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...
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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...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Management of Kaduna State University (KASU) on Wednesday said the state government has nothing to do with its decision to pull out of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Management of the University stated this in a...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 158 Nigerian returnees from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The Director-General of the Agency, Alhaji Mustapha Habib, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Habib said that the returnees were...
The 36 states of the federation have warned the Federal Government not to tamper with funds accruing to them and the 774 local government councils under the guise of satisfying an alleged $418 million London/Paris Club Loan refund-related judgment debts. The states said they were not parties to any...
Introduction During the week, the news broke of an accident in Benue State that claimed the lives of church women who were travelling in a group on a bus. This incident is not uncommon. Nigerian roads are perhaps one of the deadliest in the world. The quality of Nigerian...
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to the renegotiation of the conditions of service of all workers in public universities across the country. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige said this when he received members of the government side of the 2009 Federal Government/University based...
The Federal Government has spent about N12 billion on the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programmes (NHGSFP) monthly under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD). Dr Umar Bindir, National Coordinator, National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) of the Ministry stated this on Monday. Bindir disclosed this...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed on Monday revealed that corporates, individuals, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are indebted to the federal government to the tune of N5.2 trillion. Nigeria is expected to borrow over N5 trillion to finance its...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives seeking an increase in the 2022 budget deficit to be financed through borrowing from the domestic market. Buhari said this in a letter read by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila during plenary on Thursday. The President also requested for the review...
A group of pastors under the umbrella of Interfaith Alliance have staged a peaceful protest against the incessant attacks and killings by bandits in Kaduna State. The protesters are asking the Federal Government to step up actions against banditry with the aim of wiping them out. The protest comes...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the government to comply with the 35% affirmative action for women, which allows women occupy 35% of all appointments. Delivering judgement on Wednesday, Justice Donatus Okorowo, said the Federal Government had the obligation to implement the 35 per cent affirmative action,...
Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, Governor of Anambra, has given the assurance that he will lead his brother governors in the Southeast to engage the Federal Government on dialogue to handle insecurity situation in the zone. Soludo said that an expeditious release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of proscribed Indigenous...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has given the Federal Government a further one-month ultimatum to address outstanding issues of Nigeria polytechnics or to review suspended industrial action Mr Anderson Ezeibe, the National President of the union, issued the ultimatum at a news conference at the end of...