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...
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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...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to strengthen efforts to fight corruption at all levels. Fagbemi said this at Friday’s High-Level Seminar in Commemoration of the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day in Abuja. The minister was represented...
The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated six TETFund-sponsored projects worth N2.8 billion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Anambra State. Inaugurating the projects, Mr Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, said the structures would enhance teaching, learning and improvement of academic standards in the university....
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has revealed that the Federal Government funded 422 persons to the ongoing COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The minister made this known in a statement on Monday following a controversy trailing 1,411 Nigerian...
The Federal Government has commended Access Bank P.lc., for the upward review of its loan scheme for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) from N30 billion to N50 billion. Mr Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, Senior Special Assistant to the President on MSMEs and Job Creation, Office of the Vice-President, stated...
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...
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...