Workers of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC have started an indefinite strike across the country. According to Comrade Stephen Ibeh, Chairman of Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Federal Area Council, the strike became necessary as the Federal Government refused to pay allowances and implement a wage structure…
TETFund Bemoans Low Funding for Education
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Fund, TETFund has bemoaned the growing inadequacy of fund for tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Elizabeth Evoh-Gardner, a Professor representing the executive secretary, stated this on Tuesday, which was day two of TELL’s tertiary education forum held in Abuja. Evoh-Gardner blamed the development on the establishment of additional public and private…
Voter Cards Snatched in Edo
Baritor Kpagih, Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that 4,658 Permanent Voter Cards were snatched during last week’s PVC distribution in nine local government areas of the state. This was revealed by the Commissioner while briefing journalists on the PVC distribution exercise in the state. He explained…
Explosion In College of Education, Kontagora
Barely 48 hours after the school explosion in Potiskum, Yobe State, that claimed several lives, another suicide bomber has struck at the College of Education, Kontagora, Niger State. Reports reaching TELL indicate that a lone female suicide bomber died on Wednesday at about 12 noon alongside another student of the College of Education when the…
APC To Screen Aspirants for Lagos Assembly
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has commenced the screening of 308 aspirants gunning for the state’s House of Assembly. The exercise will be held between November 11 and 13, ahead of the party’s primaries into the 40 seats in the House. Based on the figures obtained by the magazine from…
Rotary Club To Renovate Public Schools In Igando
In order to empower children to become active participants in the transformation of their societies and to provide them with a conducive atmosphere of learning, the Rotary Club, Igando-Egan, Lagos has decided to renovate all public schools in the area. Ori Adeyemo, President of the Rotary club Igando-Egan, disclosed this on Sunday, November 10 at…
‘No American Involved in Military Helicopter Crash’- US Embassy
The American Embassy in Nigeria has dismissed claims that some American soldiers were involved in the Nigerian Military helicopter crash that was reported on Monday, November 11, 2014. “No American was involved in the Yola helicopter crash as reported on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 by some Nigerian news outlets,” the American Embassy said in a…
U.S Condemns Terror Attacks in Nigeria
The United States embassy in Nigeria has condemned the incessant attacks on defenseless citizens in the past week in the country. In a press statement issued on Monday by the U.S embassy in Nigeria, the U.S government condemned in strong terms the spate of attacks in the country in recent days. The condemnation comes on…
TELL’s Conference on Tertiary Education Begins
In a quest to seek long term and sustainable solution to challenges confronting Nigeria’s higher education, a two-day conference of higher education stakeholders involving the government, educational institutions and industries has opened at the Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Monday. The conference put together by the National Higher Education Forum, NHEF a nongovernmental…
Health Workers Issue 2-day Ultimatum
The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, a coalition of health care professional associations in Nigeria, has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike action within the next two days if the Federal Government fails to implement previous agreements. JOHESU in a communiqué issued at the end of its meeting in Abuja and signed by its…
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