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With most states having finished drawing up their respective itineraries for the 2024 administrative year, one expects to see schedules for local government elections in states where the said local administrations expired last year. Due to the general elections of 2023 and the litany of tribunals that followed, most states were unable to conduct elections to fill the vacant seats of local government chairmen and councilors. So, with all said to have been calmed, states are beginning to announce when the said local elections will be conducted. So far, the Nasarawa State Government has announced that it plans to conduct…
The Cross River State Government and Oando Clean Energy Limited (OCEL) have partnered to set up a 100MW in Akamkpa Local Government Council which would significantly increase access to electric power in the State. Cross River State Governor, Prince Otu while disclosing this in Calabar said aside the 100MW Wind Power Generating Plant in Akamkpa, the partnership will also see to the establishment of an Electric Vehicle (EV) assembly plant in the State, as well as the rollout of electric buses for mass transportation within the state, which will considerably reduce carbon emissions, contributing to cleaner air and a healthier…
The Federal Government, through the Federal Scholarships Board Management, one of the agencies in the Ministry of Education, yesterday announced that Nigerian students can apply for scholarships in Mauritius from now to close on 19 April 2024. The Federal Ministry of Education made this announcement in a statement signed by the Federal Scholarship Board Management. “The Mauritius Ministry of Education Science and Technology is inviting application from eligible Nigerian students both Undergraduate and Postgraduate for the Academic year 2024,” it said. “The application form is obtainable from the websites below and must be filled electronically, printed and signed: http://ministry-education.govmu.org or…
Report available to Moon Ray News has it that the State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has suspended the state chairman of the party, Mr Fatai Adams. The party alleged that the embattled chairman was involved in some anti-party activities which are against the rules and regulations of the party. This was contained in a statement issued by the members of the SWC, made available to newsmen on Tuesday. The statement was signed by nine members of the committee. The statement read, “Pursuant to section 58(1b. c, f. h. and i) of the PDP Constitution…
The Cross River State Government has announced resumption date for both private and public schools in the state for second term. According to a memo from State’s Ministry of Education and signed the Director Schools, Mrs. Okama Amos Ubi for the Commissioner, Sen. Stephen Odey, “resumption date for all Private and Public Primary and Secondary Schools in the State remains Monday 8th January, 2024”. The Education Commissioner insisted that the announcement should be strictly adhered to for uniformity in the State’s academic calendar. “This is to reiterate the earlier directives on the uniformity in Academic Calendar and must be strictly…
The Federal Government has set aside the sum of One Hundred Billion Naira (N100b) to fund its ‘School Feeding Scheme’ for year 2024. President Bola Tinubu disclosed this today, during the signing of the 2024 appropriation bill into law in the State House in Abuja. Tinubu stated that the provision will serve as a stimulant to encourage attendance in schools and reduce the problem of out-of-school children. “One of the priority areas of the bill we just passed is the N100 billion provision for the feeding of school children. I believe that is a stimulant that will encourage school enrolment…
The House of Representatives has introduced a bill to criminalise non-payment or failure to pay salaries by employers of labour and corporate bodies across the country. The bill titled “The Employees Remuneration Protection Bill 2023” which is sponsored by Wale Hammed, a member representing the Agege Federal Constituency, Lagos State seeks three to six months of imprisonment, without the possibility of a fine for any employer found guilty of failing to pay the salaries of their workers. Section 7 (1) of the bill provides that it is unlawful for any employer to “Refuse or neglect to pay the remuneration of…
A soldier has allegedly beaten to death a truck driver identified as Muhammad Bello for refusing to pay road bribe along Dikwa-Gamboru Ngala Road in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State. It is reported that the killed driver who was a resident of Bulabulin Monday Market area in MMC and aged 35 refused to bribe the soldier and a Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) member at the checkpoint after presenting proper clearance papers. So far, the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army has confirmed the arrest of the soldier involved in the driver’s death. In a statement issued by Public…
Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Non Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASUEAI), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAATs) in the Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) have all agreed to embark on an indefinite strike. The planned industrial action which is set to commence tomorrow January 3, 2024 is a follow up of a 14-day ultimatum issued on the State Governor, Mr. Umo Eno on December 20, 2023 which will elapse on 3rd January, 2024. These four staff unions have had formed a Joint Action Committee (JAC)…
The Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara smiled yesterday when an Abuja High Court issued a new order on INEC over PDP’s application seeking the conduct of fresh elections for the seats of the 26 assembly members who recently defected to the APC. Recall that Fubara and Wike had recently found a truce to end the political hostility in Rivers State and one of Fubara’s parts of the bargain was that the 26 defected lawmakers remained in the House as members of APC without further litigations or conduct of fresh elections. Recall also that even though, Fubara withdrew his court petitions…