Index to Nigerian Newspapers

The People's Alternative Political Movement (TPAP-M) has requested information on the N3 trillion fuel subsidy demanded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited for 2022. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Muhammadu Buhari and two others at the Federal High Court, Lagos for failure to probe allegations that over N3.1 billion of public funds are missing from the finance ministry. The National Industrial Court (NIC) will hear the contempt suit filed by the Association of Specialist Medical Doctors in Academics against Ahmed for alleged disregard to a court order. The court had ordered the defendants to pay the doctors based on the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and associated allowances, which was approved by the Federal Government on September 29, 2009. However, from August 2021 till date, the defendants are yet to fully comply with the order. The claimants are seeking an order for leave of the court to proceed with committal proceedings for disobedience to its order.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has issued a February warning to the Federal Government to fully implement the minimum wage or face industrial action. In a communiqué issued at the end of its 41st National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, the union lamented the hardship its members are going through due to the implementation of the Integrated Personnel Payroll System (IPPIS). It urged the government to pay the overdue arrears of the national minimum wage on or before the end of February 2022, unbundle the mode of payment by decentralising payment along staff unions, and ensure the immediate and full implementation of the circular on pharmacists consultant cadre referenced HCSF/CSO/HRM/T3.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has issued a February warning to the Federal Government to fully implement the minimum wage or face industrial action. In a communiqué issued at the end of its 41st National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, the union lamented the hardship its members are going through due to the implementation of the Integrated Personnel Payroll System (IPPIS). It urged the government to pay the overdue arrears of the national minimum wage on or before the end of February 2022, unbundle the mode of payment by decentralising payment along staff unions, and ensure the immediate and full implementation of the circular on pharmacists consultant cadre referenced HCSF/CSO/HRM/T3.

The lifting of the seven months ban on micro blogging platform, Twitter, by the Federal Government has seen many government agencies, parastatals, corporate Nigeria and users return to the platform. Twitter said it was pleased to restore service for everyone in Nigeria, while the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) described the lifting as strategic. The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government had suspended Twitter in Nigeria on June 4, 2021, and lasted for seven months with attendant effects on the country's reputation, economy and development. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, and Amnesty International have welcomed the lifting of the ban on Twitter in Nigeria, which was an attack on the right to freedom of expression, access to information, and freedom of the press. Paradigm Initiative, an organisation that works to connect underserved young Africans with digital opportunities, is also happy that access to the microblogging platform has been restored.