The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has confirmed that it has received more digital identification units to curb the fight against insecurity in the country. The receipt of the Ecosystem Coordination Strategic Unit of the Digital Identification for Development Project sent from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation
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The Federal Government has extended phase three of the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown by one month. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, who announced this at the weekly briefing of the task force in Abuja on Monday, said the initial 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine would arrive in Nigeria
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has urged states across the country to fund treatments of over 800,000 HIV/AIDS patients in their respective states. FG through the National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA) revealed that one of the key partners of the project, World Bank withdrew its funding support. The Southwest Coordinator, Mr. Raheem Muhammed,
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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has launched the Federal Governments Special Cash Grant for Rural Women at the Fulani settlement of Hutawa in Kebbi State. Under the scheme, about 247 Fulani women under the umbrella of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), will receive N20,000
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The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services on Saturday urged the Federal Government to postpone the resumption of schools across the country by three months over the COVID-19 pandemic. Several states governments in Nigeria had directed schools in their domains to resume academic activities on January 18. The Chairman of the committee,
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The Federal Government has disbursed ₦123.348billion (USD324.6million) to states under its States Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for Results. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr. Hassan Dodo, the Ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Wednesday in Abuja. The finance
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The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, has announced that the total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge will be lifted at midnight on Monday, 24 hours ahead of schedule. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos that the total closure had to be lifted because the contractor was able
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) confirmed on Sunday that the Federal Government recorded a fiscal shortfall of N1.29 trillion in the third quarter (Q3) of this year. The apex bank disclosed this in its third-quarter economic report. The report said: “At N2.27 trillion, federally collected revenue in the third quarter of 2020 grew by
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The Nigerian government’s indebtedness to construction companies handlingcontractor handling the old Enugu-Port Harcourt road now stands at N2.1billion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the contract sum is N13.9 billion and that only N3.3 billion has been paid to the contractor, Setraco Nigeria Limited, so far. Southeast Area Manager, Setraco Nigeria, Fouad Sarraf,
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Lufthansa, Air France/KLM have been given the approval to operate international flights into Nigeria. It could be recalled that the Federal Government of Nigeria imposed ban on Lufthansa, Air France/KLM. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the disclosure in a tweet on Tuesday and added that Qatar Airways has also been granted approval to resume
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Ahead of the 60th independence anniversary of Nigeria on October 1, agitators of Biafra Republic in the southeast, and their Oduduwa counterparts in the southwest, yesterday, forged a common front to advance their cause of self-determination. This came as the bodies urged the Federal Government to convene a referendum where Nigerians can freely make a
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The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been dragged before the ECOWAS Court of Justice over its recent decision stipulating N5 million as penalty for hate speech offenders in the country. The suit was filed against the Federal Government on Monday by a non-governmental organisation, Expression Now Human Rights Initiative (ENHRI),
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The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Sunday spoke about his ministry’s efforts on road infrastructure, saying that the Federal Government was owing contractors N336 billion as of July, 2020. The minister noted that only N27 billion had been released by the Federal Ministry of Finance and that about N162 billion was
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The Federal Government has slashed its visa application charges for citizens of the United States from $180 to $160. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the old amount comprised $160 as visa fee and $20 as “processing and expedient fees”. According to the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr Muhammad Babandede, the reduction followed
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