The Federal Government says it will re-open both the Eko and Apongbon Bridges to road users ahead of schedule by midnight of July 9, 2023. According to it, this is to alleviate the suffering of road users. The Director, Highways, Bridges and Designs in the Federal Ministry of Works,...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has reiterated President Tinubu’s determination and commitment to address basic infrastructural facilities issues in the country including Gamboru- Ngala-Dikwa, and Maiduguri -Bama-Banki-Damboa – Biur federal Trunk ‘A’ roads in Borno State. Kashim, who stated this on Wednesday...
Vice President Kashim Shettima says the Federal Government will address the challenges of infrastructure deficit, youth unemployment and restiveness in Borno and Nigeria in general. Shettima spoke with newsmen shortly paying Sallah homage to the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar El-Kanemi, on Wednesday in Maiduguri. The vice president is...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the shelving of the proposed plan of electricity tariff hike by July 1 for the collective good and safety of Nigerians. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, said this in a statement titled “Shelve this tariff hike” and made available to newsmen...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday received no fewer than 102 stranded Nigerians from Libya. The returnees were officially received by Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General, NEMA on behalf of the Federal Government. According to a statement from the agency, the 102 returnees comprised...
The Federal Government says it will consider the list of demands from the Trade Union Congress (TUC) which includes minimum wage. Speaking to State House correspondents after a meeting between the Federal Government and the TUC which lasted for about three hours, the spokesperson for the Federal government, Dele...
Striking resident doctors and the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government on the industrial action that began on Wednesday. Operating on the platform of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), the striking doctors embarked on the five-day warning strike...
A non-governmental organisations, National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR) has urged the Federal Government to increase the taxation on sugar beverages from N10 to N30. A representative of the coalition, Mr Edozie Chukwuma, made the call on Monday during a sit-out in Abuja to discourage consumption. The News Agency...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The federal government is inching closer to delivering on its food systems transformation pathways as a comprehensive and holistic approach to sustainable development in the nation’s food system. As part of preparatory effort, the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, in concert with...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has urged the World Bank President, Mr David Malpass, to use his “good offices to suspend any disbursement of the $800m loan to the Federal Government and to request the incoming administration to provide satisfactory explanations for the...
The Federal Government has so far evacuated 2,371 Nigerians stranded in war-torn Sudan. Dr Onimode Bandele, Director of Special Duties, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) gave the figure in Abuja on Saturday when 125 stranded Nigerians arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The National Industrial Court on Thursday fixed May 30 to deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In the suit, the federal government dragged ASUU before the court to determine the substantive suit filed during the 2022 ASUU’s...
The Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai and his Anambra counterpart, Prof. Charles Soludo, have urged the Federal Government to end the fuel subsidy regime which has negatively affected Nigeria’s economy. The governors made the call on Tuesday in Abuja during a panel session at the policy conversation on...
The Federal Government has released a 1,564-page compendium detailing the numerous achievements of the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2023 The compendium which came in two volumes and documented by the Ministry of Information and Culture was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. In...
The Federal Government on Wednesday informed the National Industrial Court of its decision to formally react to Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s request for arbitration by May 11. ASUU filed the suit against the Minister of Labour and Employment and the Registrar of Trade Unions ( RTU). The...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has restated its commitment towards evacuating stranded Nigerians in Sudan. The Director-General of the agency, Mr Mustapha Ahmed,stated this in a statement issued by the Head of its Press Unit, Mr Manzo Ezekiel on Saturday in Abuja. NEMA, he said, has set up...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Vice Chancellor of Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof Lawal Bilbis has condemned the recent attack on Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, who was carrying out his national assignment in Yola, Adamawa State. Prof. Bilbis who stated this in a statement issued on Wednesday, described...
Rt. Rev. Christian Onyia, the Bishop, Diocese of Nike Anglican Communion in Enugu State on Saturday urged governments at all levels to focus on job creation to stem rising insecurity and terrorism. Onyia made the call while delivering his Bishop’s Charge at the 2nd session of the 6th Synod of the...
The Federal Government (FG), in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on Tuesday evacuated 152 Nigerians, who are stranded and lived as illegal immigrants in Libya, to Nigeria. The evacuated Nigerians whose return was facilitated under the FG-IOM Voluntary Repatriation Exercise, arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International...