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Mr Chucks Omeife, former President, Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) has urged the Federal Government to take the National Building Code as an Executive Bill and accelerate

After over two decades in the works, the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), arguably the piece of legislation with the most tortuous journey in the nation’s history, is again faced with what looks like new impediments. With all the parties, seemingly sticking to their old rigid positions during a two-day public hearing at the National Assembly during the week, it’s uncertain who will blink first or whether there will be a middle ground in the next few months. In this report, Emmanuel Adde...

Share Factional leaders of oil-producing communities otherwise called host communities on Thursday physically assaulted each other during the public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) held at the instance of the House of Representatives. Crisis started after the chairman, Ad-hoc Committee on PIB, Hon Mohammed Monguno ruled that each of the host communities would be allowed to make separate presentations individually, a decision which some of the stakeholders kicked against as they sho...

Other unions threaten hell as ASUU ends strike On Kindly Share This Story: …It appears Govt doesn’t want peace—SSANU …Govt shied away from its responsibility—NAPTAN …NANS clamours for students’ involvement in future negotiations By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Adesina Wahab  &  Joseph Erunke As the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, suspended its nine-month old strike, yesterday, hope of normalcy returning to the ivory towers, may have been dashed, as non-teaching staff in the...

Punch Newspapers Sections • Lecturers don’t have monopoly of strike, we will ground universities – Unions • Prevent future strike, honour agreements, parents’ association pleads with FG Friday Olokor, Adelani Adepegba and Grace Edema The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday indicated that it might resume its suspended strike in February if the Federal Government failed to implement agreements it signed with the lecturers. The National President of  ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogun...

Spread the love (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its nine months old strike. ASUU National President Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, announced the suspension early hours of Wednesday during a news conference at the end of the union’s emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting Wednesday in Abuja. Prof.  Ogunyemi, stressed that ASUU NEC resolved to “conditionally ” suspend the strike action embarked upon on March 23, effective from 12am Th...

Daily Trust had reported that the union was set to suspend its strike following payment of two-months’ salary arrears – a development some lecturers at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and University of Ibadan (UI) confirmed to our correspondent during separate telephone interviews. Government would disappoint those planning to protest The minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who led the government delegation explained during Tuesday’s meeting tha...

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its industrial action that has disrupted academic activities for nine months. Addressing a press conference Wednesday morning at the University of Abuja, ASUU president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said the decision to go back to the classroom was made based on agreement reached with the Federal Government at a meeting held on Tuesday, which addressed most of the demands of the union. He said that an implementation committ...

HMS Holdings Corp. hmsy announced Monday an agreement to be acquired by Gainwell Technologies, which is backed by Veritas Capital, in a deal valuing the health care services company at about $3.4 billion. HMSs stock was inactive in the premarket before a trading halt for news. Under terms of the deal, HMS shareholders will receiver $37 per share in cash for each HMS share they own, which is 9.5% above Fridays closing price of $33.78. The deal, which is expected to close in the f...

Its signature deal. but this doctor, he can, to be fair to him, he didnt have anything to do with the rollout of the computer or anything like that. >> he didnt -- >> hes a big picture lets give health care to everybody guy. thats what he is. >> thats right. and can i tell you that he did say in the interview he does believe they should have appointed a ceo to oversee health care and they didnt do it. and not only -- >> yes, they did. kathleen sebelius. >> ceo. >> sure she is. >> its basically t...