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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 Addeh wonders if the bill, one that has been described as pivotal to the long-term overall survival of t...

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 shouted: “no, no, no.” Few minutes after dousing the tension, one of the traditional rulers in his ...

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 universities have vowed not to go back to work if the Federal Government does not correct the alleg...

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 Ogunyemi,  disclosed this in an interview with The PUNCH in Lagos while shedding more light on the dec...