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The warning by the federal and some state governments, including Lagos State to impose another lockdown in order to keep down rising cases of COVID-19 is timely, going by the reality of the pandemic.

Eniola Akinkuotu, Friday Olokor and Tony Okafor The World Health Organisation-led COVAX global initiative has failed to shortlist Nigeria for the ...

Says Buhari in order for retaining Idris as AGF Deji Elumoye in Abuja The federal government yesterday declared as illegal, the strike action embarked upon by university workers over the non-implementation of their seven-point agenda by government. It, however, pleaded with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (NASU) to give it three months to offset backlog of minimum wage of their members, saying a supplementary bu...

Governor Willie Obiano Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has imposed a curfew on the state in a bid to curtail the recent increase in the number of cases of COVID-19. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Solo Chukwuwlobe, said the curfew which would start on Monday next week would last from 9pm to 6am daily. The Governor also directed workers in the state from Grade Level 1 to 12 to work from home. He warned that the government will shut down markets if they failed to...

  Anambra State Government has imposed a curfew on the state in a bid to curb the increasing COVID-19 cases. According to a statement issued on Friday by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof Solo Chukwuwlobe, the curfew introduced by Governor Willie Obiano said would start on Monday next week and would last from 9pm to 6am daily. Governor Obiano also directed civil servants in the state from Grade Level 1 to 12 to work from home until further notice. “The government of Anambra state h...

  The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige says any strike by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities would be illegal and might prompt the ministry to take legal actions. Dr Ngige while speaking to State House correspondents after a private meeting with the president in Abuja, said the last conversation the government had with the non-teaching staff ended with a plan by both parties to meet next week to continue negot...

He gave the assurance in Abuja on Monday at the briefing of the PTF. He said: “As you’re aware, the whole world is pursuing the same commodity and we have to secure our source while at the same time prepare our infrastructure and capacity for administration. Mustapha recalled that President Buhari authorized the extension of all measures in place, including the limitation of the categories of workers allowed to go to the office to those above Grade Level 12. He said the PTF received reports...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Judicial proceeding were on Monday, brought to a halt at the premises of the Osun State High Court, Osogbo due to the directive that judicial workers below Grade Level 12 should work from home. Both the High and Magistrate Courts were empty and offices of judicial staff were under lock and key and officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) who had arrived from Ilesa for court proceedings were turned back inside the court premises by security personnel. Pol...

BREAKING: Lagos govt shifts resumption of workers on GL14 and below from Feb 1 to Feb 26 BREAKING: Lagos govt shifts resumption of workers on GL14 and below from Feb 1 to Feb 26 Share Civil servants in Lagos on Grade Level 14 and below who have been asked to resume on February 1, 2021, from their stay at home order were on Sunday told to remain at home till February 26, 2021. The state government announced this on Sunday night through a statement issued by the state Head of Service, Hakeem Mur...

Daily Post Nigeria Published A member of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Adefisoye, has revealed how civil servants are inflating amounts for nominated constituency projects. Adefisoye, also known as Small Alhaji in a tweet on Monday disclosed details of a N40m project he nominated. According to him, the bill of quantities reveals some details about the project, and he vowed to take on the matter. He reveals that N1.5million was allocated for inspection and N400,000 for fueling of operat...