As the deadline for payment of fares for the 2024 hajj elapsed by 12am today, respite has come the way of some intending pilgrims as both the federal and some state governments like Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, and Ogun have provided subsidies to offset the balance of funds for the exercise. However, some intending pilgrims have […]
•Rescued school children Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has called on the federal government to clarify why none of the terrorists who abducted the schoolchildren in Kaduna was apprehended, especially if the government claims that no ransom was paid for the release of the 137 pupils. The Kadu...
Monarchs, retired security officers, clerics, and activists in the Niger Delta, yesterday, urged the federal government to direct the Army to withdraw its siege to the embattled Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State to avert losses of more lives and douse tension in the oil region. They also asked the criminals [...
•Shettima The governments of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory owe the federal government an outstanding liability of N1.72tn in budget support facilities. The figures were revealed in a presentation on state budget support facility by Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, at the 140th meeting of the National ...
The just concluded meeting between the Senior Staff Association Of Nigeria University (SSANU) and federal government has ended in deadlock, with SSANU insisting strick action continues. Yesterday, the National president (SSANU) Muhammed Ibrahim said the strike continues today, reports Nigerian Tribune. Recall that SSANU and NASU embarked on a ...
•Bandits The federal government says it has uncovered the identity of 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms, allegedly involved in terrorism financing. Details of the development were revealed by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, in an email sent to our correspondent last night, entitled “...
The federal government is appealing to the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) to call off their seven-day warning strike. Both unions began the industrial action on Monday as they pressed for the payment of their salaries, reports Channels...
No fewer than 183 former Niger Delta agitators (militants) have dragged the federal government before a Federal High Court, Abuja over alleged stoppage of their monthly allowance. The 183 ex-militants, in 17 separate suits filed by their counsel, Regina Okotie-Eboh, before Justice James Omotosho, also joined the coordinator of the Presidential...
There are indications that the federal government through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is now spending N17.72 billion daily to fund subsidy on petrol. Though still shrouded in secrecy, the funding strategy, it was learnt, is consummated by way of crude sales and direct cost recovery by NNPC, reports Vanguard. An e...
•Senator Yar’Adua and some police officers Senator Abdulaziz Yar’adua has said the federal government is working on recruiting more security personnel to battle the rising crime rates in the country. “First of all, you have to understand that we have a problem with the strength of the police and the military and other security agencies [&helli...
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