•A section of Kara bridge The Federal Ministry of Works has released a travel advisory for motorists following its earlier announcement on a planned replacement of damaged expansion joints on the Kara Bridge, outbound Lagos. In a statement today signed by the Federal Controller of Works, Ogun State, Engr. Olayiwola Komolafe, maintenance work w...
•Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris The federal government has moved to dispel widespread confusion surrounding the Federal Executive Council’s approval to amend the Act governing the Nigerian Postgraduate Medical College, insisting that a Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D., degree will not replace or be considered equiv...
The African Democratic Congress has faulted the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government over what it called budget confusion, poor project implementation, and frequent policy reversals. In a statement today, the ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the government’s preoccupation with re-election politics, at the expe...
The federal government has said it now has the capacity to identify and apprehend foreigners who overstay their visas in the country. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this today in Abuja during the 2026 Sectoral Performance Review Retreat of the Federal Ministry of Interior. Tunji-Ojo said the government now possesses co...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The federal government has placed a six-year moratorium on the establishment of tertiary institutions across the country. Addressing State House correspondents after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa, said the decision was aimed at improving the qual...
The federal government, through the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), yesterday announced the immediate suspension of all pilgrimages to Israel due to the security situation in the Middle East. Bishop Stephen Adegbite, the Executive Secretary of the NCPC, made this known in a statement signed by Mr Celestine Toruka, the Deputy Dire...
•A section of Kara bridge Repair works on the Kara Bridge, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, are expected to resume fully tomorrow. While the rehabilitation on the bridge was suspended on Saturday owing to gridlock, the exercise is set to restart, reports Channels TV. The Federal Controller of Works in Ogun State, Layi Komolafe, who announced [&...
•Shea nuts The federal government’s temporary ban on raw shea nut exports has led to a sharp decline in income for rural women involved in the shea value chain, with many still unable to sell their produce months after the policy was introduced. The federal government announced a six-month temporary ban on the export of […]
Organised Labour in the federal public service has issued a Friday ultimatum to the federal government, demanding the immediate release of funds to settle three months’ outstanding wage awards and other pending allowances owed to workers across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Organised Labour, through the leadership of the Joint N...
•Tinubu and Trump The federal government has faulted the stance of the US Congress on “the persecution” of Christians. Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said this in a statement issued yesterday. “It is important to state clearly that Nigeria does not have, and has never had, a state policy of religiou...
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