…expressing his displeasure, Lai Mohammed said ‘I don’t know what to do with it’ The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has expressed displeasure over the reduction of budgetary allocation to his ministry in the 2023 Appropriation Bill. Lai Mohamed disclosed this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Information on
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…says there’s no way the census will clash with the election The Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission (NPC) in Anambra State, Chidi Ezeoke has described calls to postpone the 2023 national population and housing census as ill-advised. He said the Commission had gone far in its preparation for the exercise that any call for shift
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‘State governments, LGAs and communities urged to evacuate people living on flood plains to high grounds’ The Federal Government (FG) says over two million Nigerians have so far been affected by floods across the country. The Minister, Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, disclosed this in Abuja during
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‘Details of the salary increment is still sketchy’ Civil servants in Lagos State have every reason to be excited as the governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved an increment of their salaries. Gov Sanwo-Olu made the announcement on Tuesday during his courtesy visit to the Head, Office of Public Service in Alausa, Ikeja,
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‘His appointment as the new MD/CEO followed the end of Uche Orji’s two-term’ Aminu Umar-Sadiq has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA. President Muhammadu Buhari also approved the appointed of Kolawole Owodunni and Bisi Makoju as Executive Directors of the Authority. The Special
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‘Since the return of democracy in 1999, Nigeria has continued to witness deliberate constitutional distortions… – Wike’ The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has warned that with the growing corruption and insecurity in Nigeria, the despair faced by millions of Nigerians may not end soon. He however appealed to the Supreme Court to give the
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‘The Presidential Amnesty Programme was established by President Musa Yar’Adua’s administration in 2009’ Mixed reactions have continued to trail the alleged plan by the federal government to terminate the Presidential Amnesty Programme in May 2023. Sources claimed that the office of the National Security Adviser had directed the Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Programme, Major
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“This administration has made appreciable progress in redressing these issues that have been lingering for over 11 years,” says Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his call for the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) to return to the classroom. The president made the call during his address to the nation to
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…In reaction to the proposed bill, another lawmaker calls for a holistic amendment of the CBN Act The bill seeking to whittle down the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor’s powers has scaled second reading in the Senate on Tuesday in Abuja. The bill was sponsored by Senator Sadiq Suleiman Umar representing Kwara North Senatorial
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The names of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate and his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart Bola Ahmed Tinubu are conspicuously missing in list of premier biographical compendium on thought leaders, “Portraits of Patriots: 100 Nigeria’s Foremost Thought Leaders” scheduled for release on 1st October 2022. Some of the distinguished personalities who
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…security, power, roads, health and education sectors priority Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commended Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, “for the transformational agenda he is bringing to bear in Anambra State…” Pro Osinbajo paid the compliment when the Governor visited him in Aso Rock Villa yesterday. Shortly after the meeting with the Vice President,
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The Senate on Wednesday begun the screening of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. The motion for the screening was moved by the Senate Leader, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, at the plenary at 11:35am. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had called for the screening exercise to be moved forward from where it was listed
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Mr. Salihu Dembos has been appointed as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the appointment is for a tenure of three years in the first instance.
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The House of Representatives has set up an Ad-hoc committee to investigate the Joint Ventures and Production Sharing Contracts entered into by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in the last 32 years. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker House of Representatives while declaring the hearing open, said he was delighted to inaugurate the committee “at this critical point
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The Federal Government, on Monday, said there are plans to increase the N30,000 minimum wage in the light of inflation raving the world. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, revealed this at the Nigeria Labour Congress public presentation titled, “Contemporary history of working-class struggle” in Abuja. According to him, the adjustment had
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