The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), have facilitated the safe return of 29 out of 120 Nigerians stranded in Sudan. The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Alhaji Tijani Ahmed stated this at the reception of...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government on Thursday inaugurated the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Digital Resource Centre (DRC), to bolster the implementation of smart education in Nigeria. Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, who officially commissioned the project located at Kado, area of Abuja, said...
Supreme Court on Thursday fixed June 13 to hear a suit filled by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors over alleged misconduct in the handling of local government affairs. Justice Garba Lawal fixed the date while ruling in an application for abridgment of time argued by Lateef...
The Federal Government has dragged the 36 state governors to the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in the handling of local government affairs The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Lateef Fagbemi,instituted the action against the governors to seek full autonomy for local governments as the third...
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has urged the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to cut down the prices of its 208 housing unit in Damaturu by 50 per cent. Buni, who spoke through his Director-General Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, made the...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried the silent treatment of the Federal Government (FG) and called for the implementation of the Late Nimi Briggs-led renegotiated agreement. The Ibadan Zonal Coordinator, ASUU, Prof. Oyebamiji Oyegoke, said this in the company of other chairpersons in the...
EIn a bid to close the metering gap, Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, has said the Federal Government will provide 10 million meters to electricity no consumers in the next five years. Adelabu said this in Abuja on Friday, during the ministerial briefing on the performance of President...
The Federal Government has announced the immediate beginning of construction work on sections three and four of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, beginning from Calabar. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made the announcement at an engagement with representatives of communities within the alignment of the road...
The Federal Government has alerted the public to the outbreak of poison in animals at Mandate Cattle Market in Kwara. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Temitope Fashedemi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Fashedemi said the poisonous outbreak was...
The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected the Federal Government’s new offer of ₦57,000 minimum wage. The Organised Labour rejected the government’s fresh offer, the third proposal in about a week when negotiation talks resumed on Wednesday....
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, has cautioned Nigerians against excess intake of salt and sodium, saying it could cause hypertension and other heart diseases. Pate said this on Tuesday in Abuja at a news conference to commemorate the 2024 Salt Awareness Week,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi has staged a peaceful protest over the Federal Government’s failure to address its plight, saying that it is tired of the government’s “deception”. The Union called on the Government to avoid...
The Federal Government has proposed to pay N54,000 as minimum wage, as the Tripartite Committee on the New Minimum Wage returned to the negotiation table after the Organised Labour pulled out of the negotiations last week. At the reconvened meeting this week, the Federal Government made a...
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has inaugurated the Renewed Hope Housing Delivery Portal to grant access to 100,000 houses across Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates web portal, where Nigerians can apply, including those in...
The Organised Labour has reiterated its May 31 ultimatum for the Federal Government to finalise the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers. The position was contained in a communique issued at the end of a joint emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Labour...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Government has urged all the state governments to ensure judicious and accountable utilization of the matching grant disbursed to them for implementation by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, made the call on Monday in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has said that the distribution of palliatives by the federal government was not a permanent solution to food scarcity bedeviling the nation. Governor Zulum, who is also the Chairman, North East Governors’ Forum (NEGF), called on stakeholders...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, alongside Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states, have pleaded with the federal government to address some critical issues affecting the northeast region. The governors made the plea on Friday in a communique signed by the...
The Organised Labour has frowned at the Federal Government’s plan to utilise the N19.66 trillion pension funds for infrastructure development. This is contained in a joint letter signed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), which was addressed to the Minister of Finance...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared the sum of N1.208 trillion as revenue for April among the Federal Government, states and Local Government Councils (LGCs). The revenue was shared on Thursday at the May meeting of FAAC in Abuja. A communiqué issued...