The federal government has upgraded the Riyom General Hospital in Plateau State to a National Trauma Centre and deployed 15 emergency ambulances to the state to strengthen emergency medical response and improve access to life-saving care. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Kachollom Daju, who represente...
•Atiba University main gate Parents of students of Atiba University, Oyo State, have called on the federal government to intervene in the crisis surrounding the institutions Law programme, asking authorities to facilitate the transfer of affected students to accredited institutions and prevent their years of academic efforts from being lost. T...
More than a year after the federal government announced that construction of Nigeria’s long-abandoned National Library headquarters would resume on June 1, 2025, the project site remains inactive. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, pledged to inspect the project in Abuja, where he announced that construction would resume with dedicate...
The Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) has dragged the Federal Government and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) before the Federal High Court in Ibadan over the legality of the council’s Textbook Ranking Framework. The suit, No. FHC/IB/CS/117/26, also lists the Minister of Education and the Attorney-General o...
•First Niger Bridge The federal government has ordered the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on the First Niger Bridge to curb the theft and vandalism of bolts, expansion joints, iron bars and other components of the structure. Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, gave the directive while inspecting sections of the bridge wher...
•Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa The Federal government has stopped funding part of the Bilateral Education Agreement scholarship programme, saying it can no longer justify spending hundreds of millions of naira to send Nigerian students abroad to study courses already available in the country. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, di...
•Crude oil pipeline The federal government has commenced the review of applications by oil operators whose licences have expired, with a view to extending their tenure and allowing them to retain control of the assets beyond 2026. Checks by our correspondent confirmed that operators of the expired oil licenses had applied for extensions to ena...
Armed Fulani herdsmen Southern and Middle belt leaders have raised alarm over attempt to take over their lands in their communities and allegedly hand them over to Fulani herdsmen, under the new National Livestock Policy introduced by the federal government. According to the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF), led by Afenifere Chie...
Nigeria’s worsening security challenges are putting fresh pressure on the country’s policing system. This came as the federal government yesterday announced the appointment of Professor Emmanuel Olukemi Rotimi of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, to the Policy Advisory Committee of the Presidential Working Group on the National Polici...
•Minister of Works David Umahi and a section of Carter Bridge, Lagos  The federal government has set a new 24-month timeline for the completion of the reconstruction of Lagos’ Carter Bridge, down from the initially slated 36 months. Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, disclosed this yesterday during an inspection of the ongoing reconstruction of th...
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