•NLC President Joe Ajaero Nigerian workers, under the aegis of The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), have described as “absurd” the N8 billion allocated in the 2025 federal budget to sensitise Nigerians on the need to pay electricity bills. This was revealed in a statement signed by the President of the union, Comrade Joe Ajaero yesterday. [&hel...
The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, yesterday defended the decision to approve a 50 per cent tariff hike for telecom services, despite widespread backlash and legal threats from advocacy groups and subscribers. Minister Tijani, who appeared before lawmakers to defend the ministry’s budget, explained t...
•Tinubu The federal government has introduced the National Health Programmes for youths across all 774 local government areas in Nigeria. A statement by the president’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga yesterday, also called for applications from persons aged between 25 and 35. “The Tinubu administration is requesting applications from young Nigeria...
•Minister of Works David Umahi The federal government has re-awarded the revoked section of the Abuja-Kaduna highway to an inactive and obscure company, investigations reveal. The company, Infoquest Nigeria Limited as announced by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, had secured the contract for the completion of the remaining sector of Section...
The federal government, through Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), pursuant to its power under Section 108 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003 (NCA) to regulate and approve tariff rates and charges by telecommunications operators, will be granting approval for tariff adjustment requests by Network Operators in response to prevailin...
•Tinubu and National Assembly Complex The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has disclosed that the National Assembly will pass the controversial tax reform bills into law in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025. Speaking at the weekend during The Platform, an event organised by The Covenant Natio...
•Nigerian workers Nigerian workers under the aegis of The Nigeria Labour Congress have frowned on the recent hike in the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, describing it as the height of insensitivity against the masses. Senior NLC officials disclosed this in separate interviews with our correspondents yesterday, as ...
Administrative lapses have thrown spanners into the planned first direct revenue allocation to the 774 local governments from the federation account. The LGs have a total of N361.754 billion as their share of distributable revenue from the N1.424 trillion due to the three tiers of government this month, reports The Nation. The federal governme...
•Naira notes A total sum of ₦1.424 trillion, being December 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue, has been shared among the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils. The revenue was shared at the January 2025 Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting held in Abuja. The Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of ...
•Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos The federal government has dismissed reports (not by The Frontier) of a jerky and defective Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos as baseless rumours maliciously orchestrated by fifth columnists and detractors. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has assured the public that the Third Mainland Bridge, along with other ico...
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