Harmattan: FRSC warns motorists against speeding, dangerous driving to avoid crashes
The Sagamu Unit Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, has warned motorists against excessive speeding and dangerous driving, especially during this harmattan period to avoid road crashes. The Unit Commander, Mr Iyanda Taofiq, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Sagamu, Ogun, that the warning became necessary the current…
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Only 2.5m motorists captured as insurers plan N7,500 for third-party
• Stakeholders agree to review 18 years after the policy was pegged at N5,000• Inflation jerks costs of vehicle repairs – Industry operators Eighteen years after the initial review of third-party insurance to N5,000, motorists in the country may have to gear up for another review, The Guardian has gathered. An inside source said the premium…
Movement demands information on N3tr fuel subsidy
• SERAP sues Buhari, others for alleged missing N3.1b money• Industrial court hears contempt suit against minister today The People’s Alternative Political Movement (TPAP-M) has requested information on the N3 trillion fuel subsidy demanded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited for 2022. The demand was contained in a letter to the Minister of Finance,…
SSANU gives FG February deadline to settle minimum wage, IPPIS
•NUAHP seeks implementation of circular on pharmacist consultant cadre The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has issued a February warning to the Federal Government to fully implement the minimum wage to its members or face industrial action. In a communiqué issued at the end of its 41st National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held…
How Lukman’s exit compounds APC Governors’ muddle
The fractures and frictions in Nigeria’s two major political parties, the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are pointers to the stunted growth of the country’s party’s system. Recently, the Director-General of Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman, resigned his appointment as the manager of policy, strategy and governance…
Flying car passes flight tests, cleared for take-off
A dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle has passed flight tests and cleared for takeoff in Slovakia A statement by Klein Vision, the company behind the car-aircraft vehicle, stated that after 70 hours of “rigorous flight tests,” Slovak Transport Authority has awarded the “AirCar” an official Certificate of Airworthiness. According to the company, over 200 takeoffs and landings…
Drama at NAPTIP as daughter accuses father of sexual assault
There was confusion at the headquarters of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), Abuja, where 18-year-old 200 level student of Baze University, Ifoema Obalum accused her father of sexual assault and resisted attempts by officials of the agency to forcefully hand her and the younger brother over to the accused….
FG okays new guidelines for expatriate quota, to issue licences for marriages
The Federal Government has approved new guidelines for the administration of expatriate quota in Nigeria, according to a public notice, yesterday, by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. There have been complaints about the abuse of expatriate quota by some companies and organisations in the country. In a statement by the Director of Press in…
Nigeria moves to contain rising Lassa fever cases
Nigeria has set up an emergency response centre to contain rising cases of Lassa fever after 26 people were killed in the past three weeks, the country’s disease control agency said. Endemic to Nigeria, Lassa fever belongs to the same family as the Ebola and Marburg viruses, but is much less deadly. The Nigeria Centre…
Reps rejects immunity for Senate President, Speaker, others
House of Representatives Special Committee on Amendment of the 1999 Constitution has rejected a bill seeking to confer immunity on presiding officers of the National Assembly and judicial officers. The presiding officers of the National Assembly are Senate President, Deputy Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Deputy Speaker of the House. The bill, sponsored…