The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) on Wednesday in Abuja enjoined the Federal Government to award 25 per cent of its contracts to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This is desirable as SMES contribute about 50 per cent of the country’s GDP and employ...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Education Minister, Professor Tahir Mamman, has warned members of the academia and the university community over matters of sexual harassment on campuses, maintaining that the Federal Ministry of Education will deal decisively with perpetrators of such acts. The Minister disclosed this on...
The Federal Government has temporarily suspended the N-Power Programme of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to give way for proper audit of the programme. The Federal Government kick-started the N-Power scheme on June 8, 2016 to address issues of youth unemployment and help to...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says there is the need for its personnel to bear firearms in discharging their duties, considering the level of security challenges across the country. The Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu, made this known on Saturday, while inaugurating 1,762 personnel of the...
Vice President Kashim Shettima says the federal government will support local manufacturers with N75 billion by March 2024 to strengthen the manufacturing sector. Shettima said this while declaring open the second National Conference on non-oil export organised by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on Wednesday in Abuja. Represented...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have agreed to suspend the industrial action planned for Oct. 3 for 30 days. At the end of a five-hour closed door meeting, the Union leaders said that all the agreement have been given a time line...
President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers for a period of six months. Malam Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that this followed consultations between the...
The Federal Government and labour unions rose from their meeting on Sunday with an agreement that all categories of workers should benefit from the provisional wage increment announced by President Bola Tinubu in his Independence Day nationwide broadcast. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president...
The meeting between the Federal Government and the labour unions have started at the Presidential Villa, Abuja with the aim of averting the industrial action planned by the unions. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a scheduled meeting at the villa on Friday was cancelled when...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Government has debunked reports making the rounds that President Bola Tinubu would announce a wage award to workers on Independence Day is untrue. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Press and Public...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, Sept. 27, public holiday in commemoration of Eidel-Maulud celebration, the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) . The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced this on behalf of the Federal...
The Federal Government has launched a national talent export programme, tagged “National Talent Export Programme (NATEP)’’, designed to create at least one million jobs over the next five years as a special purpose vehicle. The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, announced this on the...
The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje, has urged the Federal Government to scrap the Higher National Diploma (HND) in the Polytechnics if the government would not remove the dichotomy between HND and BSc. Bugaje disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency...
The Federal Government is planning two super highways across the country through a Public Private Partnership scheme. Minister of Work Dave Umahi disclosed this to the State House Correspondents on Sunday after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja. He said that the highways would be...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of Labour and Employment Simon Bako Lalong has again invited the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC for another meeting over its planned indefinite strike. The NLC is currently planning a nationwide shutdown owing to the removal of fuel subsidy by the...
The Federal Government has promised to resettle the 22,071 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) scattered in various communities of Niger. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, disclosed this during the presentation of starter packs to some of the IDPs at the Gwada camp, Shiroro,...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo says the Federal Government is ready to make Nigeria the aviation hub of Africa. Keyamo sated at the seventh edition of the Aviation Africa Summit and Exhibition 2023 this on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the...
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on Sunday said the Federal Government had obtained 163 million dollars loan from the African Development Bank to support wheat production in the country. Shettima stated this at the palace of the Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Sumaila Mera, when he paid a condolence visit...
The Federal Government says it will deliver the second runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) within 12 months. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, made this known during the inspection of facilities at the NAIA on Tuesday in Abuja. The minister...