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FG, oil workers' meeting continue Tuesday

The meeting between the Federal Government and oil workers unions in Abuja on Monday ended in deadlock and would continue on Tuesday. The unions are the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum

FG, ASUU reach agreement on demands

The Federal Government, on Monday reached an agreement with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, made this known after the meeting with the union in Abuja. Ngige said the majority of

FG, Twitter In Talks After Suspension

Mary Leonard, Ambassador of the United States of America to Nigeria, on Monday, confirmed that Nigeria is in discussion with Twitter over suspension of its operations in Nigeria. Leonard said this during a closed-door meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs

ASUU Strike: FG, ASUU To Meet On Thursday

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will tomorrow hold a crucial meeting with the Federal Government. The meeting will be coming exactly a week since the lecturers refused to show up for a meeting with the government delegation, saying such meeting

FG, firm to deploy 500 autogas-powered buses

The Infrastructure Bank Plc, on Monday, announced its partnership with FEMADEC Group to introduce 500 buses powered by autogas (Compressed Natural Gas) in a bid to mitigate the high cost of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. Partners in the deal

ASUU To FG: Students Need Grants, Not Loans

The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the federal government to convert its student loan scheme to grants, saying it will be difficult for the beneficiaries to repay. The ASUU branch Chairman

FG, ASUU: Another Strike Looms Over Oct 31 Agreement

Another round of strike action is looming in the nation's Universities as academic staff counts down to the deadline for the implementation of agreements reached with the government which led to the conditional suspension of its indefinite strike action in

ASUU declares indefinite strike 'after fruitless talks with FG'

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared an indefinite strike. This was confirmed in a statement signed by ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke. He said NEC observed with regret that the union had experienced a lot of deceit at the highest

FG, US discuss likely extradition of Abba Kyari (Details)

The Federal government of Nigeria is in dialogue with the US government about the possibility of extraditing suspended policeman Abba Kyari for his involvement in Ramon Abbas' aka Huspuppi, multi-million dollar fraud. In a recent interview with Channel Television

State Police: Nigerians divided as FG, governors mull options

The call for the establishment of state police in Nigeria has gained traction in the last eight years. Since 2015 when the All Progressives Congress, APC, upstaged the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the presidential election, giving birth to the Muhammadu
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