The federal government has announced readiness to begin the new minimum wage payment to civil servants. This development was disclosed by the spokesperson for the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa, today, reports Nigerian Tribune. While addressing journalist, he stated that the employees under the federal governmen...
•Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, says the federal government will toll all major roads in the country upon completion of construction and renovation. “We have the Lagos-Ibadan (Expressway), we are completing it and we are tolling it,” Umahi said today in Abuja at an Inter-Ministerial Press Briefing, part of activities to...
•Former Governor Yahaya Bello The federal government has filed a fresh 16-count charge against Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The charge filed before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja borders on criminal breach of trust to the tune of N110.4 billion, reports Channels TV. This is contrary to Sections 96 [&helli...
•Tinubu The Federal Executive Council is proposing an amendment to the National Identity Management Commission Act No. 23, 2007 to allow for foreigners living in the country to be issued the National Identification Number. The FEC, yesterday, also proposed the Economy Stabilisation Bill to pave the way for the taxing of foreigners living and w...
•Youth Corpers The federal government has approved the increase of Corps Members’ monthly allowance to ₦77,000 with effect from July 2024. In a statement yesterday, a spokesperson for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Caroline Embu, said the increment was in line with the enactment of the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024. Embu...
•ASUU National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke The Academic Staff Union of Universities has issued a fresh 14-day ultimatum for the federal government to resolve lingering issues affecting lecturers. This is coming after the expiration of a 21 days’ ultimatum earlier by the union. ASUU is demanding the conclusion of the renegotiation of the 2...
•Controller General, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Haliru Nababa The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has directed an unconditional and comprehensive investigation into the allegations of bribery and corruption within the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). This was disclosed in a statement signed by his media aide, Babatunde...
Nigeria is currently witnessing an intense transmission of the circulating variant poliovirus type 2(cVPV2), the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said. The executive director of the agency, Dr Muyi Aina made the disclosure yesterday in Abuja during the engagement meeting with religious leaders, organised by the agen...
•Nigerian doctors President Bola Tinubu’s national policy on health workforce migration to manage the exodus abroad of skilled Nigerian healthcare professionals may come to nothing if the government’s embargo on employment in the health sector is not repealed. Chairman of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) at th...
•Flood The federal government has appealed to Nigerians to clear their canals, drainages and gutters to mitigate floods. A dam update report by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) on Sunday, said the water levels at the nation’s critical stations along the River Benue, showed a steady increase towards flood levels, reports NAN. Ac...
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