Photos: South-East records mixed fortunes in sanitation, open defecation fight
By Vincent Ujumadu, Jeff Agbodo, Steve Oko, and Ugochukwu Alaribe States across the South-East are recording varying levels of progress in environmental sanitation, with improved waste management in some urban centres contrasting with persistent challenges of open defecation and indiscriminate waste disposal in others. A survey by Vanguard showed that while Abia has made significant […]
FG launches nationwide learning assessment to tackle education crisis
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Federal Government has launched a nationwide National Learning Assessment as part of efforts to address Nigeria’s learning crisis, improve teaching standards and reduce learning poverty across the country. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Friday while monitoring the exercise at Government Secondary School, Kuje, Junior Secondary School, […]
Fake Council: Adeyemi fights back as police file 8-count charge against him
AS the Federal Government, yesterday, filed an 8-count charge against Adeniyi Adeyemi, convener of a purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, PFIPC, over the controversy trailing the agency, he fought back, claiming that he was given an appointmernt letter.
Labour, FUTATH management clash over staff absorption
By Joseph Erunke Activities at the Federal University of Technology Akure Teaching Hospital (FUTATH) were temporarily disrupted on Thursday as organised labour intensified its protest over the alleged exclusion of some inherited workers from the hospital’s ongoing staff integration process following the Federal Government’s takeover of the facility. The protest, led by labour unions in […]
TCN to review new tax law’s impact on workers’ salaries
By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has constituted a committee to assess the impact of the new tax laws on employees’ salaries and recommend measures to protect staff interests while ensuring compliance with the law. The committee was inaugurated during a tax sensitisation programme for staff at the company’s corporate headquarters […]
OPM resettles more South Africa returnees, provides free housing in Port Harcourt
The Founder and General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM), Apostle Chibuzor Gift Chinyere, has received a second batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa, providing them with free accommodation and welfare support in Port Harcourt as part of the church’s resettlement initiative. Speaking on Friday while receiving the returnees, Chinyere said the latest arrivals […]
