•Finance minister, Wale Edun Five months after the federal government announced a 150-day window for free importation of food items, the policy is yet to be implemented. The government had on July 8, 2024, announced the duty-free import window for food commodities so as to ensure a reduction in food inflation in the country, reports […]...
Nigerian students under the aegis of The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), have urged the federal government to follow up on the loans disbursement by the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to tertiary institutions on behalf of students and ascertain the money is channelled toward the right cause. NANS’ senate president, Bab...
•Peter Obi Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) at the 2023 polls, Peter Obi, today tackled the federal government over the “exclusion” of the North Central Development Commission (NCDC) from the 2025 budgetary allocations. He observed that the sum of N2.493 trillion was allocated to five other regional development commissions, whil...
•Tinubu The federal government has proposed N53 billion to renovate 103 foreign missions. The funds will cover various needs, including renovations of chanceries, staff quarters, ambassadors’ residences, purchase of office furniture, and official vehicles, among others, reports The PUNCH. Allocations include N554m for the foreign mission in Ab...
•A cross-section of ‘repentant’ Boko Haram ex-fighters The federal government has spent about N1.4 billion for the rehabilitation of repentant terrorists and the establishment of centres for terrorism trials in the last one year and six months. The federal government established the National Counter-Terrorism Centre following forme...
The federal government through Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the disconnection of Exchange Telecommunications Ltd from the MTN Nigeria network due to nonpayment of interconnect charges. The commission announced this in a public notice signed by Mr Reuben Muoka, NCC’s Public Affairs Director, yesterday. Exchange Te...
•Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle. The federal government will conduct a thorough investigation into Wednesday’s accidental bombing that killed 10 people in the Gidan Bisa and Runtuwa villages of Silame Local Government Area. This was disclosed in a statement yesterday by the Press Secretary to Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu....
Acting Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Captain Chris Najomo, is set to meet with the Chief Executive Officers of domestic airlines over the rise in flight delays and cancellations. This is just as the NCAA has written to the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, to commence sending daily weather reports to the...
•Tinubu The federal government has proposed to spend N100bn on the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Analysis of the 2025 budget showed the programme is under the Service Wide Vote (SVW) and domiciled in the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, reports Daily Trust. It would be recalled that the feeding programme was [...
•Tinubu Civil servants under the employment of the federal government are facing a low-key Christmas celebrations following the delay in payment of their December 2024 salaries. It was also learnt that federal workers suffered delayed salaries in November 2024, reports The PUNCH. Findings by our correspondents revealed that most federal worker...
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