NEWS UPDATES

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Bola Tinubu to probe the $15bn and N200bn missing oil revenues. In a statement on Sunday, the group’s deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, wants Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to…

The Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe has intercepted eight barges smuggling over 100,000 litres of adulterated diesel in Rivers. Commander, Joint Task Force, South-South, OPDS, Real Admiral Olusegun Ferreira, disclosed this while presenting the seized barges and petroleum product to newsmen in…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has urged the Federal Government to release the salaries of lecturers withheld for embarking on a strike in 2022. The National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, told our correspondent that the union expected the government to…

The West African Examinations Council says plans to introduce the Computer Based Test mode in the administration of its examinations are at an advanced stage. The Head of National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the hint in an interview with the News Agency…

Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a military task force maintaining peace in Plateau, Bauchi and Kaduna States, has uncovered a gun factory at Kafachan, Jama’a Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Capt. James Oya, the Media Officer of the operation, disclosed this in…

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) yesterday said it would ground activities in Lagos State on September 25, 2023 if the state government fails to lift the ban on activities of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in the…

As Nigerian universities prepare to resume, the Federal Government is appealing to students, lecturers, and parents not to engage in any act that would disrupt the smooth flow of the academic session. The Minister of State for Education, Tanko Sununu, made the appeal…

AS the ultimatum by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to the Federal Government to address the mass suffering and pains occasioned by the removal of subsidy on petrol expires today, the leadership of the Congress will meet next week to decide when…

Protesters and fans of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba known as Mohbad, were on Thursday night allegedly dispersed with teargas at the Lekki Tollgate, Lagos State. The protesters held a candlelight procession in honour of the late singer on Thursday. While announcing the…

The federal government would most likely make a pronouncement on the demands of the organised labour regarding palliatives to cushion the economic impact of the removal of subsidy on fuel on Nigerian workers by next week. This was disclosed by the President of…