Senate President Ahmed Lawan and Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday promised that the National Assembly would push the Federal Government to implement the demands of End SARS protesters. Lawan and Gbajabiamila spoke on a day protesters ignored the directive of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Malam Muhammad Bello prohibiting protests and demonstrations in
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The Federal Government has announced the reopening of all National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps nationwide. The orientation exercises will hold on November 10. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, made this known on Thursday. Read also: Buhari hints on mobilising NYSC members to implement SDGs 2030 He tweeted, “The Resumption
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Temporal reprieve may have come the way of pensioners, who are yet to be verified as the Pension Transitional Ar-rangement Directorate (PTAD) has extended the plan to remove 23,089 pensioners from the federal government’s payroll till the end of October, this year. This is coming after a passionate appeal by the Nigeria Union of Pensioners
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The Federal Government on Thursday, said it has not come to a point where it is convinced that schools can be fully reopened for academic exercise, after their closure due to COVID-19 pandemic. This was revealed by the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, in Abuja, at a meeting of the Presidential Task Force
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Former Vice-Chancellor of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Professor Pita Ejiofor, has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to jettison plans of overseeing the affairs of churches in Nigeria through the new Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, insisting it has no business doing so. In an interview with The Guardian, Prof. Ejiofor
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Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, on Thursday, said the Federal Government has plans to incorporate eligible N-Power beneficiaries into Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). This is as contained in a statement released through Mrs. Nneka Anibeze, the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, imploring beneficiaries to exercise patience
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has urged the Federal Government to allow responsible citizens protect themselves with AK-47 rifles and other guns as part of measures to curb the rising insecurity in Nigeria.Ortom stated this in a paper obtained by ChannelsTv , which he (Ortom) presented yesterday during the virtual meeting convened by Centre for
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Following outrage caused by the $500 million loans collected by the Nigerian government from China, the government of the Asian country has insisted that there is no motive to take over Nigeria’s sovereignty should there be any default in repayment. The DAILY VENDOR recalls that the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, while answering
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Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Friday maintained that they will not cede any inch of Yoruba land to creditors of the Federal Government should there be whatsoever reasons for them to make such claims. This was in reaction to widespread reports that the Federal Government had agreed with the Chinese government, to waive its immunity
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSCE), organised by the National Examination Council (NECO) for SS3 pupils will commence on October 5 and end on November 18, 2020. The government also announced that the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) examinations will begin on September 21
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There are indications the Federal Government may take over payment of outstanding salaries of private school teachers in the country. This is aimed at mitigating the hardship they face presently due to the closure of schools throughout the country as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This was disclosed at a zoom conference by the
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The Nigerian government yesterday disclosed new guidelines ahead of the planned resumption of schools but refused to give a date for students to resume. This follows the release by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), that new research findings have shown that COVID-19 may indeed be airborne. The guidelines outlined actions, measures and requirements needed
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has canceled the earlier announced resumption of schools for graduating classes. This was stated by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, while speaking to State House Correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Adamu also announced that the 2020 West African Senior
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The federal government on Friday announced plans to disengage both Batch A and B graduates enrolled in the N-Power scheme. Hundreds of thousands of graduates benefiting from the federal government’s N30,000 monthly N-Power scheme will be disengaged in the next two months, an official has said. The federal government Friday announced plans to disengage both
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The Federal Government has suspended a private jet charter and aircraft maintenance firm, Executive Jet Services, for flying Musician, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley to Abuja to attend a concert. The announcement suspending the airline was made by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, during the Presidential Task Force briefing in Abuja on Monday. Sirika
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