By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has kicked against the 25% deduction from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) of the National Examinations Council (NECO) by the Federal Government. The union, in a letter to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu,...
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The Federal Government in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has concluded plans to give financial empowerment to 75,600 batches A and B beneficiaries of N-Power programme. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, said this at the inauguration of the...
The Federal Government has so far released N10.06billion to speed up the construction of the Presidential (VIP) Wing of the State House Clinic, Aso Villa, Abuja. The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijanni Umar, made this known while giving an overview on the financial status of the project, scheduled to...
Many Nigerian students trapped in Sumy, Ukraine have called for urgent evacuation back home amid a Russian invasion. Sumy, in North-East Ukraine, is close to the Russian border. The Federal government has evacuated more than 1,000 Nigerians who made it out of Ukraine to neigbouring countries such as Poland...
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Thursday struck out a suit filed by the Federal Government against the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors ( NARD) Joined as a co-claimant in the suit is the Federal Ministry of health. However, when the case was called, neither the claimants nor their...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) maintains that it will not back down on the current industrial action, accusing the Federal Government of not keeping to its promises. President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke said this on Monday, more than two weeks after ASUU declared a one-month warning...
Rep. Chinedu Ogah (APC-Ebonyi) has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to dialogue with the Federal Government towards resolving its dispute. Ogah, who represents Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abakaliki. The lawmaker said that ASUU’s incessant strike had resulted in...
Rep. Babatunde Hunpe says it would have taken 63 years to complete ongoing reconstruction of Badagry expressway if Federal Government had relied on annual budgetary allocation for the project. Speaking during the presentation of drugs to Primary Healthcare Centre in Ajara-Badagry, the federal lawmaker said that N1.3 billion was...
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has said the Federal Government will not relent in its efforts towards promoting digital innovation and entrepreneurship among Nigerian youths. The minister gave the assurance on Tuesday while commissioning an Information Technology (IT) Innovation Centre named after President Muhammadu...
The House of Representatives has called for the declaration of a national emergency on ritual killings across the country. This formed part of the resolutions reached by the lawmakers on a motion of urgent public importance entitled ‘Need to Curb the Rising Trend of Ritual Killings in Nigeria’. More...
The Federal Government says it has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism across the country, especially those backing Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Thursday during a press conference on the administration’s fight...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, send fighter jets to flush out terrorists in their hideouts who are behind the kidnappings and killings of Nigerians. The call was made on Tuesday during plenary in resolutions reached following...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has approved the resumption of scheduled passenger flights between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Director-General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu, disclosed this this in a communique issued on Wednesday. According to the communique: “Consequently,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has announced the approval of the new guidelines on the Administration of Expatriate Quota. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Director of Press in the ministry, Mrs Blessing Lere-Adams....
Says policies on job creation , economic diversification working By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Sokoto inaugurated a new 3 million metric tonnes per annum BUA Cement Sokoto Line 4 Factory, expressing delight that the Federal Government policies on economic diversification, job creation and...
Experts have urged the Federal Government to invest in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and the agriculture sector to tackle poverty in the country. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. They spoke against the backdrop of the Federal...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 167 victims of human trafficking and forced labour stranded in Libya have been repatriated by the Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The Charge d’ Affairs of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, Mr. Kabiru Musa, disclosed...
The Federal Government is proposing to extend its suspension on the removal of fuel subsidy by 18 months. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, announced this on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents in Abuja. He disclosed that the government has concluded plans to approach...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Patanmi, has said that the Federal Government Data Centre in Kano State would be ready by the first quarter of 2022. Patanmi, who made revealed this while inspecting the centre on Saturday in Kano, ssaid that the centre has 41...
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court, Abuja that the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, chose to appear before the court in the same clothe he wore the previous day. Counsel to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Shuaibu Labaran,...