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FG Speaks On Sacking Thousands Of Workers Affected By Tinubu’s New Order Gasper Babatunde  Reporting  Amid concerns surrounding the implementation of Steve Oronsaye’s report, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has stated the stand of the federal government. The directive by Tinubu to implement Oronsaye’s report would reportedly affect thousands of workers in the scrapped and subsumed agencies However, Idris has assured that the federal government has no plans to retrench workers. He emphasized that the consolidation of certain parastatals aims to enhance efficiency in the civil service and reduce costs. Idris, speaking at a ministerial press briefing series in Abuja, explained the rationale behind the restructuring of departments and agencies. He stated: “The consideration of Steve Oronsaye’s report is to improve efficiency in the Civil service. This does not mean that the government intends to retrench workers.” Highlighting the government’s app...

 Algeria, Nigeria and Niger signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a natural gas pipeline across the Sahara Desert, Algeria’s Energy Minister, Mohamed Arkab, announced in July 2022.  NIGERIA ALGERIA TRANS SAHARAN GAS PIPELINE DEAL In June 2022, the energy ministers of Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria revived a decades-old project to develop a gas pipeline that would traverse the Sahara Desert. Named the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP), the envisioned project would connect Nigeria’s expansive Warri hydrocarbon fields to Algeria’s Hassi R’Mel feeder hub on the Mediterranean coast. Up to a trillion cubic feet of natural gas annually will pass through 2,565 miles of pipeline, with Algeria’s segment comprising 1,435 miles, more than half the total project length. Recent talks, supported by the European Union, saw the respective governments agree to establish a task force to update the project’s feasibility study, initially conducted in 2005. In the readiness of the mega p...

Service rifle, ammunition disappear while Policeman was watching Super Eagles’ match Gasper Babatunde Reporting  A police inspector attached to the palace of the Olu of Warri, Delta State, has lost his AK-47 rifle with serial number 0927 alongside 60 rounds of ammunition on Sunday inside the palace. The mobile police officer, identified as Yusuf Samaila, was watching the match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) when they disappeared. According to LEADERSHIP, the police inspector from the PMF 51, Oghara, headquarters of the Ethiope West local government area of Delta State, reportedly lost the firearm when his room was burgled, and his rifle was taken away by an unknown person. Confirming the incident, a source in Warri, privy to the matter, said that the mobile police officer had locked his rifle with 60 rounds of ammunition inside his room in the palace and gone to watch the match, but when he re...

By   Gasper Babatunde  i HW RIP😩 Access Holdings Plc, on Friday night, reportedly lost its Group Chief Executive Officer,  Herbert Wigwe , in a helicopter crash in the United States of America. Kukuruku News  gathered that Wigwe, his wife and his son were in the helicopter, headed to Las Vegas when it crashed near a border between Nevada and California. The Group Chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group), Abimbola Ogunbanjo, was also in the helicopter during the crash. Here are seven (7) things to know about the late Access Bank CEO: 1. Mr Wigwe started his professional career with Coopers & Lybrand Associates, an international firm of Chartered Accountants 2. He spent over 10 years at Guaranty Trust Bank Plc where he managed several portfolios, including financial institutions, large corporates, and multinationals. 3. He left Guaranty Trust Bank as an Executive Director to co-lead the transformation of Access Bank Plc in March 2002 as Deputy Managing ...

  Six safety tips to take while watching Super Eagles final AFCON match  Gasper Babatunde  February 9, 2024 During the Nigeria vs South Africa semi-final, over four Nigerians passed away, with some succumbing to hypertension, while the cause of death remains unknown for others. Looking ahead, the Super Eagles of Nigeria will play against host Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the 2023  Africa Cup of Nations  on Sunday. Here are some safety tips to consider while watching the Nigeria vs Cote d’Ivoire final: 1. Listen to your body: Pay attention to your heart rate and pace of breath. If the heart rate or breath quickens, that’s stress. The body doesn’t know the difference between “good” and “bad” stress. 2. Take screen breaks during halftime. 3. Prevent stiffness with short stretches 4. Eat fruits during the game. 5. Breathe: Inhale for four counts. Exhale for four counts. Repeat. Do this as often and as many times as needed. 6. Stay positive: Even if the game intensi...

  January salaries of federal Workers delayed ‘beyond normal’ — Report February 5, 2024 January salaries of federal civil servants delayed ‘beyond normal’ — Report Workers at federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) are yet to receive their January salaries, Kukuruku has learnt. According to an internal memo seen by TheCable, the National Mathematics Centre, Abuja, attributed the delay in the payment of the salaries to the non-conclusion of the 2024 appropriation on the government integrated financial management system (GIFMIS) platform by the office of the accountant-general of the federation (OAGF). According to the memo from the bursary department of the mathematical centre dated January 31, and titled, ‘Delay in the payment of January 2024 Salary’, all MDAs were affected. “We wish to inform you that January 2024 salaries will be delayed beyond normal,” the memo reads. As of today, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation is still working on finalizing t...

Blackout hits Nigeria as National grid collapses Another national grid collapse in Nigeria has resulted to blackout nationwide. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, in a statement posted on its X account said power outage being experienced in its franchise areas is as a result of a system failure from the national grid at 11:21 hours on Sunday. “The Management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) wishes to inform its valued customers that the power outage being experienced is as a result of a system failure from the national grid at 11:21 hours today, 4th February, 2024, which has led to a nationwide power outage. “Be rest assured that we are working with the relevant stakeholders to restore power as soon as the grid is stabilized,” the statement said. The development comes after electricity supply dropped in parts of the country over constraints in gas supply to electricity generation companies. In 2023, Nigerians experienced at least three nationwide blackouts on...

  January Salary: Workers lament   January Salary: Workers lament as Federal govt fails to make payments There is growing restiveness among the staff of the federal civil service, ministries, departments and agencies, and MDAs, over unpaid January salaries. The worker’s situation is compounded by the fact that they also owed a backlog of N35,000 in wage awards. It was gathered that non-payment of the January salary to core civil servants and non-core civil servants is due to the inability of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, OAGF, to finalise the 2024 Appropriation on the Government Integrated Financial Management System, GIFMIS, platform. The failure has prevented the release of the personnel warrant for January 2024 for salary payment. General Secretary of the Nigeria Civil Service Union, NCSU, Bomoi Muhammed Ibraheem, confirmed  that members of the union have not been paid. A staff federal secretariat, Abuja, who lamented the situation,  ”The...