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FG Moves To Revive Enugu Coal Mines (Photos)

November 22, 2019 11:50 am

The Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, has disclosed the readiness of the federal government to revive the coal mines in Enugu State to contribute meaningfully to the socio-economic development of the country as well as the state.

Addressing newsmen after a meeting with Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi at the Government House, Enugu, on Friday, Dr. Ogah, who came with a delegation from the ministry, stated that they are in Enugu on a fact-finding mission with regard to “what is already on ground, what the federal government has done and what we can do to revive …

Mouka Moves To Redefine Innovation, Human Devt

November 12, 2019 11:19 am

The Managing Director of Mouka Limited, a leading Nigerian manufacturer of mattress and bedding products, Raymond Murphy, has declared that the company would make innovation its watchword as it repositions to maintain its place in the industry’s fierce competitive market.

Murphy made this statement when Mouka celebrated its 60th anniversary last weekend in Lagos with a resolve to continue to redefine the country’s mattress and other beddings industry through training and development of its manpower.

He stated that the effort at redefining the industry would involve a yearly upgrade of its manufacturing facilities to ensure that its operations were …

Reps Moves To Stop Post UTME/JAMB Screening

November 7, 2019 10:45 am
Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Wednesday during its plenary resolved to urge higher institutions in Nigeria to stop the post UTME/JAMB screening.
The lawmakers said it will also mandate its committee on Tertiary Education and Services to call for a joint meeting of the Federal Ministry of Education, JAMB and National Universities Commission to develop a unified template.

The post UTME, always paid for, has been made compulsory by various tertiary institutions for candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions.

The exams come after the prospective student passes the Nigerian

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Dickson Moves To End Feud With Jonathan

Dickson Moves To End Feud With Jonathan

November 4, 2019 3:42 am

*  Says he visited ex-president 15 times before the primaries

The Senator Bukola Saraki National Reconciliation Committee may have recorded a breakthrough with its recent shuttles to reconcile aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, with the state Governor, Seriake Dickson, indicating yesterday that he would formally present the candidate of the party, Douye Diri, and his running mate, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpor, to former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

Dickson stated that it was a mark of respect for the former president, noting that the visit  would take place at the earliest convenience of the former Nigerian …

Nigeria Moves 15 Places Up On Ease Of Doing Business Index

Nigeria Moves 15 Places Up On Ease Of Doing Business Index

October 24, 2019 6:57 am
Nigeria has moved up by 15 places to 131 on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking. Africa’s most populous country was ranked 146th in the previous year.

The report is an annual publication that measures business regulations across 190 countries. In its latest study, World Bank ranked Nigeria in the top 10 economies where business climates have been improved. Nigeria was ranked 15 in ease of getting credits or loans.

Nigeria’s worst ranking in the report was at the ease of registering properties where it ranked 183. Nigeria also ranked 179 in trading across borders.

The latest World

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Battle For Implementation Of Minimum Wage Moves To States

Battle For Implementation Of Minimum Wage Moves To States

October 21, 2019 1:14 am
  • Governors non-committal on commencement date
  • Await FG’s circular on agreement with labour

Fresh from the conclusion of minimum wage consequential adjustment negotiations with the federal government, the organised labour has begun warming up for a fresh battle with state governors over when they would begin to pay minimum wage to their workers.

While some labour leaders are optimistic that their governors would pay the minimum wage, others are not sure on the amount to be paid and when the payment would take off.

Although the organised labour and the federal government had earlier reached an agreement on October 31 as …

Breaking: Kanu moves to further prove the death of Buhari

Breaking: Kanu moves further to prove the death of Buhari

August 28, 2019 8:40 am

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has decided to further prove to Nigerians and the rest of the world who might still be in doubt about the demise of President Muhammadu Buhari, and how the the person supposedly ruling the affairs of the country is nothing but an impostor. He would be making a broadcast today at 7 pm Biafran time for the proof.

Kanu who had in the past with pictorial evidence proven countless times that the man seen currently as Nigeria’s president was no other but a double body impersonating the late …

Soyinka, others protest as DSS moves Sowore to Abuja

Soyinka, others protest as DSS moves Sowore to Abuja

August 5, 2019 7:06 am
The condemnation of the arrest of Omoyele Sowore continued yesterday with the Noble laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, lamenting that the country had been thrown into a cycle of suppression of citizens’ rights.

The police, at the weekend, accused Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow protests and the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria of trying to force a regime change in the country. They alleged that the move by the pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last general elections amounted to treasonable felony and an act of terrorism. Consequently, Sowore was arrested

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Lagarde resigns from IMF, moves to European Central Bank

Lagarde resigns from IMF, moves to European Central Bank

July 3, 2019 12:23 am

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Ms. Christine Lagarde yesterday resigned from the Fund to head European Central Bank.

In a statement, she said: “I am honored to have been nominated for the Presidency of the European Central Bank. In light of this, and in consultation with the Ethics Committee of the IMF Executive Board, I have decided to temporarily relinquish my responsibilities as Managing Director of the IMF during the nomination period.”

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The European Council officially nominated her for the position. She would succeed by Mario Draghi.

Ms. Lagarde, …

Vatican moves to allow married men be ordained priests

Vatican moves to allow married men be ordained priests

June 17, 2019 11:08 am

The Vatican has formally opened debate on letting married men be ordained as priests in remote parts of the Amazon where priests are so few that Catholics can go weeks or months without attending a Mass.

The call for study on the proposal was contained in the working document, released on Monday, for an October meeting of South American bishops on the Amazon.

The document, prepared by the Vatican based on input from the region, affirmed that celibacy is a gift for the Catholic Church.

But it suggested officials study “the possibility of priestly ordination for older men, preferably indigenous

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U.S. moves to release migrant children faster from custody

U.S. moves to release migrant children faster from custody

June 11, 2019 12:23 am

The Trump administration is again changing the way it vets people who want to sponsor minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone in an effort to speed up the release of thousands of migrant children currently in U.S. custody.

Under the change, announced to staff on Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which houses unaccompanied migrant children, will no longer require an immigration records check on potential sponsors already backgrounded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

In May 2018, HHS began routinely sending sponsors’ fingerprints to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to check their records …

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