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Buhari’s Assent To PIB, A Callous Act, Says PANDEF The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) describing it as a “callous act”. PANDEF said it was unfortunate that President Buhari signed the PIB, despite the public outcry associated with the passage of the bill by the National Assembly. It …

* Says it will allow investments, transparency to flourish in oil, gas industry The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), saying that Nigeria’s oil and gas industry will now receive a breath of fresh air and allow investments and transparency to flourish. Gbajabiamila, in …

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, signed the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, 2021 into law. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja. According to the statement, “Working from home in five days quarantine as required by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 after returning from London on Friday, …

…Pledges improved security across Edo communities Edo State Government plans to recruit and train over 10, 000 local security personnel to complement the efforts of the federal security agents in tackling insecurity across the state, Governor Godwin Obaseki has said. Represented by his Chief of Staff, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha, when he received executive members of Esan Okpa Initiative, who were …

Afghanistan’s presidential palace in Kabul has now been “handed over” to the Taliban, according to the Al Jazeera network. It was vacated just hours ago by government officials, including former President Ashraf Ghani who has fled the country. According to the Al Jazeera network, which broadcast scenes of the Taliban live from the palace, one of the Taliban officials said …

President Joe Biden and his administration struggled Sunday to project order amid a race by American and other foreign personnel to evacuate Afghanistan as Taliban fighters entered Kabul, the CNN reported on Sunday. The rapid fall of Afghanistan’s national forces and government has come as a shock to Biden and senior members of his administration, who only last month believed …

•Apologises to Nigerians •‘Families of colleagues who died fighting Covid-19 unpaid’ Amid fresh wave of coronavirus pandemic and raging cholera, medical doctors under the auspices of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, have been on strike over unpaid salaries and poor benefits in the last 14 days. Despite the effects of the strike on Nigerians seeking healthcare in the …

*Wages Commission reverses placement on CONUAS *MEDCAN meets today to decide on industrial action In a bid to avert  looming strike by the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, MEDCAN, the National Salaries Income and Wages Commission, NSIWC, has halted movement of consultants from CONMESS to CONUAS salary scale. Sunday Vanguard gathered that the Minister of Labour and Employment, …

Bayern Munich and Germany legend Gerd Muller has died at the age of 75. The striker scored 68 goals in 62 appearances for West Germany, including the winning goal in the 1974 World Cup final against the Netherlands. Muller also spent 15 years at Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, scoring a record 365 goals in 427 league appearances. “Today the world …

President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has begged resident doctors to suspend their industrial strike in view of  the devastating effects of COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country. This was contained in a statement yesterday by NSCIA’s  Director of Administration, Mr Zubairu Usman-Ugwu, …