By GRACE AUDU – The federal government has been called upon to amend the current Students Loans Act by appointing an independent Chairman and Secretary instead of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor as required by the Act. The call was made this week by a university...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, gave the Federal Government seven days to file charge against the detained President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order following the expiration of the earlier order granted the office of the Attorney-General of the...
Some financial experts have advised the Federal Government not to remove electricity subsidy, saying such act can lead to tough economic conditions. They said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Prof. Bright Eregha, Lecturer of Economics at the Pan-Atlantic...
The Federal Government may lose over N400 billion if the technical equipment and accessories procured by the National Population Commission (NPC) are allowed to waste in warehouses spread in 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), investigations show. The census materials supplied to the NPC...
If President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led Federal Government is desirous of ending gas flaring in the country, then, the administration should consider as urgent, taking both practical and pragmatic steps to save the people of Ubeji Community, a sleepy Satellite community located around the Warri petrochemical company in Warri...
The Registrar, Chattered Institute of Treasury Management (CITM), Mr Olumide Adedoyin, has urged the Federal Government to phase out higher denomination notes, such as the N1000 and N500 Naira notes, to strengthen the Naira. He said N1000 and N500 notes were more susceptible to counterfeiting, and illicit financial...
The Federal Government is set to inaugurate a 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage with a mandate to recommend a new National Minimum Wage for the Country. The planned inauguration of the Committee is sequel to the approval of President Bola Tinubu. This was according to a...
In a bid to fast-track the process of achieving the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline, the Federal Government has intensified discussions with the Kingdom of Morocco. The discussion which held on Wednesday, 24th January, 2024, on the side-lines of a meeting between the Honourable Minister...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of renewal fees for the Group Life Assurance for federal government workers. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Wednesday at the end of the first 2024 meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government through the Ministry of Education has suspended the accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Education, Augustina Obilor-Duru, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government has sympathized with the families of the victims of the recent attacks in Plateau and ordered for immediate release of humanitarian relief to the affected communities. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, disclosed this in a...
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has urged the Federal Government to come out with a clear-cut compensation package for all victims of drone attacks across the country. The National President of MACBAN, Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, made the call in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Othman-Ngelzarma...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Federal Government has said it is set to commence the disbursement of loans to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by January 2024. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and MSMEs, Office of the Vice-President, Mr...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to covert the 50 billion naira budgeted for student loan scheme to grants. President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Hard Copy on Friday, cited the burden of paying back...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has appealed to the Federal Government to ensure an upward review of the budgetary provisions for education in the 2024 appropriation bill before the National Assembly. ASUP President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, said this at a news conference, ahead of the union’s...
The Federal Government has partnered the private sector to bridge the 29 million dollars procurement funding gap for family planning commodities to reduce maternal mortality. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, said this during a High Level Private Sector Forum on Family Planning...
The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on failed Nkwelle-Nsugbe-Umueri-Aguleri federal road in Anambra. “CLO is making passionate and life- saving appeal to President Bola Tinubu; Minister of Work, Chief David Umahi and Federal Emergency Roads Maintenance...
Disney Nwanne Foundation urges FG to reconstitute the Board of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria
Disney Nwanne Foundation urges FG to reconstitute the Board of Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria
Disney Nwanne Foundation, a patients’ rights advocacy non- profit organisation has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently reconstitute the board of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN). The MDCN is responsible for regulating the practice of medicine and dentistry in Nigeria, and its board has been...
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) has restated the association’s resolve to negotiate with the Federal Government on issues instead of embarking on strike. Mr Lucky Osesua, the National Chairman of PTD, gave the assurance at a news briefing on Wednesday on the crisis rocking the association through its...
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), has appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action in the payment of workers salary delisted by Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). ASCSN National President, Mr Etim Okon, stated this at a news conference on Tuesday in...