The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated the National Council on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to ease ways of doing small businesses across the country. Director-General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Mr Charles Odii, made this known while briefing newsmen at...
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The members of the 7th Oyo State House of Assembly have urged the Federal Government to allow the national flag be flown at half-mast whenever Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, would be buried. Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi was the designer of the National Flag. The lawmakers, who served between 2011 and...
The Federal Government says its Renewed Hope Shelter Programme will provide one million low cost housing units for the vulnerable populations for seven years. Mrs Chidimma Makuachukwu, the National Programme Manager, Renewed Hope Shelter for the Poor, IDP and Refugees disclosed this on Tuesday at the Sixth Nigeria...
The Federal Government in collaboration with International Philanthropic organisations have partner to raise 200 million dollars to create jobs and support the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) space. Mr Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, Senior Special Assistant to the President on MSMEs and Job Creation, Office of the Vice President,...
The federal government has approved the establishment of the National Education Repository and Databank (NERD) system. This was disclosed by the minister of education, Prof Tahir Mamman, at the stakeholders’ engagement and sensitisation programme for the project on Tuesday at the Conference Hall, Federal Ministry of Education Headquarters,...
The Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun, has said that the Federation Account is witnessing improved revenue inflow since the removal of subsidy from average of N650 million monthly to over N1 trillion in the last four months. The minister stated this on Monday in Asaba at...
The Federal Government has said that no fewer than 30,000 Nigerians have benefited from the commonwealth scholarship scheme since its inception in 1959. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, David Adejo said this at the 2024/2025 Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) nomination interview in Abuja on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The leadership of College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) said it has received with immense satisfaction, the decision of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to suspend the backward policy directing tertiary institutions including Colleges of Education to start remitting 40% of a non-existent IGR to...
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, threatened to strike out the case of the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore if the prosecution fails to put it’s house in order. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the...
By ZAKAA LAZARUS, Abuja – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have said the ongoing nationwide strike was not an ego tripping show. Recalled that the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the strike embarked by the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has kicked against a new Federal Government’s policy requiring partially funded education institutions to remit 40 percent of their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to the FG’s coffers. Recall that last week, the government said...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, says the 2023 supplementary budget is a bold and pragmatic response to address the current economic challenges in the country. Idris stated this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Rabiu Ibrahim, on Thursday in...
The Bauchi State government, on Tuesday, handed over the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) for effective management and economic development of the state. Speaking during the official handover, the Managing Director of FAAN, Mr Kabir Muhammad, said the state...
The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, has appealed to motorists to use alternative routes to avert gridlock as comprehensive repair on Adekunle ramps of Third Mainland Bridge begins on Monday. Kesha made the appeal on Sunday while addressing a World Press Conference on...
A constitutional lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo, has urged the Federal Government to introduce electronic tags for inmates awaiting trial in correctional centers to ease overcrowding. Ajulo who made the call in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, He said this would address the issue of overcrowding in correctional...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government has alerted Nigerians on the existence of portal designed by undesirable elements to defraud Nigerians. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that the “FG Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has emphasized the importance of a free and vibrant media landscape to the success of democracy, expressing the government’s commitment to ensuring press freedom. Alhaji Idris stated this while receiving executive members of...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Special Duties, Sen. Kaka Shehu, has said that the senate has yet to receive any briefing from the Federal Government on the suspension of N-Power Programme. Sen. Kaka, who represented Borno South at the National Assembly, said this at the inaugural meeting of...
The Federal Government has said it will invest in 8000 primary healthcare centres with the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) FG’ll. Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Patmade the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja during the unveiling of the NHIA Operational Guidelines. The News Agency...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume has called on banks to follow provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) when lending to Governments in the Federation and their institutions. A statement by Bede Anyanwu, Head of Strategic Communications at the Fiscal Responsibility...