Some traders in Abuja have lamented the spike in transport fares as fuel stations hiked the pump prices of petrol. The traders expressed their displeasure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent in Abuja. NAN reports that barely hours after President Bola Tinubu said “fuel subsidy is...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command in conjunction with the labour unions, security agencies and other stakeholders have appealed for calm amidst the recent fuel subsidy removal by the federal government. The joint sensitization meeting with all security agencies had in attendance different stakeholders including...
Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has urged the Federal Government to introduce some palliatives that will reduce the effects of the fuel subsidy removal from 2023 budget on its citizens. Its founder, Dr Muda Yusuf, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to immediately instruct the Nigerian Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) to withdraw the just released pricing template to allow free flow of discussions by the parties. Mr Joe Ajaero, the NLC President, made the call in a statement signed by...
The Federal Government has changed the date for the collection of the National Honour Award for the recipients to yet undisclosed date. Mrs Ibiene Roberts, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, made the disclosure in a circular issued by Mrs Julie Jacobs, Director of Information in...
The National Industrial Court on Tuesday declared that the Federal Government position of ‘ no work no pay” against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), is legal. Delivering the judgment, Justice Benedict Kanyip declared that ASUU was not entitled to salary during the period it embarked on strike....
A meeting between the federal government and the striking health workers, under the aegis of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU), has ended in a deadlock. The National Vice Chairman of JOHESU, Obinna Ogbonna, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, that the meeting held...
The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Friday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, took delivery of a Boeing 737-8000 aircraft to launch Nigeria Air. Speaking at the occasion, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace, Sen. Hadi SIrika, said there are plans to create a fleet of 35...
The Federal Government on Friday unveiled a 10-year National Housing Strategy Blueprint (NHSB) to ensure availability of quality housing for cater for low-income earners. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, inaugurated the blueprint on Friday in Abuja. He said that the document put together by the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Government has unveiled 4,366 digital economy projects implemented in different part of the country as part of efforts to consolidate the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS). The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, who unveiled the projects...
The Federal Government has inaugurated the Sokoto State Command Permanent Administrative Headquarters of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Mr Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, who inaugurated the project on Monday, noted with pride the tremendous transformation being witnessed by the corps in the past two...
The leadership of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its one-week warning strike which it embarked upon on Wednesday, May 17. President of the association, Dr. Emeka Orji, said the association suspended the action for two weeks after reaching some agreement with the government on Friday....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- A Federal High Court in Abuja last week ordered the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to “account for the spending of $460 million Chinese loan to fund the failed Abuja Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) project.” The Court also ordered the government to “publish the total amount of...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Adamu Adamu says the Federal Government will immortalise late Emeritus Prof. Nimi Briggs, former Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). Briggs, who passed away in the early hours of April 10 at the age of 79, was the 5th vice chancellor of the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Director, Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), Vivek Menon, has commended the Federal Government over its reforms in the Nigeria Ports sector which have significantly reduced the cases of non compliance of Standard Operating Procedure. Mr. Menon, who is also the Convention on Business Integrity...
The Federal Government says the inauguration of President-Elect, Bola Tinubu and the Vice President-Elect, Kashim Shettima on May 29 remains sacrosanct. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, said this when he addressed a World News Conference to kick-start the inauguration activities on Thursday in...
The Federal Government says negotiations are on-going with stakeholders over the five-day warning strike embarked upon by members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday. Fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, Director, Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Morenike Alex-Okoh, said the strike...
A Federal High Court in Abuja an application by ECOBANK Nigeria Limited to restrain the Federal Government from forcing the bank to refund N800 million arising from loss suffered due to the multiple payments made to beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, ordered Isaac...
The Federal Government has warned members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to shelve their planned five-day warning strike. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja, shortly after receiving a letter of notification from the NARD executive on the...
Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has urged Federal Government to address its demands before May 29. The association’s President, Dr Innocent Orji, made the call at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, saying that the resident doctors had already declared a five-day warning strike from Wednesday 17....