•Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo The federal government has declared Tuesday, 9 and Wednesday, April 10, 2024 as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government. He congratulated all Muslim Ummah for the successful completion of the fasting in the ho...
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS), has launched an innovative identity solution with payment functionality for all types of social and financial services to be powered by AfriG...
Manufacturers and Organised Labour have kicked against the Federal Government’s 240 per cent hike in the tariff payable by electricity users enjoying a 20-hour power supply. They insisted on the electricity subsidy, warning that its removal would send manufacturers out of business and worsen inflation, reports The PUNCH. The subsidy on electri...
The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP has condemned in very strong terms, the increase in the electricity tariff paid by Band A customers from N68/KWh to N225/kWh by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, describing it as a cynically cruel blow on Nigerians, reports Vanguard. In a statement today by PRP Acting National Publicity Sec...
The federal government has jacked up the electricity tariff for Band A customers. Band A are those who enjoy electricity supply for 20 hours per day, reports Channels TV. At a press briefing in Abuja today, Musliu Oseni, Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), said the increase will see customers pay ₦225 [&hell...
•Fuel subsidy removal Ten months after the removal of petrol subsidy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the federal government has not rolled out electric vehicles as promised. Millions of Nigerians are grappling with the high cost of transportation in the aftermath of the fuel subsidy removal, reports Daily Trust Experts say productivity in work...
•A vandalised pipeline The federal government has adopted a virtual means of evacuation of crude oil that involves the utilisation of barges and trucks for the transportation of crude from the point of production to injection/storage points for eventual transportation to export terminals. It said the Alternative Crude Oil Evacuation Systems wa...
•Third Mainland Bridge The federal government is ramping up security at the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos with the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) and solar lights as parts of the repair works. One of Africa’s longest bridges has been under repairs for weeks, causing gridlock to motorists and other road users. While it has [&...
•Tinubu A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), Nze Chidi Duru, has frowned at the report that the Tinubu-led federal government subsidised religious pilgrimage with N90 billion, warning that such should not have any place in present day Nigeria. Duru, the Deputy National Organising Secretary of the ru...
•Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has announced that it will conclude the ongoing recruitment process into the Federal Fire Service (FFS) on June 15, 2024. The Minister of Interior and chairman of the Board, Olubumi Tunji-Ojo, said the new date was in line wi...
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