The federal government says there is a need for data to guide operations in the housing sector, noting that only 5.6 million out of 80 million workers are currently contributing to the National Housing Fund (NHF). Shehu Usman Osidi, the Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), stated this in Abuja at […]
The federal government has set up a 10-member committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgment delivered on July 11, 2024 granting financial autonomy to Local Governments in Nigeria. Director, Information & Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation OSGF, Segun Imohiosen disclosed this today in Abuja...
The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), led by Prof. Olu Andah Wai-Ogosu, has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the federal government and ReynÂolds Construction Company, the contractor handling the Eleme section of the East-West Road in Rivers State, to return to site or face total shutdown of the road. MOSOP, in a […]
•Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo The decision of the federal government to increase the contributions of aviation agencies to the Treasury Single Account, TSA, from 40 to 50 per cent has triggered fresh panic among operators. Before now, there had been intense debates among experts over the government’s motive to force cost recovery agencies i...
•Tinubu The Organised Civil Society under the aegis of United Action Front of Civil Society, has called on security agencies to as a matter of urgency, release key leaders of the protests abducted from their various homes “in gestapo manner by security operatives in the dead of the night” during the recent nationwide protests again...
•Humanitarian workers The Federal Government of Nigeria has raised the alarm over continuous attacks on humanitarian workers in the country. Addressing a press conference in Abuja today to mark World Humanitarian Day 2024, under the theme ‘ActForHumanity,’ the Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internall...
•Tertiary institution students The federal government has threatened to sanction higher institutions that fail to submit lists of students admitted immediately after matriculation. This was revealed in a memo ‘CLARIFICATION ON DISCLOSURE OF ADMITTED CANDIDATES OUTSIDE CAPS( 2017-DATE)’ by the Jamb Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) obtained ...
•Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has reached out to the federal government in a move to resolve the dispute with the Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. over the controversial Ogun Free Trade Zone. Abiodun reportedly consulted top federal officials on Thursday, as a professor of Political Economy, P...
Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has stated that over 1000 #EndBadGovernance protesters are currently in prison custody nationwide following the recent hunger protests. The protests, which were held between August 1 and 10, turned violent in some parts of the country, with reports of looting and vandalism in several states. On...
•Ex-Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun With the controversial seizure of three presidential jets on routine maintenance in Paris still raising dust, former Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has cautioned the federal government not to negotiate with Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited. In a statement yesterday, the Ogun g...
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