The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has called on the Federal Government to address disparity in the salaries of workers in Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of government. SDP National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Gabam, made the call on Monday in Abuja at programme organised by the party to commemorate...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Kano-Maiduguri expressway has been cut off by a heavy downpour between Malori and Guskuri Villages in Katagum Local Government area of Bauchi State. The destruction has rendered the road impassable, forcing motorists to seek alternative routes to get to their destinations. Bauchi...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has placed the sponsors of the “mayhem” that greeted the #EndBadgovernance protests on its watchlist. The protests assumed violent dimensions in some states, leading to destruction and looting. But the NIS Comptroller-General Kemi Nandap who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday during a briefing...
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has given China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) October deadline to complete the collapsed New Artisan Bridge on the Enugu-Portharcourt Expressway . The directive is contained in a statement issued by Mr Uche Anichukwu, the Senior Special Assistant on External Relations to...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu on Tuesday, handed over another family of five who were rescued from kidnappers’ den by the security operatives coordinated by his office. Ribadu said all family members of Mr Sanda Bitrus comprising his wife, one young man and three children,...
The Federal Government has said Nigerian youths should embrace dialogue rather than embark on protests, which could have undesirable outcomes. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, said this while addressing State House correspondents at the end of Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday. He...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Head of Department (HOD), Tourism in the Taraba State University, Jalingo, Dr. Esther Baba has urged the federal government to invest in tourism and hospitality industry to create employment for teeming youths. Dr. Baba made the call on Thursday during an interview...
President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday appealed to Nigerian youths to shelve their plans to carry out protests. Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, disclosed this while addressing State House correspondents after a meeting with the President. According to Idris, the President does not see...
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has described the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway as part of the Federal Government’s priority projects. Umahi hi said this on Sunday while addressing newsmen after inspecting the Aba section of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Port Harcourt Road, Aba and other federal roads...
The Federal Government has fined the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta Platforms Inc., the sum of $220m for an unauthorised appropriation of personal data without user consent, discriminatory practices against Nigerian users, and the abuse of Meta’s dominant market position. A statement by the...
The House of Representatives has resolved to cut members’ salary by 50 per cent for six months in order to support the Federal Government in providing succour to the citizenry over the current hardship in the country. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance by Rep....
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, has urged the organised Labour and the Federal Government to consider State and Local Government’s ability to pay minimum wage in their negotiation. The Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State made the call in a...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N1.354 trillion June revenue among the Federal Government, states and Local Government Councils (LGCs). The revenue was shared at the July meeting of FAAC, held in Abuja and chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) says it has not started negotiations with the Federal Government to address contentious issues in the new scheme of service. ASUP Zone D Coordinator, Dr Iloma Richard, who stated this at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said that...
The Federal Government has said there is no plan to hand over public universities to private investors. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made the clarification at the Second Quarterly Engagement of the ministry with Heads of units and Chief Executive Officers of parastatals and agencies under...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has repatriated 190 stranded Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Bashir Garga, the Zonal Director of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the North Central on Tuesday in Abuja. He...
The Federal Government has launched an investigation into the complaints of land-grabbing by oil producing communities in Bayelsa against some International Oil Companies (IOCs). The Ministry of Petroleum Resources disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday, adding that the companies involved are the Nigerian Agip...
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has ordered Alhaji Lai Mohammed, former Minister of Information and Culture and the ministry of information to disclose the details of the agreement between the Federal Government and X, formerly Twitter, to assess whether the agreement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has said it would support the victims, the families and community affected by the collapsed school building in Jos, Plateau, on Friday. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has debunked rumours in the media claiming that the Federal Executive Council (FEC),stepped down inherited road projects. Umahi during a meeting with contractors in Abuja ,said that such information was misleading adding that neither President Bola Tinubu nor FEC gave that directive....