The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has directed all workers under it and affiliate unions to resume work today after a one-day mass rally to demonstrate “outrage over the massive suffering and hunger facing the masses and workers.” The labour group and its affiliates took to the streets on Tuesday to call the government’s attention to the “increasing scourge of hardship” Nigerians are battling with as a result of the “policies of the government to hike...

…As Alake commissions national seismic monitoring station-5 The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has expressed the commitment of the federal government to provide the needed resources for the expansion of seismic monitoring equipment, across the country, to boost the nation’s preparedness to mitigate the impact of natural disasters. Speaking at the commissioning of the Nigeria Geological Survey Agency (NGSA)  National Seismic Monitoring Station-5, Katampe, Alake commended the agency for establishing the fifth...

…Says only a game changer can solve electricity problem in Nigeria Ohanaeze Ndigbo has lauded Prof. Barth Nnaji, former Minister of Power, over the commissioning of a geometric power plant in Abia State. According to a press statement on Tuesday signed by Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, in a press statement on Tuesday, felicitated the exceptional Igbo; audacious, tenacious, and industrious; one of the most accomplished brilliant engineers...

The Nigerian government has approved a plan to restructure several government agencies, in what is viewed as a much-anticipated cost of governance reduction measure. The decision was made at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu on Monday and followed recommendations from the 2012 Stephen Oronsaye Panel report. The 800-page report recommended the scrapping or merger of some 263 of 541 government agencies and parastatals to avoid overlaps and duplicity of...