By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Maiduguri directed the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development and its agencies to come up with specific programmes to address urgent threats posed by explosive remnants in the North East region. The President, who...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has explained why its meeting with the federal government ended in deadlock on Tuesday. According to ASUU, its meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee ended in deadlock because the committee presented “award of a recommended Consolidated...
The Federal Government has inaugurated a Presidential Steering Committee to review Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System(IPPIS), the Treasury Single Account(TSA) and Government Integrated Financial Management System( GIFMIS) over irregularities. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, who is also the chairman of committee inaugurated it...
The Federal Government is determined to ensure the release of victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack still in captivity, according to the Minister of Transportation, Mr Muazu Sambo. Sambo spoke in Lagos on Friday while inspecting railway facilities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Muhammadu Buhari...
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has criticised the Nigerian Governors Forum recommendations to the Federal Government on how to save the country from economic collapse. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba said this in a letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari and made available to newsmen on Friday in...
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State says the Federal Government of Nigeria cannot borrow N1.1 trillion to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who have been on strike for over five months. The Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum said this on Wednesday when...
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, says plans are on to incorporate and internalise climate change into the national policy and achieve net-zero emissions in the country. Adamu made this disclosure at a two-day Nigeria National Committee for UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (NNC-UNESCO-IHP) at the 2022 National...
Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has condemned the position of the Federal Government regarding media reporting and coverage of the lingering insecurity in the country. He specifically faulted the government’s plan to sanction the BBC Africa Eye and Daily Trust for their recent reports which he said exposed...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigerian subscribers would start paying 5% tax on every call, SMS, data and other telecommunication services. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, announced this during a stakeholders forum organized by the Nigeria Communication Commission...
Relatives of the victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack have picketed the headquarters of the Ministry of Transportation in Abuja, following the release of a new video by the bandits. The protesters who occupied the main entrance to the ministry on Monday asked the Federal Government to take steps...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that it will make provision for subsidy in 2023 to the tune of N6.72 trillion. Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed made this disclosure in Abuja on Thursday during the 2023 – 2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and...
The Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to enactment an audit law to fight against debt crisis and revenue issues in the county. The Executive Director of Paradigm Leaders Support Initiative (PLSI), Mr Segun Elemo gave the advice in Ikeja at an...
The Federal Government says it has started the implementation of the N10 taxation per litre of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) to reduce the incidences of Non-communicable Diseases. Mr Dennis Ituma, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Department of Excise, Free Trade Zone and Industrial Incentives, made this known in an interactive session...
There are plans by the Federal Government of Nigeria to imprison the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu indefinitely without trial. Barrister Bruce Fein, the United States-based lawyer of Nnamdi Kanu, disclosed this in a letter addressed to the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Fein warned the...
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Otunba Adebayo, on Friday warned that traders who were engaging in malpractices with respect to weighing and measuring of goods, products and commodities risked prosecution. Adebayo, who stated this at a news conference in Abeokuta on Friday to commemorate the 2022...
The Federal Government is set to re-arraign the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on an amended six-count of treasonable felony. The amendment came on a day the trial Judge, Justice Binta Nyako fixed to hear an application Kanu filed to be released on...
The Federal Government is working on a funding structure for public universities in the country as part of moves to tackle the incessant strikes by lecturers in these institutions. This is according to the former Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba who noted that the government’s funding of...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government will work with the Anambra government to solve the security challenges facing the state. Osinbajo said this when he met with Gov. Chukwuma Soludo at the Governor’s Lodge, Awka during his visit to Anambra on Friday. The vice president, who described Soludo...
The Federal Government says that the country is safe to host the first Global Conference on Cultural Tourism and Creative Industry scheduled for Nov. 14 to Nov. 17 in Lagos. The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this when he featured on a phone-in programme of...
The Federal Government says Nigeria’s relationships with Russia and with Ukraine remain intact, the war between the two EU countries notwithstanding. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Zubairu Dada, stated this in Abuja on Thursday while fielding questions from newsmen at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the...