The federal government, Friday, flagged off disbursement of cash grant for the vulnerable groups in Nasarawa state. Speaking at the official flag off of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) Nasarawa state chapter, at the City Hall Lafia, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk, said the intervention was to uplift the vulnerable Read More
My attention has been drawn to the recent blame game between Nigerian government and state governors with regards to exacerbating artificial multidimensional abject poverty dragging pauperised Nigerians, especially rural communities, deeper into tough row to hoe. Baba writes from Azare, Bauchi state via [email protected] 08149712150
Ahead of 2022 yuletide season, the Federal Government has announced a date for the opening of the Second Niger Bridge. The Federal Controller of Works in Delta, Mr Jimoh Olawale, on Wednesday said the new Second Niger Bridge will be opened to traffic on December 15. He however, said that the bridge would be opened for only 30 days. According to Read More
The organised labour in Nigeria has called on the federal government to urgently end the current fuel shortage as well as hike witnessing across the country. A press statement jointly signed by Comrade Ayuba Wabba and Festus Osifo as NLC President and TUC President respectively, said government must fix the challenges rather than giving excuses. The movement lamented that despite Read More
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government has been able to address key challenges faced by Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria while recording significant gains for socioeconomic development. According to the Osinbajo, it also provides a template for supporting the sector as could be used by governments and other stakeholders globally. Osinbajo stated this while speaking Read More
The Statistician General, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Prince Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran, has said the energy transition programme that cut across all area of the economy would secure job opportunities for almost a million out of job applicants by 2060. He stated this Tuesday when giving his keynote speech during a two- day national workshop on Energy Statistics with theme: Read More
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has said that ñbbjnjvalue of pension fund assets has increased to N14.59 trillion as at the end of October, 2022. This is a 7.20 per cent or N909 billion increase when compared to N13.6 trillion, as at January 2022. PenCom stated this in the monthly pension report that captured the assets under management by Pension Read More
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has disclosed that its Sukuk bond offerings are designed to improve the road infrastructure, develop the financial market and also promote financial inclusion. The Director-General of the DMO, Patience Oniha, who spoke in Abuja recently, said the bond provides the opportunity to raise that quantum of funds just for roads and bridges. She spoke against Read More
The federal government has expressed determination to sustain the tempo of building the capacity of the youth so that they could be included in the search for peace. It disclosed this at the opening of a two-day Capacity Development Workshop on National Action Plan on Youth Peace and Security, organised by Actionaid in conjunction with Disputes Resolution and Development Initiative Read More
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) Board Chair, Dr. Jummai Umar -Ajijola has called on the need to create a system that values and protects lives and property, engender rule of law, be deliberate and invest in functional education for the next century to drive science and technology for societal advancement. She said these among others will make a new Nigeria possible as Read More
The federal government has said it secured a loan of $170 million from the French Development Agency to be used to facilitate the transmission of transformers from Siemens under the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. This was stated by the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, during the inspection of transmission projects in the FCT Read More
The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the response of the Nigerian government to the demands of the union since its suspension of an eight-month strike in October. Members of the union were paid half salaries for the month of October. The Ministry of Labour and Employment, while defending the payment, stated that the payment Read More
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday has issued an order of interim forfeiture of 40 landed property belonging to the embattled former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who is currently in custody in the United Kingdom. The interim forfeiture order includes 10 of Ekweremadu’s property in Enugu, three in the United States of America (USA), Read More
The Federal Government Thursday assured Nigerians that it will complete all the on-going rail projects across the country. The assurance was given by the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, during 2023 budget defence session, the Ministry had with the National Assembly joint committee on Land and Marine Transportation. Completion of the projects according to him, was premised on collection Read More
Multiple taxes paid to regulatory agencies by jetty operators in the Nigerian maritime sector will soon be phases out as the federal government said plans are at an advanced stage to harmonize taxes paid by jetty operators in order to eliminate double taxation and promote the administration’s Ease of Doing Business policy. Minister of Transportation, Engr. Mu’azu Jaji Sambo made Read More
Terrorism is one of the world’s greatest security challenges. Trying to predict it is an important part of the effort to counter terrorism. Intelligence and security agencies around the world occasionally issue warnings about the likelihood of terrorist attacks in certain places. For instance, on 23 October 2022, the US Embassy in Nigeria released an advisory to alert its citizens Read More
The federal government of Nigeria is pioneering a billion-dollar worth of voluntary carbon market on the African continent. This was made known in a statement by the Office of the Vice President. “It is an innovative climate change solution which will create, over the period of energy transition, millions of new jobs in Nigeria alone, according to estimates of the Read More
A university don, Professor Muhammed Kabir Isah, Monday, urged Nigeria to embark on education based on Information Communication and Digital Technology, noting that the future of education will not be internet but metaverse. Delivering a lecture at the 2022 National Convention of the Government College Kaduna Old Boys Association (Kadoba), with the theme “Education: The Pathway of Development in Nigeria”, Read More
Efforts by the federal government to ensure that housing deficit in the country and the spate of unemployment among young Nigerians and other myriad of problems faced in the country are addressed have been mired in controversy. Often, Nigerians have bemoaned the high economic and social instability pervading the polity which are patent proofs that all is not well, as Read More
The Federal Government has tasked the African regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) to develop Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for the benefit of economic growth in the continent. The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Adeleke Mamora, gave the charge at the closing ceremony of the maiden edition of the African Research and Innovation Read More
The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Gbemisola Saraki, has said the ministry’s vision is to revolutionise the mining sector to attract more foreign investors. She said the expectation of President Muhammadu Buhari for the ministry, included diversification of the economy with a target of a five per cent contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and creating an Read More
In Kogi state, it’s apparent that the devastating effects of flooding have left hundreds of people homeless, many dead while billions of naira properties were eroded. Unfortunately, most of the victims are less privileged living from hand to mouth. This implies that the situation has added to their sufferings and as such many lost their lives due to hunger and Read More
To boost revenue into the federal government coffer from the aviation sector, the FG has engaged a service company to collect helicopter landing and take-off charges from over 250 landing platforms across Nigeria. The firm, NAEBI Dynamic Concepts Limited, according to it Managing Director, Mr. Stanley Chike will carry out the service in collaboration with Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Read More
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has noted that there are conflicts in the administration and management of lands between the Federal and State Government, and called for collaboration in the land administration in the country. Fashola, who spoke in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the 27th Conference of Directors of Lands in the Federal, States, Departments Read More
It seems the Federal Government of Nigeria, FGN, has lost to Sunrise Power Transmission yet again at the International Court of Arbitration, ICC, and exposed to over $500m in damages. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubarkar Malami SAN CON had on November 11, 2021, celebrated on national television confirming that Sunrise Power Transmission Company of Read More
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