The federal government through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned MultiChoice Nigeria over its move to hike subscription rates for DStv and GoTV. Customers under the pay-TV company recently woke up to a notification of a hike in the subscription fees, reports Channels TV. The firm in a notice sent t...
•Tinubu The Tinubu-led federal government has spent approximately $8 billion to stabilise the naira, the Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, has said. Rewane also serves on the Board of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group among other entities, reports Daily Trust. His claim is coming amidst the celebrated ...
•Atiku The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has commended the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, for going ahead to conduct the local government election in the state. In a post via his official X handle today, Atiku called for a peaceful and hitch-free election and urged security...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero Organised Labour through the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has forced the Federal Government to reduce telecommunications tariff hike from 50 percent to 35 percent. It was gathered that the reduction followed a meeting of the 10-man committee comprising government and NLC representatives at the office of the National ...
The federal government yesterday announced plans to cancel the visa-on-arrival policy. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the announcement during the closing ceremony of a weeklong capacity-building training for personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), reports Channels TV. The capacity building training is one of the...
•Pomo The federal government today cautioned that the consumption of hides and skin, known in local parlance as Pomo, deprives the nation of much-needed jobs. Speaking at the resumed ministerial briefing organised by the Ministry of Information and National Orientation in Abuja, Minister of Livestock Development, Mukhtar Maiha, affirmed that h...
•Governor Ademola Adeleke The federal government through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has asked Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State to put the local government election scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2025, on hold. According to the justice minister, the Court of Appeal, Akure division, on February 10, ...
•Bullet train The Federal Ministry of Transportation has refuted a story purporting an imminent launch of a “Lagos-Abuja High-Speed Bullet Train that will reduce travel time between both cities from 12 hours to just two to three hours”. A rejoinder issued by the ministry’s management in Abuja stated that the report widely circulated in online ...
The federal government, today, disclosed that it has terminated the contract of 98 km Oyo-Ogbomoso road awarded to RCC Construction Company. The Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi disclosed this at Oyo Federal Roads Stakeholders Engagement, entitled: ‘Enhancing Federal Roads in Oyo State; Challenges and Sustainable Solutions’ held in Ibadan c...
•Yu Dunhai and Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu The federal government has said it will collaborate with People’s Republic of China in the quest to boost industrialisation of the country to achieve economic diversification. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu disclosed this in her office at the Tafawa Balewa Ho...

