Nine Months After, ASUU Suspends Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has suspended its nine-month-old strike. ASUU announced the suspension of the industrial action at a press conference held [Read more …]
Month: December 2020
COVID-19 Second Wave: FCT Sends Workers Home, Closes Clubs, Others
Following an upsurge in the number of COVID-19 infections in the area, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has asked its workers from GL 12 [Read more …]
Failed Banks: NDIC Verifies Depositors
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commenced the closure of 42 Microfinance Banks (MFBs) whose operating licences were recently revoked by the Central Bank [Read more …]
AfDB, GGKP Get MAVA Grant For Natural Capital Development In Africa
The African Development Bank and the Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) have been awarded a two-year, CHF 241,875 ($273,439) grant from the MAVA Foundation to [Read more …]
Kankara: Afenifere Alleges Staged Abduction, FG Support For Terrorists
Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has alleged that Nigeria has been scammed via the purported abduction and release of some 300 hundred school boys in Kankara, [Read more …]
Buhari Pledges To Implement 16-Point Demand By PANDEF For Niger Delta
President Muhammadu Buhari have expressed the commitment of the Federal Government towards the implementation of concerns raised by the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) which outlined [Read more …]
AfDB Supports Lusophone Countries With EUR400 Million
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Wednesday approved the Lusophone Compact Guarantee Program (LCGP or the Compact), with a maximum [Read more …]
Kidnappers Return Kankara School Boys
More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped a week ago in north-west Nigeria are to be reunited with their families after they were brought to safety. The [Read more …]
Why Deposits In Liquidated Banks Remain Unclaimed, By NDIC
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has stated that limited understanding and widespread misconception of the Deposit Insurance System (DIS) among bank depositors in Nigeria [Read more …]
NCC Orders Telcos To Block Phones Without NIN Registration
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered telecommunication companies in the country to disconnect from their networks all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) which remained unregistered [Read more …]