The federal government met with stakeholders in Lagos yesterday to discuss the proposed Digital Economy and e-Governance Bill, part of a series of consultations designed to shape a nationwide legal framework for the digital economy. The Lagos meeting followed earlier sessions held in several states as the government works to gather input from ...
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, has announced a major policy on Caesarean section in the country. A caesarean section, also known as a C-section, is a surgical procedure to deliver a baby through incisions in the mother’s abdomen and uterus. It’s performed when a vaginal delivery would ...
•The released children protesters A coalition of 16 Non-Government Organisation (NGOs), today called on the federal government to immediately issue a public apology and pay adequate compensation to the children. The coalition in a signed joint statement expressed appreciation to the government for allowing reason to prevail by asking the court...
The federal government has given conditions for prospective beneficiaries of the Presidential Grants and Loan Scheme for the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The Akwa Ibom Manager of the Bank Of Industry (BOI) Tolulope Toluwase reeled out the requirements at the formal launch of the scheme in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, reports The Nation...
The federal government has terminated the contract for the Rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway, Section I (Abuja-Kaduna) from Julius Berger Construction company. A statement by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Works, Mohammed Ahmed, said the decision was made following the failure of the management of Berge...
•Tinubu The federal government has released funds for payment of withheld salaries of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities (NASU). The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) made this known in a statement in Abuja. According to the OAGF, the FG has also released funds for the payment of benefits to […]...
•Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate The federal government has defended foreign medical trips by political leaders, arguing that people are free to seek treatment in any part of the world. This is according to the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Muhammad Pate. “Don’t conflate the quality of our healthcare s...
•Dollar notes The federal government has issued a nine-month ultimatum to individuals that are keeping dollars outside the banking system. Briefing journalists yesterday after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja, the Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, said the government has unveiled a new po...
•Joe Ajaero President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, yesterday, faulted the federal government for attempting to deny workers the freedom to seek better jobs abroad in the face of poor working environment in the country. This was as the National President of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NAN...
The federal government through its Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGI) has signed agreements with Airport Taxi Operators and 800 cabs for a 30% discount for passengers on the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport routes in Abuja. The taxis are to secure free of charge conversion of their vehicles to CNG fueling, which is ove...

