•Immigration officers The director general of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), Dasuki Arabi, announced today, Friday, July 12, that after seventeen years of persistence, the government has resolved the outstanding severance benefits for 1,330 Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) officers who were disengaged during the 2006/2007 refor...
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has urged the federal government to immediately propose amendments to the Samoa Agreement or withdraw from it, if such amendments were not accepted. This is contained in a statement titled, ‘Threats to the sovereignty and values of Nigeria in the Samoa Agreement’ issued today and jointly signed...
•Supreme Court of Nigeria The Supreme Court has held that it is illegal for governors to dissolve democratically elected Local Governments. It orders the federal government to henceforth withhold allocations to Local Governments governed by unelected officials appointed by the governor. The Frontier had earlier reported that the apex court als...
Following a motion of urgent national importance sponsored by 88 members, the House of Representatives has asked the federal government to suspend the implementation of the Samoa Agreement until all controversial clauses are addressed and spelt out. In moving the motion today, a member of the House, Aliyu Madaki, drew attention to the clause w...
•Minister of Agriculture, Abubakar Kyari. The federal government, yesterday, announced a 150-day duty-free import window for food commodities as it stepped up efforts to tackle rising inflation which had impoverished many Nigerians. The government also expressed its decision to collaborate with states to expand land cultivation across the coun...
The Nigerian Government released ₦1.23tn to 17 ministries for the execution of capital projects in the third quarter of 2023. According to the Budget Implementation Report for Q3, 2023 released by the Budget Office yesterday, 75.4 per cent lower than the ₦5trn allocated for capital expenditure in the 2023 budget, resulted in a deficit of [&hel...
•ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke The Academic Staff Union of Universities said it will be meeting with the federal government on July 25, 2024 over its unmet demands. This was as non-academic staff of universities declared yesterday that they were set for a one-day protest tomorrow on campuses over their withheld four-month salaries, reports T...
•A private jet The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended 10 private jet operators over failure to commence the recertification process. A statement signed by NCAA’s Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, said the suspension was rooted in its Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations 2023 Part 18.3.4 which ...
•Flood The federal government has warned that the increasing level of flooding and continuous rainfall may worsen the spread of cholera in the country. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof Joseph Terlumum stated this while addressing a press conference today. According to him, a total of 63 deaths and 2,102 suspected cases have...
•Farm workers The federal government has approved a new withholding tax regime, which exempts farmers and small businesses. This is as it introduced key changes to the previous tax regime such as reduction of rates for businesses with low margins and measures to curb evasion. In a post via X today, Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of […]
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