The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended the Federal Government (FG) for suspending the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates obtained from institutions in Benin Republic and Togo. NANS also called on the government to extend its sanction to Nigerian tertiary institutions offering courses without...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has approved an extension of the deadline for the 2024 hajj registration by the intending pilgrims. The Assistant Director, Public Affairs, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Mrs. Fatima Usara, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday....
A Lagos-based constitutional lawyer and public affairs analyst, Mr Jide Ologun, says President Bola Tinubu-led federal government’s utmost priority in 2024 should be that of reversing the inflationary trend. Ologun, a former Chairman, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Ikeja Branch, made this remark in an interview on...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, says more revocation of mining license is in the offing for other categories of defaulters in 2024. Alake issued the warning in his New Year Goodwill Message to Nigerians in Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls ...
Renown farmer, Chief Afe Babalola, has beaten nine other nominees across Sub- Saharan Africa to emerge the 2024 African man of the Year in food security, the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports. The conferment of the award on the nonegarian legal icon and founder of...
The Federal Government has announced a planned closure of the Iyana Oworonshoki-Adeniji Adele section of the Third Mainland Bridge from 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made the announcement on Thursday in a statement. Kesha said the...
As the world celebrates Christmas on Monday, some Nigerian civil servants have urged the Federal Government to pay arrears of the N35,000 wage award it promised workers. The civil servants, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews, also advised the Federal Government to...
The Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer program, which President Bola Tinubu introduced for 15 million households about sixty days ago, is already having a significant impact, according to the beneficiaries of the program. A recent independent investigation carried out to ascertain the efficacy and practicability of the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Monday, 25, Tuesday, 26 and Jan. 1, 2024, as public holidays to mark Christmas and new year celebrations. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration in a statement on Friday in Abuja, on behalf...
The Federal Government on Thursday announced the mechanical completion and flare start off of the Port-Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC). Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, disclosed this on Thursday in Port Harcourt during a media tour on the refinery which rehabilitation commenced in 2021....
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to address the current cash crunch in the country to prevent hardships on its citizens. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, said this on Tuesday in a statement titled “Cash Crunch: An incitement of Nigerians”. Ajaero said the congress...
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...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N1.088.783 trillion November revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils (LGCs). This is according to the communique issued by the FAAC at its meeting on Friday. The communique said that the distributable...
Some road users in Lagos, on Wednesday, appealed to the Federal Government to urgently fix the failed portions around Mushin Olosha sections of Agege Motor Road causing gridlock and hardship. The road users made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. A...
The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday, repatriated 281 stranded and detained Nigerians in different camps in Libya to Nigeria. Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge d’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya, disclosed this in a statement made available to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has tasked the federal government to take advantage of investment opportunities in the blue economy to turn the fortunes of the country. The lawmaker stated this Wednesday when the joint Senate/House of Reps...
The Coordinating Ministry of Health and Social Development, Prof. Ali Pate, has assured that a decisive action will be taken to combat criminal activities in health practices. Responding to a newspaper investigation, titled “Inside Abuja’s Kidney ‘Market’,” Pate on his X page condemned the depravity and criminality revealed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – All Muslim Women Associations Borno State has strongly condemned the barbaric bombing of innocent Muslims observing Maukud Nabiyyu festival in Tudun Biri Village of Igabi LGA of Kaduna . The group also called on the federal government and its agencies to intervene...
A group, the Concerned Northern Lawyers Forum, has condemned the recent military accidental bombing at Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, with a threat to institute legal action against the Federal Government over the incident. The group said the decision to sue the...