By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Textile manufacturers in Nigeria are seeking special grant from the Federal Government to revive the country’s extinct textile industries. To date, over 30 textile companies in Nigeria have gone extinct for years taking toll on the country’s economy. Consequently, the country...
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Rep. Amobi Ogah, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on Sunday in Abuja urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on malaria. He gave the charge in a statement he issued to commemorate the 2023 World Mosquito Day. The World...
The Federal Government has approved N5bn for each state to enable them to procure food items for distribution to the poor in their respective states. Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State disclosed this at the Presidential Villa shortly after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja. ...
President Bola Tinubu has said that the Federal Government would leverage digital technology to create Nigeria’s desired socio-economic progress that was necessary to transform the society. He said this during a meeting with a delegation from Google, West Africa, led by its Director, Olumide Balogun, on Wednesday at...
The Federal Government has insisted that no federal university is allowed to charge tuition fees for students in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, said this at a public hearing by the House of Representatives ad committee on students loans in Abuja. Adejo said that the...
The Federal Government has said that its N15 billion budget for safe school project in the 2023 budget was in the best interest of the country. The National Coordinator, Safe School Initiative (SSI), Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajia Halima Iliya, stated this at a...
The Federal Government has appealed to the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), to call off its ongoing indefinite strike. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Kachollom Daju, made the appeal at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, says the Federal Government and South-East Governors would come up with a road map to tackle insecurity in the region. He made this known on Monday in Abuja while briefing newsmen after a closed-door session with the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu. Also...
The Federal Government has inaugurated a 27-member Committee to immediately commence work on the 2019-2023 National Youth Policy. A statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by Mohammed Manga, Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development stated that inauguration was in accordance with the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government through the Ministry of Education has increased the school fees of new students into Federal Government Colleges also known as Federal Unity Colleges to ₦100,000. This directive came in a communique from the Office of the Director of...
The Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transport Workers of Nigeria (AUATWON) has expressed dismay over the continuous hardship its members face due to the increase in petrol pump price. It said on Wednesday that despite the increase, the app companies had refused to adjust fare price to profit the workers....
The President, Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife Chapter, Dr Anthony Anuforo, has assured the citizenry that immediately the Federal Government pays members’ salaries, their current strike would be called off. Anuforo gave the assurance in an interview with the News...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has urged the Federal Government to consider merging the payment platforms developed by the different unions in the University System to address peculiarities. Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, SSANU National President, made the call in a communique issued on Monday in Abuja at...
The Chairman, Palliative Committee on Subsidy Removal and Kebbi Governor, Dr Nasir Idris has assured Nigerians that efforts were on to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal. The governor gave the assurance when members of the committee met in Abuja on Saturday. This is contained in a statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28 and Thursday, June 29 as public holidays in commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Akinlade, who made...
Despite the warning by the Federal Government on purchase of cow skin (ponmo) due to the outbreak of Anthrax disease in some neighbouring countries, the trade in the commodity still thrives. A survey of some markets at Mushin, Egbeda, Oshodi and Ikotun, all in Lagos State, by...
The Co-chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates, has urged the Federal Government to improve investment in equitable solutions and in the people who are working on them. He said this during the Pan-African Youth Innovation Forum on Wednesday in Lagos, as part of activities for his...
The absence of counsel for the Federal Government, on Wednesday, stalled the trial commencement of Tukur Mamu, who is being tried over his alleged relationship with terrorists that were involved in last year’s attack on a Kaduna-bound train.mamu The matter, which was on number three on the cause list,...
The Federal Government with the Support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday repatriated 102 more Nigerian irregular migrants who were released from detention facilities in Libya.nigerians Amb. Kabiru Musa, Chargé D’Affaires En Titre of the Nigerian Mission in Libya disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday....
Airtel Nigeria on Monday inaugurated the Fifth Generation Network (5G) in Lagos, Rivers, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Chief Commercial Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Mr Femi Oshinlaja, said this during the inauguration of the 5G Network in Lagos. According to him, unlike the 3G and 4G networks,...