Federal Government Pensioners under the auspices of the Association of Retired Senior Public Officers of Nigeria, ARFESPON, have rejected the report of the Presidential Technical Committee on the Review of the Federal Public Service Pensions.

STAKEHOLDERS in the education sector have urged the Federal Government to consider the re-introduction of Higher School Certificate, HSC, which was the main source of admission in the glory days of the Nigerian university system, arguing that the abolition of HSC is one of the banes of educational development in Nigeria. At different fora, top executives in the sector, including past education ministers have made efforts to restore it, but such attempts did not see the light of the day

The Chief Butcher of the Boko Haram sect, Zakari Mohammed Ardo, yesterday, gave a chilling description of how the terrorist group used to slaughter people they capture, saying it only takes him two minutes to butcher victims and enemies condemned to death

Nigeria’s crude oil production is expected to rise by 40,000 barrels per day, as Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited, SNEPCo, yesterday commenced production from the first well at the Bonga North West deep-water development offshore Nigeria.

LIFE is a relay race from one generation to the next. For this reason, the youths represent the hopes of society for a brighter future. That is why the generation before us endeavoured to give us the best education that our country could afford at the time. They wanted us to uplift our society, and make them proud by our achievements in every area of enterprise. We may not all agree that we have lived up to the expectations of our elders

PRIOR to Governor Kashim Shettima’s emergence as the duly elected number one citizen of Borno State, the education sector was peaceful but unfortunately, dilapidated due to neglect by the previous administration.
This means that there were no structures nor teachers left for Boko Haram to target.

ABUJA — The newly appointed Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Joeph Thlama Dawha, yesterday, took over the affairs of the corporation, with a vow to sustain the ongoing transformation of the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry in order to impact positively on the economy.

State Governor and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Rauf Aregbesola and Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday, sharply disagreed over the anti-rigging procedure proposed by the governor.

Akure—AHEAD of the 2015 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday said additional 30, 000 polling units would be created across the country, bringing the total number of polling units to 150, 000 as against the present 120, 000 units.

By Victor Ahiuma-Young LAGOS—AFTER eight months of disagreement, management of Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria Ltd, and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, have reached agreement ending the protracted dispute. According to a communiqué issued by both parties, a nine-point agreement was reached giving rise to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, CBA. […]

FOLLOWING the death of the matron that was one of the primary contacts of the late American-Liberian, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, who died recently of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in Lagos, Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has described the presence of Ebola in the country as a national emergency.

A TOTAL of 6,374 persons graduated from the Redeemers’ Christian Bible College in a brief graduation ceremony to mark the 62nd annual convention of the church at the Redemption Camp.

Nigeria cannot remain the same after the confab CHIEF Charles Edosomwan (SAN), a former attorney general and commissioner for justice in Edo State is a delegate to National Conference representing Edo State. In this interview, he reviews the deliberations of the conference and posits why Nigeria will be a better place if the outcomes of the conference are adopted

AHEAD of August 11 resumption date, the leadership of the National Conference disclosed, yesterday, that the final report made up of four volumes was ready and was being reproduced for the delegates.