•Olubunmi Tunji Ojo The federal government has declared Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20, 2026 as public holidays to mark the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, which signifies the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government in a statement by Dr Magdalene ...
•D’Tigress team receiving their documents and honours awarded by President Bola Tinubu The federal government has fulfilled its promise to Nigeria’s women’s national basketball team, D’Tigress, following their 2025 victory at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket tournament in Côte d’Ivoire. The development was disclosed yesterday by the National Sports...
•Corps members The National President of the Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria, Haruna Danjuma, has urged the federal government to scrap the National Youth Service Corps scheme if it cannot guarantee the safety of corps members across the country. Danjuma made the call amid growing concerns over the security of corps members following rep...
•Naira notes The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N1.894 trillion as Federation Account revenue for February 2026 among the federal government, states and local government councils. This was disclosed in a statement issued yesterday by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Office of the Accountan...
•Tinubu The federal government has approved N2 billion each as take-off grants for the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal Polytechnic in Abuja and the Federal University of Science and Technology, Epe in Epe, Lagos State, as part of efforts to support their early operations. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this yesterday during th...
•Finance minister, Wale Edun The federal government has said it will not step in to control petrol prices despite rising tensions in the Middle East that are causing uncertainty in the global oil market. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, said the government would continue to allow market forces [&hell...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has secured the backing of the federal government to investigate vice chancellors of public universities accused of corruption and mismanagement of Tertiary Education Trust Fund allocations. ASUU raised concerns over the weak supervision of vice chancellors in implementing TETFund projects, noting that ...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has asked the federal government to rescind its blanket invalidation of degree certificates obtained from the Republics of Benin and Togo. The green chamber made the decision following the consideration and approval of reports from its Committee on Public Petitions, which reviewed concerns...
•Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo The federal government has ordered a temporary halt to the enforcement and collection of helicopter landing fees imposed on oil and gas operators, following concerns raised by stakeholders in the petroleum industry. The directive was issued yesterday by the Minister of Aviation and...
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) and regulators from 25 federating states have agreed to adopt a unified advertising framework aimed at restructuring the country’s gaming industry and curbing illegal operators. The agreement was formalised on Monday in Abuja when ARCON signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federati...
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