President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed that all those responsible for the bombing of innocent civilians in a Kaduna village will be severely punished. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, gave the hint at a world news conference in Abuja. The minister said as a prelude to sanctioning those found culpable, the Federal…
Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education have been taken off from the Integrated Personnel Payment System (IPPIS). The approval for the exemption was given by The Federal Executive Council at its meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa Abuja. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents on…
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has said that powerful Nigerians are sponsoring banditry and kidnappings in the country. He also accused them of being behind illegal mining in the country. Alake spoke at the National Assembly when he appeared before the House Committee on Solid Minerals to defend the Ministry’s 2024 budget estimate….
Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, The Minister of State for Education, has said that the initially proposed Student loan scheme is not up for debates and must commence by January 2024. He made this known during an appearance on Arise TV on Thursday morning, after disclosing that the federal government is already committed to the cause….
The Federal Government of Nigeria has released an application portal for its Presidential Conditional Grant for Nano Businesses under the Presidential Palliative Program. The scheme offers a grant of N50,000.00 per beneficiary, aiming to support one million nano businesses across the 774 local government areas. The Federal government will collaborate with State Governments, Honourable Ministers,…
The Minister of Labour and Employment for State, Nkiru Onyejiosha, on Friday, ordered the shutdown of Metal Manufacturing Company, in Sagamu Local Government for exposing its workers to health hazards. According to reports the company situated at Gbara, near Sotubo, also manufactures batteries but has refused to provide protective gear for its workers despite several…
Civil Liberties Organization CLO Anambra State Branch has made passionate, life savings and patriotic appeal to President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Minister of Work Engr.Davi Umahi and Federal Emergency Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to declare state of emergency on Nsugbe_Umueri_Aguleri Federal road. Comrade Vincent Ezekwueme made the remarks during the tour of some dilapidated and deplorable…
The National Economic Council on Thursday announced plans to channel at least $1.52bn donor funds into 36 special agro-industrial processing zones across the nation, aiming to create over 18.1 million jobs, including 100,000 farmers nationwide. The first phase, which now runs in Kano, Kaduna, Kwara, Ogun, Oyo, Imo, Cross River states as well as the…
Labour unions have fired President Bola Tinubu Federal Government for slashing the supplementary budgetary allocation for wage awards to federal civil servants by N100bn, warning that this was not the agreement they had with the government. The Federal Government, as part of steps to assuage labour unions, had granted a wage award of N35,000 to…
No fewer than 5,000 federal civil servants who have discrepancies in their dates of first appointment and dates of birth may not receive their December salary. This statement was made by National President, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, Tommy Okon. Okon, however, stated that the union was working with the Head of the…
