The Federal Government of Nigeria has urged Nigerians to disregard any news circulation on conventional or social media that it is contemplating another lockdown. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), who is also the Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on
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The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said on Thursday the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos would be reopened by February 15. The minister, who disclosed this while inspecting reconstruction works on some roads and bridges in the state, said works would begin on the Falomo Bridge after the Third Mainland Bridge has been
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The Federal Government on Tuesday issued a fresh COVID-19 protocol for all international travelers in the country. In the new protocol released by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on its Twitter handle, the travellers are directed to undertake a mandatory COVID-19 test at least 96 hours before departure from their various destinations. They are
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The Federal Government on Friday directed vice-chancellors of universities to suspend academic activities involving large crowds on campuses over the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Deputy Executive Secretary in charge of Administration at the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, who gave the directive in a circular, also ordered the suspension of conferences and
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The Non-teaching staff in Nigerian Universities NASU, on Wednesday, warned the Federal Government not to create another round of problems in the institutions with alleged imbalance in the sharing formula of the about N40bn Earned Allowances (EA) it is about to release. This warning given by the three unions in institutions – Senior Staff Association
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has warned that government may close the borders which were opened recently again, if there is any “trouble”. This was disclosed on Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. According to Garba Shehu, government
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The Federal Government needs about N400 billion to vaccinate 70 percent of Nigeria’s 211 million population against COVID-19; so says the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire. The Minister of Health who revealed this on Monday while briefing the Senate leadership on the Federal Government plans to procure COVID-19 vaccines for citizens said that the
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The Federal Government on Monday extended the deadline to register for the National Identification Number (NIN) by three weeks. Ripples Nigeria had reported that the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) had asked telecommunications subscribers to provide their NIN numbers to their operators to prevent their lines from being blocked within two weeks. The extension was contained
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The Federal government has on Tuesday approved a five-year nutrition action plan that would guide the implementation of interventions and programmes aimed at addressing the problems of hunger and malnutrition in the country. The National Council on Nutrition headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo approved the action plan titled: “The National Multi-Sectoral Plan of Action
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The Federal Government, through the Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORBDA), on Sunday, launched two integrated farm projects in Okpe and Uneme Nekhua both in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo as part of the agricultural transformation agenda of the government. The integrated farm projects modelled after the Songhai farm in Porto Novo, Benin
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A meeting between the Government by led by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) fixed to hold today (Wednesday) over the ASUU strike has been postponed. The postponement of the meeting to resolve the lingering ASUU strike was announced in a message made available to newsmen on Wednesday by Charles
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The meeting between the federal government and organised labour has just ended in Abuja. The five-hour long meeting agreed that the price of petrol be reduced by N5 while labour also got a commitment from the government that the distribution of free prepaid metre will begin soon across the country. Organised labour had two weeks
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The Federal Government has promised to review and re-award three major power projects in Abia North Senatorial District in the first quarter of 2021. The power projects, awarded in 2001, were at 90 percent completion stage before they were abandoned. The Minister of Power, Mr. Sale Mamman, made the revelation during a visit to the
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said contrary to insinuations by some persons, the Federal Government has no plan to shut down the Internet or stifle press freedom and free speech. He said the government acknowledged that social media had come to stay. He however stressed that the government would not
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The federal government has demanded an apology from the British government over the “unsubstantiated” claim by a member of its parliament that Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former head of state, looted public treasury. Ferdinand Nwonye, spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs, in a statement on Friday, said Nigeria has also demanded that the statement be
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