The National Industrial Court has fixed Wednesday, September 21 to rule on the application for an interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities, The PUNCH reports. Justice Peter Hamman fixed the date on Monday after the lead counsel for the Federal Government, James …
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Britain, World Leaders Bid Queen Elizabeth II farewell
Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest on Monday after a state funeral attended by leaders from around the world and a historic last ceremonial journey through the packed streets of London. After queueing all night, the final members of the public filed through parliament’s cavernous Westminster Hall to …
Read More »Insurance Industry Shifting To Tech-driven Services – FITC
Managing director/CEO FITC, Chizor Malize, has asserted that globally, the insurance landscape is undergoing a paradigm shift. She spoke during the 2022 NAICOM Board retreat themed: “Strengthening Board Resilience and Agility for Success” held in Abuja. She stated that digital is no longer a nice to have but a critical …
Read More »Canadian PM Assures Of Greater Ties As He Welcomes Nigeria’s Assembly
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, has expressed his country’s readiness and commitment to further deepen bilateral relationship between Canada and Nigeria. Trudeau disclosed this in his message to the one-week commencement of the 2022 Conference of State Legislators, whick kicked off in Ottawa, Canada. He also urged the …
Read More »Nigeria Hosts Global Investment Forum In New York
In its continued bid to further open up the country’s economy to international capital and attract foreign investment, the Nigerian government, in collaboration with the Africa Business Roundtable, is organising the second edition of the Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum (NIEPF), a global economic investment platform, this time in New …
Read More »ASUU strike: NANS Threatens To Occupy Kwara Airport
The National Association of Nigeria Students Kwara Chapter has threatened to embark on a peaceful protest at the Kwara airport if the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities is not suspended. The NANS Kwara Chairman, Mr Salman Issa, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Ilorin …
Read More »We Will Ground Ports Authority, Mainland Bridge – NANS
The National Association of Nigerians has said that its protest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport is only a preamble, adding that it is ready to go on a week-long protest till the Federal Government accedes to its demands on the resolution of the strike action of the Academic Staff …
Read More »Protest: Ex-NBA president Stranded At Airport, Backs Students
The immediate past president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Apata, has thrown his weight behind the ongoing protest by Nigerian students against the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The students on Monday barricaded the roads leading inward and outward of the Muritala International Airport …
Read More »Placeholder: Court Dismisses PDP Suit against Tinubu, Obi
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party against the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress and the Labour Party, Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi, respectively. Justice Donatus Okorowo, in a judgment, held that the suit was unknown to law and …
Read More »Surveillance Contract: “Olu of Warri Not Company Owner”
The immediate Past President of National Association of Itsekiri Graduates and leader of a Niger-Delta interest group, Edema Oritsetimeyin, has refuted media reports that the Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III, owns Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, one of the three companies that were recently awarded the pipeline surveillance …
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