3 unions threaten strike over retirement age, funding in varsities
LEADERS of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Related Institutions, NASU and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, weekend gave government up till Wednesday to implement the 2009 agreement reached with unions especially university funding and the 65 years retirement age for members in the universities or face indefinite strike.
Bioflor, anti-diarrhoea formulation debuts Nov 30
MERIT Health care Nigeria Ltd is set to launch into the Nigerian market Bioflor (Sacharomyces boulardi) – the first probiotic formulation with anti-diarrhoea activity. Manufactured in france by Biocodex, the drug is used in etiological and symptomatic treatment of diarrhoea, the world’s fifth biggest cause of death.
Tributes as Ovie of Oghara is laid to rest
ENCOMIUM has continued to pour in as late Oreki II, Ovie of Oghara Kingdom in Delta State, is laid to rest.
NPA to sanction vessel owners over explosion
THE Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, may have concluded plans to sanction the owners of the vessel, ‘M.T. Britaina U, which exploded and killed two persons at the Marina in Lagos.
No subsidy! tollgates! more subsidies & deregulation!!
“Six years after scrapping toll gates on major high ways, the Federal Government is to reintroduce them to raise funds for road maintenance in the country”. The preceding is the opening paragraph of a report titled “FG to Reintroduce Toll Gates, Fuel Tax” on page 15 in the Punch edition of 30/3/2010.
SAA names Ehimiaghe head of North, West/Central Africa operations
AFRICA’S leading airline, South African Airways (SAA) has appointed a Nigerian national, Ohis Ehimiaghe as the new Regional Manager: North, West and Central Africa.
