The Federal Government has declared the land borders would be reopened soon. The borders were closed since August 2019 to curtail illegal importation of drugs, small arms and agricultural products into country from neighbouring West African nations. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, stated this in a chat with State House
Read more
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, made good its promise to regulate National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs), with a bill already listed for second reading. The bill, entitled ‘A Bill for an Act to Establish National Social Investments Trust Fund to Alleviate Poverty among Vulnerable Nigerian Citizens through Targeted Programmes for the Aged, Infirmed, Unemployed
Read more
The Federal Government has announced its intention to ban the importation of articulated trucks older than 10 years in a bid to control and reduce truck-related road accidents in the country. The Spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bisi Kazeem, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, said the
Read more
The Federal Government on Monday has petitioned the Cable News Network (CNN), for its coverage of the #EndSARS protest in Lekki area of Lagos, demanding “immediate and exhaustive investigation into its report on the Lekki Toll Gate incident to determine its authenticity and conformity to basic standards of journalism. In the petition addressed to Mr.
Read more
The meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour last night on the increment in fuel pump price and the electricity tariff on Sunday ended in disarray as the labour leaders walked out of the parley in anger. The labour leaders accused the government of insincerity in the negotiation, alleging that it had got
Read more
The Nigerian government on Friday pledged and guaranteed the host communities in South-East over the N220bn Second Niger Bridge, that it will successful complete the construction on or before the scheduled February 2022 deadline despite challenges. The Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola stated this at a town hall meeting with the host communities in Anambra
Read more
The Federal Government has said it will resume talks with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on ongoing efforts to end the eight-month strike by the varsity lecturers on Friday.The Ministry of Labour and Employment disclosed this on Wednesday night to journalists on Wednesday night, said the meeting would hold at the minister’s conference
Read more
The House of Representatives, on Monday, faulted the Federal Government for failing to increase the fund despite appointing eight more Justices of the Supreme Court as well as dismissed the N110 billion allocation to the judiciary in the 2021 Appropriation Bill. This is just as the House criticised the revenue being generated by judicial bodies,
Read more
The Federal Government has said that it might consider adopting the University General Peculiar Payroll Payment System (UGPPPS) presented by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) in order to take a definite position on the crisis in the university system. This was disclosed by the
Read more
The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated a twenty-two-member committee to sell all assets recovered by relevant government agencies under Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made the inauguration of the 22-member committee in Abuja. Malami, while inaugurating the 22-member urged its members not to betray
Read more
The House of Representatives has ordered the Federal Government to suspend the proposed concession of four international airports until all issues have been addressed. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Nnolim Nnaji(PDP-Enugu), made the resolution on behalf of his panel, on Tuesday. The House Committee on Aviation, which berated Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, for
Read more
‌The federal government on Tuesday announced the commencement of one-time payment grant of 30,000 to 330,000 artisans across the country. The Presidency said that the grant is under the Economic Sustainability Plan. This was disclosed in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, titled “Payment
Read more
The Federal Government has ordered that Thursday, October 29 to be Public Holiday in honor of this year’s Eid-el-Maulud, the Islamic festival commemorating the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW). In a statement by the Director Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Interior, Mohammed Manga said the declaration was made by the
Read more
The federal government has removed the ranking and career progression disparity between Higher National Diploma (HND) and Degree holders in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Nigerian Correctional Service and the Federal Fire Service. This was disclosed in a memo with reference CDCFIB/1001/vol1/110, dated October 16, 2020 and signed by
Read more
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said on Wednesday that the Federal Government debt to construction companies handling 711 road projects in Nigeria is now at about N392 billion. The figure is 42% bigger than the allocation for road projects in the proposed 2021 budget, which is N276 billion. Mr Fashola told members of
Read more