By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Members of Nigeria Senate on Tuesday put its weight behind the Federal Government move to pegg the minimum entry age into tertiary institutions in the country to 18 years. The support was made known on Tuesday in Abuja when the Chairman of the...
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The Ebiraland Youths Coalition has urged the Federal Government to ensure the embattled former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, is unharmed in his current face-off with the EFCC. The Coalition’s Coordinator, Mr Fache Onimisi-Moses, made the call in a statement in Lokoja on Sunday. Bello is being...
A Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned a a N1 billion suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the Federal Government and Department of State Services (DSS) until April 23 for adoption of processes. Justice James Omotosho adjourned the...
A bandit leader in Zamfara State has called for peaceful negotiations after successive bombardments by the Nigerian military dismantled their hideouts. This is coming as the National National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, announced that the Federal Government has stopped payments of ransom in freeing many kidnapped victims....
Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has advised the Federal Government to constitute a technical task force of professionals to address reoccurring national grid collapse. Dr Yunusa Tanko, the spokesperson for Obi stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Onitsha. “I suggest that the...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says the Federal Government has rescued over 1,000 victims of verified mass abduction across the country without paying ransom. Ribadu said on Monday in Abuja while receiving 22 rescued students and staff of the Federal University Gusau, that the covert...
Oo The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, on Sunday, said that it would soon unveil its plans for the Inland Waterways and Coastal Services in the industry. Its Minister, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, was quoted to have disclosed this in a statement issued in Lagos...
The National Coordinator, Financing Safe Schools Initiative, Mrs Halima Iliya, has said plans are underway to actively engage hunters and vigilantes on intelligence gathering to curb attacks on schools across the country. The National Coordinator gave this indication in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A power expert, Mr Chinedu Bosah, has urged the Federal Government to review the 300 per cent increase in electricity tariff recently introduced by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Bosah, National Coordinator, Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity (CARE), made the appeal in an interview with the...
The Labour Party (LP) has called on the Federal Government to reconsider its decision to hike the tariff payable by some electricity consumers in the country. Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mrs Olubunmi Odesanya, made the call in interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has faulted criticisms over the recently approved N90 billion subsidy for the 2024 Hajj operation. the Executive Director, MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, faulted the criticism in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Akintola said that the criticisms was spiced...
The Federal Government has installed speed limit cameras on the Third Mainland Bridge, to encourage responsible driving, preserve the bridge and improve safety. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Keisha, announced the unofficial re-opening of the bridge on Thursday, in Lagos. She said...
The detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed against the decision of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja dismissing his objection to his trial continuation. Kanu, in a notice of appeal dated and filed March 28 through his team of lawyers...
The Federal Government has emphasised the critical role of innovative technology in the fight against Tuberculosis (TB). The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on the sidelines of the investiture on the Wife of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Traditional leaders have called on the Federal Government to assign specific constitutional roles to them so as to contribute their own quota to national growth and development. They made the call on Thursday in Maiduguri during a workshop organized by Allamin Foundation for...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Friday, March 29, and Monday, April 1, as public holidays to mark the Easter celebration. This is contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Aishetu Ndayako on behalf of the Minister of Interior,...
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has charged the Federal Government to engage youths in agricultural business to provide jobs for unemployed youths and curb good insecurity. The former president made the remark at Nigeria’s 9th International Trade Exhibition & Conference on Agrofood, Plastics, Printing and Packaging in Lagos...
The Federal Government says it will establish a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) park at the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi. The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu, disclosed this in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Lizzy Okoji, on Monday in Abuja. The News...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The National Association of Academic Technologists, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi branch, has berated the Federal Government’s for only paying the Academic Staff Union of Universities the four months salary backlog and neglecting the other three unions in the universities. The union described the...
The Federal Government has executed viable projects to enhance access to portable water to 997,000 persons in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. The project is being implemented in collaboration between the Federal Government, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Government of the Netherlands. The programme also aims to...