…says the National Home Grown School Feeding Program is one of the four key interventions of FG The Federal government on Friday said that the use of bare hands and unhygienic plates for feeding in public primary schools is unacceptable to the ministry. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Mrs Sadiya Umar
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…canvases for healthy agricultural practices to protect the soil from flooding Federal Ministry of Agriculture And Rural Development has underscored the importance of stakeholders enabled intervention measures to mitigate incidences of flooding across the nation. Team Leader and Assistant Chief Agricultural Officer (FMARD), Chinyere Ihedioha, stated this at a One Day Sensitisation Program for Farmers
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…pleads with FG to consider the demands of ASUU Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has flayed the federal government over what it termed default in its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the chapter. The students under Student Union Government described the breach of the agreement as an
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…calls on Nigerians to support in the development of the education sector The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to support in the development of the education sector as government alone cannot shoulder the responsibility of funding of the sector. Adamu added that the promotion and sustenance of science and technology
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…the Zungeru Power Project is a multi-purpose electricity project The hope of having improved power generation in Nigeria has brightens as the Federal Government (FG) says the 700 megawatts Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Project located in Niger State will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2023. The dam is estimated to cost $1.2 billion and
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…as lawyer calls on FG to obey the court order and return Kanu to Kenya Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Wednesday, floored the Federal Government as the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital upheld his suit against the federal government. The court presided over by
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…says Kanu has a history of jumping bail The Federal Government has filed seven grounds of appeal against the October 13 Court of Appeal judgment which discharged the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. It asked the Supreme Court to set aside the judgment and restore the charge against the respondent to
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Findings show telcos have implemented the latest directive but were angry over the development. The Federal Government has ordered telecommunication companies to reverse their recent ten per cent hike in calls and data prices. This decision means that telcos like MTN Nigeria and Airtel, who had initially increased the prices of their data bundles by
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‘Urges FG to jettison idea of proscribing ASUU’ The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Calabar branch on Wednesday disclosed that some understanding have been reached, while some shifting of grounds have been made but only National Executive Council, NEC, will convey the resolutions. Addressing newsmen shortly after its Congress at the International
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A circular was earlier sent to all vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and chairmen of governing councils of federal universities, ordering them to re-open schools The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission, on Monday, withdrew its circular which ordered vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and governing councils to re-open the varsities. Recall that there was a circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135 was
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The Federal Government is targeting economic prosperity through the rejuvenation of the Ijora jetty in Lagos. According to the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), the Ijora jetty seems abandoned as a result of wrecks. The Lagos Area Manager, NIWA, Sarat Braimah, who said this on Friday when the Authority commenced wreck removal at some waterways
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Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has warned against reported moves by the Federal Government(FG) to withdraw the registration license of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, over non-submission of its audited financial returns for over five years. While dismissing the claims that ASUU had not submitted its audited financial returns to the Registrar of Trade Unions for
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The Federal Government has lamented the low rate of reading habit among Nigerians. This is as it launches a nationwide reading campaign to improve reading skills across the country. Speaking during the launch of the 2022 readership campaign organised by the National Library of Nigeria, the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, said efforts
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The Catholic Bishops of Nigeria have faulted the Federal Government’s approach amidst the protracted industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, since seven months ago. They called on the Federal Government and the ASUU to find a quicker and better way of resolving the crisis so that public universities would reopen again.
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The N81 million bill to cut Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja has been rejected by the sports ministry. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, revealed this in a tweet on Sunday. The minister explained that fund was not available, adding that there would be an outcry if Nigerians were told that
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