•Health minister, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate The federal government has said it is prepared to mobilise all stakeholders to effectively combat the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), if it enters the country. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, said this yesterday in Abuja at a strategic meeting on COVID-19 preparedne...
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, says that telecom tariffs will soon increase but assures Nigerians that it will not be the 100 per cent that telecom operators are pushing for at the moment. The minister disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) today in Abuja...
•Tinubu presenting 2024 Appreciation bill to the National Assembly The National Assembly has raised concerns over the significant imbalance between recurrent and capital expenditure in the 2024 budget, highlighting the insufficient release of funds for capital projects in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). This was made known durin...
•IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu and his lawyers in court Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu who is currently being detained has opposed the request by the federal government for the resumption of his trial. Kanu’s lead counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, revealed in a post on X yesterday. According to him, his client Kanu […]
•Presidential fleet The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Congress have kicked against the N55 billion allocated in the 2025 budget for the maintenance of the presidential fleet. This is contained in the 2025 Appropriation Bill sent to the National Assembly for approval, reports The PUNCH. If approved by the lawmakers, over N55.5bn will ...
•Tinubu The federal government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, has announced immediate measures to address the high cost of food in the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, announced this on his official X account, stating that there will be a 150-day duty-free import window fo...
•A COVID-19 health worker in Wuhan, China The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it is closely monitoring global developments on the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV). Director-General of the agency , Dr Jide Idris, said this in a public health advisory last night. He said an Entry Implementation Protocol on HMPV, approve...
•Human Metapneumovirus The federal government has said it would activate surveillance measures for inbound passengers from China following the current surge of a respiratory virus. Reports indicate that the virus has led to overcrowded hospitals, emergency measures and public concerns in China, reports The PUNCH. The virus, attributed to the H...
•Tax reform committee chairman, Taiwo Oyedele Firms without Tax Identification Number (TIN) will not enjoy the exemption from Withholding Tax payment. This is one of the conditions stipulated in the Withholding Tax reform regulation which took effect on January 1, reports The Nation. In the new regime, small businesses with low margins of retu...
•Tinubu The federal government has allocated a total sum of N7,940,323,192 to the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria in the 2025 Appropriation Bill, to revamp the nation’s arms production capabilities. Established in 1963 to manufacture weapons locally, DICON’s performance has been repeatedly questioned as Nigeria continues to rely heav...
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