to ensure a good data and information governance regime in the country.
“The National Information Management Stakeholders’ Forum would like to recommend the need for the …
The 6.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the Balkan state before dawn on Tuesday, levelling buildings and trapping bodies underneath the wreckage in towns near the Adriatic coast.
“Ten more victims were found during the night, bringing the number of dead to 40,” the ministry said in a statement.
With the help of experts flown in
Before then, a total of 120 athletes had signed a petition calling for Adeleye’s removal as their representative on the board of AFN.
Serbia’s defence ministry was sharply rebuked by human rights activists for promoting books that deny war crimes committed by Serb forces in former Yugoslavia.
This week the ministry promoted a new book titled – Tuzla Gate : a staged tragedy – that denies the fact that on May 25, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces fired an artillery round that hit an area of Tuzla’s city centre known as the “Gate”, killing 71 civilians – mostly young people averaging 23 years of age.
Another 240 people were wounded.
The book, written by Ilija Brankovic, a former general of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People’s
The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has disclosed the readiness of the Ministry of Finance to assist financially ‘stressed’ Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), to recover some of the debts owed to its debtors.
Ahmed noted that her ministry has decided to help AMCON by issuing promissory notes to the tune of the debts.
She stated: “But currently, AMCON itself is stressed in the sense that the assets it bought are underperforming. The repayments that they are supposed to be able to make are not happening at the rate at which they should happen. And I understand that …
Ministry of Petroleum Resources has budgeted a sum of ₦42,980,935 for disposal of sewage in the 2020 appropriation bill. The ministry also budgeted ₦104 million for local travel, transport and training.
This was contained in a document which gives a breakdown of the ministry’s 2020 appropriation bill obtained by newsmen.
In the proposed budget tagged: ‘Deliverables of the Next Level Agenda,’ the ministry promised to eradicate smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) across Nigerian borders and also implement reduction of government stake in oil ventures to 40 percent.
The ministry also promised to complete gas flare commercialisation programme, and …
The outgoing Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, said the Ministry of Justice has recovered 779.5 million dollars and N59.2 billion stolen from the country.
Malami said this on Tuesday in Abuja, while handing over to the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr Dayo Apata.
The minister also said that inline with relevant provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, the ministry had reached an advanced stage in efforts to ensure the forfeiture of cash and property worth billions to the Federal Government.
“To this end, a memo is awaiting the approval of the president to …
