Labour directs TCN workers to shut networks if…
THE leadership of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, yesterday said workers of Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, had been directed by the two unions in the power sector to shut TCN nationwide should the government insist on having Ahaji Usman Gur Mohammed of African Development Bank, ADB, as Interim Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of TCN.
Whistle blower teacher faces sack for exposing illegal education levy in Bayelsa
THE decision of a secondary school teacher in Bayelsa State, Mr. Vincent Durugbo, to expose the extortion of N500 alleged illegal education levy by a school principal in the state despite a ban on such levies by the state government may cost him his job, as there is an alleged plot by the Bayelsa State Post Primary Schools Board to sanction the teacher for his daring act.
Pray for Buhari’s recovery, Chancellor tells Nigerians
CHANCELLOR of Gregory University Uturu, Dr. Gregory Ibe, has called on Nigerians to pray for the speedy recovery and return of President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigeria to continue the battle to rescue the nation from the present economic crisis.
MainOne gathers IT heavyweights for Nerds Unite
MainOne, a leading provider of telecom services and network solutions for businesses has concluded plans to host the third edition of its annual Nerds Unite IT conference, Nigeria’s biggest customer event for networking and data center professionals.
End hardship, hunger to avoid revolution, FG told
An appeal has gone to the Federal Government to “take urgent steps and ward off hunger and possible revolution in the land.”
Corruption deprives Nigeria $500bn revenue – PwC
Economists at the multinational accounting and management firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), have projected Nigeria’s annual Gross Domestic Product, GDP, of USD500 billion when corruption is reduced. They also stated that a more efficient tax system would boost the economy with annual non-oil revenue of about USD104 billion.
