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Labour Suspends Planned Strike, FG To Put Electricity Tariff Hike On Hold

    The organised labour has suspended its strike scheduled for today (Monday) after a meeting between labour leaders and the Federal Government. This was contained in a communique read by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, after a technical session that started late on Sunday and lasted till the early hours … Continue reading Labour Suspends Planned Strike, FG To Put Electricity Tariff Hike On Hold …

Your negotiating skill saved us from crisis, ExxonMobil tells Ngige

Your negotiating skill saved us from crisis, ExxonMobil tells Ngige

The Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited has attributed the peaceful resolution of the industrial dispute that engulfed the company last year to the astute negotiating skill of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige. Speaking when he led members of the management team on a congratulatory visit to the Minister, Executive Vice Chairman of […] …

NCC uncovers 9.2m improperly registered SIM cards

NCC uncovers 9.2m improperly registered SIM cards

THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday uncovered 9.2million improperly registered subscriber identity module (SIM) cards in use across the networks in the country. Communications Minister, Dr Ibrahim Pantami, has ordered the disconnection of such lines from the network. The discovery of the ‘rogue’ SIM cards was contained in the baseline short-term performance targets report […] …

DisCos Q1 revenue collection hits N116.9billion

DisCos Q1 revenue collection hits N116.9billion

THE 11 dictribution companies (DisCos) collected N116.9billion from customers out of the total bill of N182.8billion in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, it was learnt on Thursday. Despite the increase in the amount of energy received by DisCos and a higher billing efficiency recorded relative to the preceding quarter, there is a 0.5per […] …

Obasanjo, others seek engineering education

Obasanjo, others seek engineering education

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the economic development of the nation depended on the constructive contribution of the engineering sector. Obasanjo, who spoke during a programme organised by the Nigeria Academy of Engineering in Lagos, said without engineering there, cannot be any meaningful development. He said economic growth is achieved when efforts are made […] …

Fed Govt eyes 140,000 jobs from NLNG Train 7

Fed Govt eyes 140,000 jobs from NLNG Train 7

THE Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) Train 7 Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contract  would create over 40,000 direct jobs and provide employment for over 100,000 workers, it was learnt on Thursday. Speaking at the signing of the Letter of Intent of the $10billion project in Abuja, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board […] …

Border closure: FG won’t succumb to blackmail –NSA

Border closure: FG won’t succumb to blackmail –NSA

Steve Agbota The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Mongono, yesterday said the Federal Government would not bow to any form of blackmail following the closure of its land borders. The nation’s borders in four region were shut down three weeks ago at the commencement of a joint security operations code named “Operation Swift Response”. […]
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Why I handed over Nigeria’s treasury to women –Buhari 

Why I handed over Nigeria’s treasury to women –Buhari 

Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari, has explained that he placed women in strategic positions like the financial sector, to ensure effective management of limited the nation’s resources and to promote a stronger sense of inclusiveness. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina,  Buhari said he preferred […]
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