IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said its meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee ended in deadlock because the committee presented award of a Recommended Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) ASUU said the ‘award salary’ was “against the principle of collective bargaining, based on the Wages Boards and Industrial Council’s Decree No 1 of 1973, the Trade Dispute Act (1976), ILO Conventions 49 (1948), 91(1950), 154 (1988) and recommendation 153 (1981), Udoji Commission Report of 1974, and Cookey Commission Report of 1981.” The report, it noted, “also provided a platform for…
Author: Biyi Lawrence
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has struck out a suit challenging the nomination of Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded governorship election in Osun State. Justice Egwuatu, in a judgment delivered on Thursday, struck out the suit seeking Adeleke’s disqualification from the July 16 governorship poll for being incompetent and lacking in merit. According to the judgment, the plaintiff, an aggrieved member of the PDP, Mr Lukman Awoyemi, lacked the necessary locus standi (legal authority) to initiate the legal action in the…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has appointed Hon. Abdulmumini Jibrin and Ladipo Johnson as spokespersons for his 2023 campaign. This is contained in a statement issued by Ibrahim Adamu, a personal assistant to Kwankwaso in Abuja on Thursday. According to the statement, Jibrin and Johnson were appointed due to their competence and commitment. “The duo are chosen because of their wealth of experience in strategic communication, their commitment to the NNPP, their extensive network and reach as well as their belief in our shared conviction that…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE of NAIJA)- Transactions on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) digital currency, the e-Naira, platform has hit N4 billion since its launch in October 2021, says Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Emefiele gave the update at the on-going grand finale of the e-Naira Hackathon, in Abuja. According to him, “Since the launch of this great initiative, the eNaira has reached 840,000 downloads, with about 270,000 active wallets comprising over 252,000 consumer wallets and 17,000 merchant wallets. “In addition, volume and value of transactions on the platform have been remarkable, reaching above 200,000 and N4.…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Femi Fani-Kayode has said the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s National vice chairman, Bode George has some personal issues with presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, saying he is obsessed with him George in an interview on Wednesday had lampooned Tinubu and the ruling party over the state of affairs within the nation, saying the nation cannot be entrusted to the former governor of Lagos State, who mismanaged resources when he was at the helm of affairs. Reacting to the the PDP chieftain’s statement, Chief Fani-Kayode said it is disheartening to…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Emirates Airlines has disclosed plans to suspend all flights to and from Nigeria on September 1, over its inability to repatriate about 85 million dollars in revenue from the country. This is contained in a statement by the airlines, through its media consultant in Nigeria, JSP Communications in Lagos on Thursday. “Emirates has tried every avenue to address our ongoing challenges in repatriating funds from Nigeria and we have made considerable efforts to initiate dialogue with the relevant authorities for their urgent intervention to help find a viable solution. “Regrettably, there has been no progress.…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE Of NAIJA)- The Lagos State Government has extended the ban on commercial motorcycles to four other Local Government Areas and five Local Council Development Areas. The Commissioner for Transport, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, confirmed this on Thursday. According to Oladeinde, the decision was taken after a review of the earlier ban on commercial motorcycles operation in six local councils. The additional councils where the total Okada ban is pronounced include Kosofe Local Government, Oshodi-Isolo Local Government, Shomolu Local Government, and Mushin Local Government. Others are Ikosi-Isherri LCDA, Agboyi-Ketu LCDA, Isolo LCDA, Bariga LCDA, and Odi-Olowo LCDA. Governor Babajide…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed the shutdown of national electric power following the industrial dispute declared by the electricity workers. Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, public affairs, TCN, said this in a statement on Wednesday. The national electricity grid on Wednesday morning began a nosedive from over 4,000 megawatts (MW) to 762MW. According to data from the Independent System Operation (ISO), a section of TCN, power generation on the grid was 4,149.40MW as of 6am from 21 power plants on Wednesday but drastically dropped to 1,635MW from 17 plants. By 12 noon, the grid had…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested the Managing director and Chief Executive of Marvelrock Pharmaceuticals and Stores Limited, Orakwe Chibuike Celestine, for allegedly engaging in sales of illicit drugs on e-commerce platform, Jiji.ng. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the suspect, a graduate of Business Administration from the University of Abuja, registered the pharmaceutical company on December 16, 2014 with the certificate and support of a licensed pharmacist, who opted out of the deal in 2017. The suspect continued running the business and enrolled it on Jiji.ng platform in 2019. Babafemi said the…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE Of NAIJA)- Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has visited Afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti at his residence in Lagos State Recall Femi had described Peter Obi as not being different from the other politicians he claims he wants to rescue Nigeria from. Kuti had said, “Why would I support Tinubu? Please don’t get me angry. I believe Peter Obi and Atiku are friends for him to be his Vice President if they had won the last election, so why should I not have doubts? “If Obi wins and things change, then we’ll jubilate but no…