Author: Kenneth Jukpor

The National Assembly workers on Tuesday called off their one-week strike over the non-payment of outstanding national minimum wage and implementation of revised conditions of service. Addressing the workers during the congress held at the main entrance leading to the National Assembly complex, the Chairman, Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Mr. Sunday Sabiyi, disclosed that the suspension was based on the outcome of the meeting held by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. Lawan, who sympathized with the aggrieved workers for such a long delay in the full implementation of the Revised Conditions of Service, observed that though…

Nigeria’s crude oil output has plunged to new low in recent weeks hit by pipeline closures and maintenance at major fields, an S&P Global industry report has indicated. A senior official from the country’s oil ministry told S&P Global Commodity Insights the fields that feeds two major exports grade — Bonny Light and Qua Iboe — were down on maintenance in May but output was “gradually returning”. Recall that over 3.65 million barrels of crude oil shut-in at the Bonny Terminal during the March/April productions circle, Nigeria’s total losses, month-on-month rose by over 300 per cent. An analysis of…

Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has become the country’s most prolific attacker following his four goals at the weekend which saw his goals per game ratio hit 0.65. 23 year-old Osimhen, also moved into the nation’s top ten scorers with 15 goals having played just 23 matches. The Napoli forward currently eclipses the 0.63 goal per game ratio of the nation’s all-time top goal scorer Rashidi Yekini who bagged 37 goals in 58 appearances. Among current players, only Victor Moses 0.33 goal per game ratio and Kelechi Ihenacho’s 0.28 are the next best goal scorers close to Osimhen. Meanwhile,…

The Nigerian Institute of Shipping (NIS) has decried the shortage of trained shipping professionals in Nigeria, even as the group stressed that the challenge poses a human capital gap in the nation. NIS President, Dr. Martins Enebeli stated this during the recent induction of Fellows at the Institute, while he assured that the organization is strategically placed to address the knowledge gap problems. Enebeli posited that the nation’s shipping sector wouldn’t fully optimize its potentials if human capital development isn’t prioritized by private sector players as well as government agencies. His words: “We are looking forward to a time when…

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has blamed the silence of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the decision reached by many delegates to vote for Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress. He said this while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. El-Rufai explained that Buhari asked the northern delegates to vote for any of the shortlisted five presidential candidates of their choice. According to him, Buhari didn’t dictate how delegates from Kaduna State should vote at the APC presidential primaries. While speaking Friday night, governor said,…

The World Bank has disclosed that at least 30,000 people die every year from pollution in Lagos. The Washington-based bank disclosed this in a feature story on its blog, which is titled “Making Lagos a Pollution Free City: Solving the threat one solution at a time”. According to the bank, pollution is a huge problem in many cities globally, including Lagos, which is notorious for its large population, high concentration of motor vehicles and industrial pollution. The bank further said that an estimated 20 million people live on an area of less than 100 square kilometres in Lagos, which…

Only 10,541 firms have complied with the country’s statutory laws on compliance with pension and insurance covers and have been cleared to do business with the government. PenCom disclosed this in its quarterly report on ‘Issuance of Pension Clearance Certificates.’ The commission said the certificates given to them cleared them to do business with Federal Government agencies. It stated that, “The commission received 11,200 applications from private sector organisations for the issuance of Pension Clearance Certificates. Out of this number, PCCs were issued to 10,541 organisations, while 659 applications were in the approval process as at 31 March 2022.…

Dr. Frederic Oladeinde is the Commissioner for Transportation in Lagos State. At the recent National Transport Technology Conference and Exhibition (NTTCE) organized by the Nigerian Transport Commissioners Forum, he granted this exclusive interview to The News Diet, speaking on a wide range of transport sector issues in Lagos State. Enjoy it: You spoke about introducing a fourth BRT in your speech earlier. Can you explain this concept? The fourth BRT is the Lagos-Badagry expressway BRT lane which runs parallel with the blue line which is the rail line. It starts from the Eric Moore axis and goes all the way…

Road Accidents have claimed the lives of 217,875 Nigerians in nine years between 2011 and 2020 as the nation recorded a staggering 111,920 road crashes and 402,360 casualties. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani revealed this at the 2nd edition of the Public Policy dialogue organized by the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration (CIOTA) Nigeria, recently. At the virtual meeting, Dr. Ajani observed that road transport mode is the predominant mode for movement of goods and services in the country, describing the road mode as the first and last-mile-carriage of the Nigeria’s transport network. She,…

The Blue Economy concept has gained prominence in the last decade. This can be attributed to the depleting resources of countries especially oil and gas and other solid minerals and the concomitant need for nations to diversify their economies so as to increase revenues in order to meet the social needs of their people. Another major reason why the Blue Economy concept has become very important is the need to safeguard the earth through the sustainable exploitation of marine resources for the benefit of generations unborn. Blue Economy concept is the sustainable exploitation of all resources in the marine…