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Federal Government has begun profiling of stranded Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates ahead of their evacuation to Nigeria, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said. In a viral video, thousands of people were seated in an open area with their bags and luggage following the mass deportation of aliens being carried out by the UAE authorities. Briefing journalists in Abuja on Friday, Dabiri-Erewa said the profiling being carried out by the Nigerian Consulate in Dubai was necessary to properly get detailed information about the Nigerians over there before evacuating them. Read also 130 fleeing Nigerians Land in Bucharest,…

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU) Saturday suspended their ongoing strike for two months. However, activities in Nigerian public universities are expected to remain lull as ASUU remains on strike. NASU/SSANU’s strike started with a warning strike of two weeks which commenced at the midnight on Sunday, March 27, 2022, while the extension of another two weeks commenced on Sunday, April 10, 2022, till today. Nigerian Education Minister, Adamu Adamu in Abuja said the Federal Government has committed N50 billion to pay earned allowances for members of…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the broadcast licences of Silverbird TV, AIT, Raypower FM, Rhythm FM and 49 others over failure to renew their broadcast licences. The stations were owing the Commission N2.6 billion since 2015. The debtor-stations include Africa Independent Television (AIT) and its sister radio station, Raypower FM; Silverbird Television, and 49 other stations across the country. The NBC Director-General, Malam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, who announced this while briefing journalists in Abuja on Friday, said there was no political undertone in revoking the licence of the debtor-broadcast stations. Read also NBC queries Channels TV over Gov…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has joined human rights groups in the country in demanding immediate release of human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong jailed by Justice Ekaette Obot, the Akwa Ibom State Chief Judge. The judge incarcerated Effiong for one month over alleged ‘contempt’ of court. Many human rights have protested and demanded release of Effiong who has served more than 22 days in prison. In a statement released in Abuja on Thursday, Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, berated the Chief Judge for incarcerating the lawyer, arguing that the fundamental principle of justice presumed that an accused person is innocent until…

The Federal Government spends N283 per litre of PMS or N18.397 billion subsidy daily, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed said Thursday. Ahmed who was grilled on Thursday August 18, by the House of Representatives Ad- Hoc Committee investigating Petroleum Products Subsidy Regime from 2013 to 2022, opened up on the amount the Federal Government spends as subsidy for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). She said, “For 2023, the projection is that the average daily truck out will be N64.96 million litres per day; that is about 65 million per day, using an average rate at open market rate of N448.20k and…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the salary package the Federal Government offered, describing the salary as  ‘miserly’ offer. The ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke in a statement said, “The major reason given by the Federal Government for the miserly offer, paucity of revenue, is not tenable.” This is as the Federal Government on Thursday insisted that it will not concede to the demand by ASUU members to be paid the backlog of salaries withheld during the ongoing strike. But, Osodeke explained, ‘‘This is because of several reasons chief of which is poor management of the economy.…

Workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees  (NUEE) on Wednesday evening called off their few-hour nationwide strike. The union took this decision after an emergency meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. The minister’s spokesman Olajide Oshundun, confirmed that Ngige intervened in the industrial action. Read also It’s unlawful to disconnect electricity consumers without 10-day notice – Commission Probe N11 trillion squandered on electricity supply, SERAP Urges Buhari FG removes subsidy electricity and will do same for petrol – Minister Members of the union across the country had earlier shut down their offices leading…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, August 16, arraigned an internet influencer, Portia Emilia before a Lagos Special Offences Court, in Ikeja over alleged N110 million fraud. Emilia was arraigned alongside her company Savanah Crest Investment Limited before the court. The defendants are facing a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretense and stealing preferred against them by EFCC. Read also Court jails 10 Fraudsters in Akwa Ibom EFCC Nabs Ex-NDDC MD, Nsima Ekere, over Alleged N47b Fraud EFCC to Arraign seven UNIUYO Students for alleged Fraud EFCC alleged that the offences were committed sometime in…

So far, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered additional N1.4 billion from commercial banks for National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). EFCC returned the money to the NHIS on August 5, 2022, which is part of the funds which some commercial banks fraudulently refused to transmit to the Treasury Single Account (TSA), since 2015. Read also EFCC Nabs Ex-NDDC MD, Nsima Ekere, over Alleged N47b Fraud EFCC to Arraign seven UNIUYO Students for alleged Fraud We’re Ready To Release Recovered NHIS Fund In Our Custody – EFCC Similarly, EFCC had released N1.55 billion to the scheme on February 10,…

Nationwide strike is imminent as the meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock on Tuesday. This was as both parties could not reach an agreement that will lead to the suspension of the six-month-old strike by the public university lecturers. Some weeks ago, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) had embarked on a three-day warning strike, pledging to go on full-blown strike if Federal Government fails to meet the ASUU’s demands. Read also ASUU Prolongs Strike By Four Weeks ASUU Strike: NLC plans three-day warning strike ASUU/FG…