The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has announced the suspension of its seven-day strike ultimatum given to Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) and its contractors. NUPENG on Aug. 20 issued the seven-day ultimatum to CNL and its contractors over the sack of workers through WhatsApp messages NUPENG’s National President, Mr Williams Akporeha and its General-Secretary, Mr Afolabi ...

L-R: Lagos State Director of National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Serena Olayebi Edward; Aro of Lekki, Chief Adewale Salawu (Representative of Onilekki of Lekki); Group Executive Director, Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin; Chief Operations Officer, Dangote Oil Refinery Company, Giuseppe Surace; and Director Human Asset Management & Project Support, Dangote Oil Refinery Company Limited ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will sustain its current strike if the Federal Government does not address its demands. Speaking at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) in Rivers State, ASUU President Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi said the government must first implement the report of the NEEDS assessment it conducted in 2012. Ogunyemi, who addressed stakeholders ...

Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has resigned. Keita on Wednesday said he was resigning to avoid “bloodshed”, hours after his arrest by troops. Rebel soldiers reportedly detained Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Tuesday afternoon and drove the duo to a military base in the town of Kati, near the capital Bamako, which they had seized that morning. Jubilant ...

Following the removal of Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as vice-chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), the governing council has appointed Prof Omololu Soyombo as acting vice-chancellor. A statement on Wednesday by the university’s council through its secretary and registrar, Oladejo Azeez, reads: “My attention has been drawn to a document circulating under the hand and Signature of the former Vice-Chancellor of the ...

The Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Olawatoyin Ogundipe, has been sacked by the governing council of the institution, Nigerian Tribune is reporting. His removal was announced during meeting of the Governing Council of the institution which held at the National Universities Commission (NUC) building in Abuja today. Seven members voted for the removal of Ogundipe (UNILAG Vice Chancellor) while ...

Buruji Kashamu, a former senator from Ogun state, has died of complications from COVID-19.  Ben Murray-Bruce who broke the news on Twitter said Kashamu died at First Cardiologist Consultants in Lagos. More to come…

  The Lagos State government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has given the go ahead for worship places to reopen from August 7. The Governor said this on Saturday during his update on the Coronavirus Disease on the state. Worship centers and other social gatherings were banned in the state since March as part of measures to curb the spread ...

FBN Holdings has posted N49.5 billion profit after tax for the half-year ended June 30, 2020. The result represents 56.3 per cent growth, compared with N31.6 billion achieved by the group during the first half of 2019. Further analysis of the unaudited results showed that gross earnings rose 5.8 per cent to N296.4 billion, as against N280.3 billion in same ...

THE Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, yesterday, warned politicians against turning the state into a war zone as they campaign for the September 19 governorship election. He spoke against the backdrop of the clash of supporters of Governor Godwin Obaseki of the PDP, and Pastor Osagie Ize – Iyamu of the APC in front ...