•Tinubu The federal government has earmarked over N780 million for prosecuting terrorism-related cases, anti-money laundering initiatives, and other criminal matters in 2025. According to the 2025 Appropriation Bill, N530m has been allocated for the management of terrorism-related cases and issues, and N2 billion for the purchase of vehicles f...
•Banks The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission have issued a final directive to Deposit Money Banks and Mobile Network Operators to resolve the protracted N250bn Unstructured Supplementary Service Data debt dispute. CBN and NCC are both regulatory agencies of the federal government, reports The PUNCH. The directi...
The federal government has recorded a total of 1,743 prosecuted cases from phase one to phase six of terrorist trials in the country, spanning from 2017 to date. Out of these, 742 individuals were convicted, while 888 were discharged and acquitted due to lack of evidence or other reasons. Additionally, 92 trials have been adjourned. […]
•Christmas celebration in Nigeria The federal government has declared three days as public holidays to mark the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The days are Wednesday 25, Thursday, 26, December 2024, and Wednesday 1, January, 2025. The public holidays are to celebrate Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year respectively. The Minister of Interi...
The federal government has flagged off the free train ride across the country as part of measures to reduce the financial burden and to ensure Nigerians who intend to travel enjoy the yuletide season. According to the federal government, Nigerians who want to travel during the Yuletide would enjoy a free train ride from today […]
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployment of Federal Permanent Secretaries in a shakeup of civil service. Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Walson-Jack, conveyed this in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Olotu Eno. The Permanent Secretaries affected inc...
As economic hardship continues to bite harder on most Nigerians, the Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has again called on the federal government to, without further delay, pay the three and half months salaries of members withheld due to the nationwide industrial action embarked upon by the public university lecturers in 2022. The sala...
•Housing Minister Ahmed Musa Dangiwa The federal government has issued a month’s ultimatum to developers and residents of Banana Island, an upscale Ikoyi area of Lagos, and others on the Lagos shoreline to regularise their title and other necessary documentation or risk revocation and demolition. Housing and Urban Development Minister Ahmed Mu...
•Tinubu The federal government and opposition parties clashed yesterday following the criticism of the economic policies of the Bola Tinubu administration by the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori. The Peoples Democratic Party and the New Nigeria Peoples Party agreed with the governor that Nigerians are being crushed under the weight of ...
•FEC meeting The Federal Executive Council today approved the 2025 Budget Proposal. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, revealed this to State House Correspondents after the Council met for the last time in 2024 at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. He said, “Today, the Federal Executive Council approved the budget proposals fo...
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