By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – A former Minister of Aviation and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode, has called on Nigerians to unite against the foreign elements that are bent on killing innocent citizens and destabilising the country. Fani-Kayode, made the call while commiserating with...
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The Federal Government has again filed amended charges against the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), in the amended application, it filed before a Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice Binta Nyako, increased...
The Federal Government has cautioned Nigerians to beware of the activities of fraudsters claiming to be disbursing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Survival Fund of 80, 000 naira. A statement issued on Monday by Mr Tola Johnson, Coordinator, Project Delivery Office (PDO) of the Federal Government’s MSME Survival...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has assured young Nigerians that the Federal Government would continue to support them in making their marks in different fields like technology, environmental sanitation, agriculture, public health, and education, among others, Prof. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja on Thursday at...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated over 200 Buffalo branded operational vehicles and other security hardware procured by the Federal Government, through the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF), for the Nigeria Police. Inaugurating the vehicles and other security hardware in Abuja, Buhari described the provision of the equipment as...
The Federal Government, on Thursday, inaugurated a 23-man governing board for Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, while inaugurating the board in Abuja, urged them to expedite the execution of the commission’s statutory functions. He further tasked the...
Mr Kola Balogun, Chairman, Momas Electricity Meter Manufacturing Company (MEMMCOL), has called on the Federal Government to grant licences to selected indigenous companies to sell prepaid meters directly to consumers. Balogun made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. NAN...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the Federal Government’s plans to increase excise duties on locally produced non-alcoholic, carbonated, and sugary drinks. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Federal Government had announced that the reason for its decision was to discourage the consumption of sugar...
A Federal lawmaker, Senator Ali Ndume has called on the Federal Government to name and arrest those sponsoring terrorism in the country. Senator Ndume, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, made the call during an interview on Channels TV’s Political Paradigm. The lawmaker noted that he...
A legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, has called on the Federal Government to address the dearth of cash currently being experienced in the banking sector. Babalola, who is also the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) made the call in a statement issued on Monday in Ado-Ekiti. According...
The Federal Government has released N16.67 billion for the payment of accrued pension rights to 2021 retirees of Treasury-funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). This is contained in a statement signed, by the Head of Corporate Communications Department, National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mr Peter Aghahowa, and made available to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) that the Federal Government would take appropriate measures to improve access to foreign exchange for importation of raw materials and machines that are not available locally. The President gave the assurance on Wednesday...
The National Union of Nigerian Associations in Italy (NUNAI) says the Federal Government is already responding to its appeal for the supply of passport booklets to the Embassy in Italy. NUNAI confirmed this in a video interview with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, debunking recent media publication that over...
The Federal Government has declared Monday, Tuesday and Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year Day celebration. This is contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, on Wednesday in Abuja. The Minister of Interior,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) have begun a collaboration to aggregate maize under the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the federal government for the 2021 wet season. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the maize farmers also inaugurated the...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, says that the Federal government has disbursed N100 billion with a view to creating jobs for the teeming unemployed persons in the country. Mr. Keyamo said this in a statement made available by his media office on...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Zonal Executive Committee of National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), has called on the Federal Government to expedite action in reconstituting the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). NAWOJ also condemned the deplorable state of roads in the zone, and called on...
Aviation Round Table (ART), a pressure group in Nigeria’s aviation sector has commended the Federal Government for reciprocating United Arab Emirates (UAE) flight frequency into that country by Nigeria’s flag carrier. President of the group, Dr Gabriel Olowo, also commended the Nigerian government in a statement issued in Ikeja...
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have threatened to embark on another industrial action following a three-week ultimatum issued by the union last month. They, however, called on well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Government to honour the agreement reached with the union. The lecturers...
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government is currently working to grow the country’s gas reserve from 206 trillion cubic feet to 600 TCF. Sylva gave the assurance on Wednesday at the 23rd World Petroleum Congress in Houston, Texas, U.S. The News Agency...