The Federal Government has launched the reviewed sixth Broadcasting Code of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who unveiled the document on Tuesday at an event in Lagos revealed that the government has raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million. He explained that the
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Anambra State chapter of the Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil & Gas (HOSTCOM) , has called on Federal Government to accord Anambra State full status of oil producing state to attract more development and revenue. Its Chairman, Chief Victor Emeka, made the call in Awka at the inauguration of the state executive by the
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The Federal Government has begun moves to rescue 30 trafficked Nigerian ladies from Lebanon. The victims had on Friday pleaded with the Nigerian government to rescue them. They lamented that they were all camped in one room with faulty toilet and other utilities, and presently housed in a building at Dawra city in Lebanon. Giving
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The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and the federal government have finally come to the conclusion of resolving some of the grievances raised by the doctors in their strike notice to the government. It would be played back that the resident doctors had last Saturday issued a 21 days strike notice to the federal
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The Federal Government (FG) on Monday July 20 released a total sum of N162,557,000,000 Sovereign Sukuk Symbolic Cheque to the Ministry of Works and Housing for the construction of 44 road projects across the country. This makes it the final batch of payments of the total N462,5577,000,000 raised by the Debt Management Office (DMO). Of
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Dealers of dried meat in Onitsha, Anambra State have raised the alarm over alleged extortion and seizure of their goods worth N50m by unidentified persons claiming to be agents of the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Services under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. The traders under the agies of Dried Meat Preservers Traders Association of Nigeria, also
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The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, on Monday, said about $1.45 billion which is about N522 billion facility has been secured for the resuscitation of the Ajaokuta Steel Company and the National Iron Ore Mining Company (NIOMCO) projects. Adegbite, who made the disclosure during a media briefing in Abuja, said the fund
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Nigerian Government has approved lifting of restrictions on domestic flights in the country. The FG also gave approval for the lifting of ban on interstate travels with effect from July 1, but however warned that such journeys must be made outside curfew hours. Disclosing this in Abuja during the Covid-19 daily briefing on Monday, the
Read moreBarring any last minutes change the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID 19 pandemic is expected to present a series of recommendations that will open up the economy in its updated report on the national response efforts to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday morning. The task force is expected to present its assessment of the
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to order the Federal Government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to “publicly identify and name Nigerians who have so far benefited from any cash payments, cash transfers, food distribution and other reliefs and palliatives during the lockdown in
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The Federal Government of Nigeria said it has paid N4,642,485,146.00 as Special hazard allowance to a total of 55,031 Health workers in 35 Covid-19 designated hospitals and medical centres in the country. In addition it is currently processing more payment for the health workers. The Presidency in a tweet on Sunday 21 June stated that
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62 IT related projects worth N1,168,145,213,150 have been assessed and cleared from January to May through the IT project clearance mandate of The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said The Director-General Mr Kashifu Inuwa.Represented by Dr Usman Gambo, Director ,IT Infrastructure Solutions who disclosed this in a virtual meeting in Abuja, organised by the
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There are indications that the Federal Government of Nigeria will open schools, worship Centres, tourism sector, hotels and all other business places in a fortnight. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic, Mr Boss Mustapha, gave the explanation, during Tuesday’s
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By: Awesome Ekene The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has described Federal Government’s resort to hiring faceless and amorphous groups to defend itself against incontrovertible expositions by its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, as undeniable sign of total defeat. The group said the jittery disposition of the cabal running the crumbling government of Nigeria over its
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The government of Nigeria has said it will soon evacuate 270 Nigerians resident in the United States but willing to return to the country following the COVID 19 pandemic. This development is coming amidst the pandemic which has forced many countries including Nigeria to shut down airports to curb the spread of the virus which
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