The Federal Government said members of the National Youth Service Corps will no longer be posted to states deemed unsafe in the wake of worsening security conditions in the country. Several corps members have been abducted in some parts of the country during their one-year mandatory national service, raising fears about the sustainability of the…
The Federal Government is set for the inauguration of the 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage. The committee is to recommend a new National Minimum Wage for the country. Expected to perform the inauguration ceremony on behalf of President Bola Tinubu at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa Abuja, is the Vice President,…
The Federal Government has dismissed reports of a fresh outbreak of COVID 19 in the country The coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Professor Ali Pate says there is no scientific research record to back the claims. Professor Pate disclosed this at the maiden public lecture series of the Federal University of Health Sciences,…
The International Air Transport Association has warned the Central Bank of Nigeria that some foreign airlines may be forced to quit the Nigerian markets if nothing is done about the $790m ticket revenue currently trapped in the country. Switzerland, on Thursday also said Lagos and Abuja airports had been ranked the most expensive gateways in…
The Federal Government has flagged off the release of 4,068 inmates sentenced to various terms of imprisonment with the option of a fine and compensation in custodial centres nationwide. Speaking during an event which was held at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kuje, Federal Capital Territory in Abuja, the minister noted that the initiative…
The Federal Government has admitted that it is facing enormous challenges and revenue deficit amid a growing population. This is as it lamented that it is struggling to pay salaries because “there is no money”. Speaking in Abuja, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, urged non-governmental organisations to help the government to cover…
The House of Representatives has called on the federal government and other sub-national governments to ban the use of the popular children’s textbook ‘Queen Premier’ in schools for containing pro-LGBTQ+ texts. The lawmakers made the call on Thursday during plenary, following the adoption of a motion moved by Sulaiman Gumi, who wants the Nigerian Educational…
The Federal Government has announced plans to reinstitute a national discourse on reorientation following the lack of trust on the ruling class by the citizens Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said this while speaking to State House correspondents after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. Idris…
The Federal Government has withdrawn the criminal charges preferred against Senator Ifeanyi Ubah and his oil firm, Capital Oil. It was barely two weeks since he joined All Progressive Congress (APC). Justice Nicholas Oweibo of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday struck out the charge filed by Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria,…
