The federal government has begun disbursement of the N200 billion Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme to verified applicants. The Bank of Industry had said it would be disbursing three categories of funding to support manufacturers and businesses across the country. Giving a progress report on X (formerly Twitter) today, the Minister of Indu...
•Tinubu and IGP Egbetokun The Federal Government of Nigeria under the administration of President Bola Tinubu has declared April 7 as National Police Day. This was disclosed by Vice President Shettima last night in Abuja during the maiden award and commendations event Organised by the Nigeria Police Force. Shettima delivering the President’s s...
Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), yesterday, rejected the federal government’s plan to pay its members half salary for the four months withheld salaries. Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, on Wednesday, revealed that SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) would get half of their withheld salaries if President ...
Aviation experts have called on the federal government to come out in full force to support the nation’s carriers on international routes, especially Air Peace, and be a part of the global aeropolitics. Less than two weeks after Air Peace commenced the direct flight services from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, to L...
•Education Minister Tahir Mamman The federal government says non-academic staff members of universities will get half of their withheld salaries should President Bola Tinubu approve the payment of their salary arrears. Education Minister Tahir Mamman, who stated this on Channels Television last night , argued that members of the Senior Staff A...
•Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo A cross-section of Nigerians, yesterday flayed the extension of a two-day holiday earlier declared by the federal government to three days. While some Nigerians described the decision as “commendable”, many berated the government, saying embarking on holidays drags down productivity of a nation, report...
•David Umahi The federal government has promised to disclose to the public the total cost and breakdown of the ongoing Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project on Friday. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, said this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Orji Uchenna, yesterday in Abuja. Umahi also explained that despite the [&he...
The Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria (AHAPN) has urged the federal government to implement the approved Consultant Pharmacist Cadre and Harmonisation of Call Duty Allowance and Other Related Allowances for Pharmacists with Doctor of Pharmacy Degree. Pharm. Olabode Ogunjemiyo (FPSN), the National Chairman of ...
•Ramadan moon The federal government has extended the public holiday for the Eid-El-Fitr celebration to Thursday. Last week, it declared a two-day holiday – Tuesday and Wednesday – for the festivities. However, the crescent was not sighted in Saudi Arabia today, meaning the Eid celebration will take place tomorrow.This prompted the federal gov...
The federal government has unveiled a Delivery Tracker App which would enable every Nigerian to view the deliverables and key performance indicators (KPIs) for all ministries and give their assessment on the performance of each of the ministries’ indicators. It also listed eight priority areas it wants citizens to monitor and report on. They i...

