The Federal Government has assured the public that the Alau Dam in Borno did not collapse during recent flooding, attributing the overflow to climate change and unusually heavy rainfall. Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, extended the government’s condolences to the people of Borno State during...
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he Federal Government has signed the Cape Town Convention (CTC) Practice Directions to reduce the cost of airline operations in Nigeria’s aviation sector. The signing took place during a stakeholders’ meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), chaired by Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has directed the exclusion of third-party research grant funds of federal universities and research institutions from the Treasury Single Account. In a letter from the National Universities Commission (NUC)to Vice Chancellors, dated 6th September 2024 and made available to newsmen on...
The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified that the ministry has not stopped students who are not up to 18 years old from writing the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) exams. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has reiterated the call for the immediate payment of the four months withheld salaries of its members. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, National President of SSANU. said this in a communique issued on Sunday in Abuja, at the end of the union’s 49th...
The Federal Government says it plans to invest 800 million dollars in the construction of sub-stations and distribution networks as part of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI). This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Bolaji Tunji, the Special Adviser, Media and Strategic Communication to the Minister of...
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, in collaboration with the ECOWAS and World Food Programme (WFP), have supported 14,694 vulnerable people in Katsina and Sokoto states. The support launched on Friday in Katsina, was part of the ECOWAS nutrition assistance and cash-based transfer vouchers, under stabilisation...
Senator Abdulaziz Yar’adua has commended the Federal Government for approving a 50 per cent electricity subsidy for public hospitals in the country. Yar’adua, who made the commendation in a statement on Friday, said the subsidy would further reduce the operational cost incurred by the hospitals. This, he said, would...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has urged the Federal Government to resolve the rising food prices and hardship in the country. In a communique issued at the end of a week-long second Plenary Meeting of the CBCN held in Auchi Diocese, Edo, the clerics urged the federal...
The Federal Government says it will evoke the “No Work, No Pay” policy on members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) for the number of days that they observed the nationwide industrial action. The Assistant Director, Information Public Relations, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Mr Ado...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has called on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Board of Trustees and the governing councils of some federal tertiary institutions to leverage their expertise to drive significant improvements in quality and performance across educational establishments. The Minister of Education, Professor...
The Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have reached a compromise to avert the strike threatened by the union. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that ASUU, on Aug. 19, issued a 21-day strike notice to the federal government over some unmet demands At the...
The Federal Ministry of Works has directed the contractor handling rehabilitation of 150-kilometer Potiskum – Gashua Federal Road in Yobe to return to site immediately. The Acting Controller of Works in the State, Mr Abdurahaman Bukar, gave the directive when contacted by journalists on Wednesday in Damaturu. He said...
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are currently holding a meeting to avert the strike notice issued by the union. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting which started at about 2.17 p.m. at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of...
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) is uncomfortable with the present interest rate on loans for its members and needs a further reduction to one per cent, an official has said. The outgoing Chairman of MAN in Kwara and Kogi, Chief Bioku Rahman, disclosed this in Ilorin on Tuesday...
The Ministry of Youth Development has said it is working on introducing a training scheme equivalent to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for graduates of the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE). The Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr Olawande Wisdom, said this at the opening of the...
The Federal Government has said it would support states affected by flood with N3 billion to mitigate the effect of the menace. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, disclosed this while interacting with journalists at the Government House, Birnin Kebbi on Sunday. The...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community, community engagement, Abiodun Essiest has launched “Citizens Assembly” in Benue State during a town hall meeting for the North Central Nigeria. Recall that President Tinubu had appointed 6 Special Assistants for the purpose for...
Some residents of Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States say they are yet to receive the rice recently donated to the states by the Federal Government to them. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal Government had doled out 20 trucks of rice to the 36 states...
The Federal Government says no fewer than 21,600 students are parading fake certificates obtained from degree mills institutions in Benin Republic, Togo and others. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, disclosed this during a ministerial press briefing on his one year achievements in the ministry, in Abuja on...