131 Nigerian returnees from the Niger Republic, assisted by the International Organisation for Migration (IMO) in collaboration with the Federal Government’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA ) have arrived safely in the country. They came back into the country from Agades in the Republic of Niger. NEMA in its X statement today ...
•Power transmission line The federal government and investors in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) have expressed differing views on whether state governments currently have the capacity to regulate electricity markets within their jurisdictions. The disagreement surfaced at an event in Abuja marking the 20th anniversary of the N...
•Director General of PenCom, Omolola Oloworaran The federal government has approved ₦758 billion in bonds to offset long-standing pension liabilities, including pension increases owed since 2007. The Director-General of the National Pension Commission, Omolola Oloworaran, disclosed this today in Yola at a two-day sensitisation workshop on the ...
The federal government through the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said yesterday that it has directed banks, stockbrokers, and other financial institutions to deduct a 10 per cent withholding tax on interest earned from investments in short-term securities. Before this directive, short-term bills were tax-exempt to boost returns for inv...
•Contractor The All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria (AICAN), yesterday, accused the federal government of subjecting its members to unbearable economic hardship by failing to effect payment for executed 2024 capital projects worth over N760 billion, despite claims that a warrant for the sum was issued two months ago. It also accu...
•Interior minister, Tunji-Ojo The federal government is processing 170 applications from individuals across the world who applied to become Nigerian citizens. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this in Abuja during a review meeting of Advisory Committee on Nigerian Citizenship, (ACNC). Tunji-Ojo, who chairs the Committ...
•Nigerian children The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the federal government, has called on media organisations and practitioners to serve as Nigerian children’s voice and uphold child rights in the country. The Federal Ministry of Information and Orientation, stressed the vital role of the media in shaping publ...
•Atedo Peterside and an open foodstuffs market Nigerian entrepreneur and investment banker, Atedo Peterside, has criticised the federal government for failing to translate rising revenues into better living conditions for citizens. The economist, in an interview on Channels Television last night, said the government should focus on policies th...
•Riley Moore and Tinubu Despite the counter statements from the presidency on the alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria, a member of the U.S. Congress, Rep Riley M. Moore has insisted that about 7,000 Christians have been killed across the country this year. In an interview with Fox News, the lawmaker described the alleged genocide as [&hellip...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu in court The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a fresh suit against the federal government, seeking permanent termination of his continued trial. He also adduced reasons the trial should not be allowed to continue after being discharged by the Court of [&...
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