The World Bank, headquartered in Washington, has projected a significant rise in Nigeria’s inflation rate. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that this was made known in a recent report published in the June 2023 edition of the Nigeria Development Update. The bank predicts that the inflation rate will hit 25% in the coming months, attributing this surge…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use his good offices and leadership position to “urgently publish details of spending of about N400bn so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petrol.” SERAP urged him to “provide details of…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has repositioned the mining sector in Osun State as his administration has cleared all accumulated service charges inherited from previous administration Special adviser to the governor on mining, Professor Lukman Jìmódá stated this on a sensitization programme on OSBC Radio and Television channels, tagged, IMOLE AYO. The programme is put in place…
Embalo, who is also the Chairman Authority ECOWAS Head of State and Government, paid a private visit to his Nigerian counterpart on Saturday. President Bola Tinubu has received the President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo in Lagos Embalo, who is also the Chairman, ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, paid a private visit…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has issued a directive for the immediate payment of pension entitlements as planned in the template released earlier this year This was stated in a press release issued by the governor’s spokesman, Mallam Olawale Rasheed. Adeleke said this when he received thought leaders who had come to pay him a…
In response to ASUU’s recent rejection of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) proposed by the National Universities Commission (NUC), the NUC has refuted the claims made by the union. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that according to a statement by Dr. Noel Saliu, the NUC’s Deputy Executive Secretary for Academics, ASUU’s assertion that there was…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), on Friday, took a swipe at the National Universities Commission(NUC) over the proposed imposition of the newly introduced Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) on all the nation’s universities, saying the new curriculum model will further drag Nigerian university education down. The union gave this position in a statement…
…receives commendation from Former Governor Oyinlola and other stakeholders The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has disclosed plans by his government to launch palliatives to cushion the impact of subsidy removal, declaring his administration’s readiness to make life easy for residents of Osun state. Former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola and other stakeholders of…
The government of Osun State is working on a plan to enroll contributory pensioners in the state health insurance scheme even as the Governor has issued a directive for the immediate payment of pension entitlement as planned in the template released earlier this year. The Governor dropped the hints while receiving leaders of thought who…
Aspartame, one of the world’s most widely used artificial sweeteners, is expected to be classified as a possible carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the World Health Organisation’s cancer research arm, according to Reuters, citing exclusive sources. The IARC, which assesses the potential hazards of substances based on published evidence, will list…
