The Federal Government (FG) said it would obey the ruling of the Supreme Court suspending the February 10 deadline for the validity of the old naira notes. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, made this known in an interview with Arise News on Thursday. Malami said...
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Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states have instituted a suit against the Federal Government seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a motion ex-parte filed before the Supreme Court, the three states are praying the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on the Federal Government to probe a report that the presidential spokesperson for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Dino Melaye and others ‘smuggled out’ N50 billion new notes from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). MURIC’s...
Project Pink Blue (PPB), a non-governmental organisation, has appealed to the Federal Government to do everything to gazette the National Cancer Act in order to put the document into operation. The Chief Executive Officer of the NGO, Mr Runcie Chidebe, made the call on Saturday in Abuja during a...
The Federal Government says it is focused on ensuring that the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) scarcity and queues are normalised. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, made this known on Friday while speaking with newsmen shortly after inspecting some filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has urged the Federal Government to revoke licences of oil marketers selling above approved pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). PENGASSAN said the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) should immediately mobilise its staff in...
The Federal Government says the solution to problems facing Ajaokuta Steel Company does not lie in the hands of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who supervised its questionable and failed concession. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 19th edition...
The Federal Government has recruited and trained 8, 000 personnel of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to safeguard highways in the country. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday in Abuja while decorating the new FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu with...
Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has urged Nigerians to approach the New Year with positive mindsets and remain hopeful for a greater Nigeria. The minister gave the advice in his new year message on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, while the challenges facing Nigerians were daunting,...
The Federal Government says it will soon make a pronouncement on salary increase for civil servants to meet up with the economic realities in the country occasioned by inflation. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, made this known while fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja...
The Federal Government has described as unfortunate the pledge by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to reopen all Nigerian borders if elected president. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had made the pledge during his campaign rally in Katsina on Tuesday, But the Minister of...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday, received 191 stranded Nigerians from India. The returnees, who were evacuated by NEMA on behalf of the Federal Government, arrived in an Ethiopian Airlines chartered flight, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 4:40 p.m. They were received by a...
The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Malam Aliyu Ahmed, says more than 5,000 companies and individuals spread across 10 Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are owing the Federal Government about N5.2 trillion. Ahmed stated this at the zonal sensitisation workshop on Federal...
The Rigasa Train Station in Kaduna record low turnout of passengers on Tuesday as the Abuja-Kaduna train service resumed operations nine months after its suspension. The resumption of service on the route came 251 days after the Federal Government announced its suspension following terrorists attack on a passenger train...
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has called for the recognition of persons with disabilities by the Federal Government and 17 state governments in the country. The CCD Director, David Anyaele said this in a statement to commemorate this year’s edition of the International Day of Persons with...
The Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, said the Federal Government lost about N113m over the closure of the Abuja-Kaduna railway. The route was closed for over eight months after terrorists attacked an Abuja-Kaduna passenger train on March 28, 2022. During the attack, about 14 persons were killed...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has resolved to update the draft Finance Bill with additional inputs from state governors before the bill goes to the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice-President, Mr Laolu Akande, stated this on...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex socio-cultural organisation of the Igbo people, has condemned killings in parts of Enugu and Ebonyi states. Chairman, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Council of Elders, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, condemned the killings while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on Thursday. Iwuanyanwu, an elder statesman, frowned at the “wanton destruction...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AEFUNAI), Ebonyi chapter, says it will cover grounds lost to the eight-month called off in October. The union, therefore, appealed to stakeholders to prevail upon the Federal Government to “avoid engaging in any activity that could plunge...