•Aviation Minister, Festus Keyamo The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has appointed new directors for civil aviation agencies in the country one week after the federal government sacked all directors and chief executive officers of the agencies. In a statement today, a spokesman for the ministry, Odutayo Oluseyi,...
•Minister of interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo Blatant abuse of expatriate quota (EQ) rule by foreign companies, the rising number of undocumented foreign workers and the underhand dealings of local capitalists in expatriate recruitment are driving Nigeria deeper into the unemployment crisis. As bad as the situation is, relevant government agencies...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has given the federal government till Jan 31, 2024 to implement the upward review of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS). President of the association, Dr Uche Ojinmah, gave the ultimatum yesterday during the closing ceremony of the association’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in...
•A health worker The coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate has dismissed the rumoured resurgence of COVID-19 in the country, stating that there is no scientific research record to back the claims. Professor Pate disclosed this at the maiden public lecture series of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otu...
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N1,088.783 trillion November 2023 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments. As contained in a communique issued by the FAAC at its December, 2023 meeting, the N1,088.783 trillion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statut...
•Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu In another attempt to end the inefficient operation of the electricity distribution chain and ownership crisis in many of the eleven Distribution Companies (DisCos), the federal government has decided to sell off its 40 per cent shares in the firms. Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) Alex...
The Organised Labour and the federal government are on a collision course over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers. Workers in the Federal Civil Service, in separate interviews with our correspondent yesterday, noted that the federal government only paid N35,000 wage award for September, reports The...
The Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Beatrice Jeddy-Agba, has called on judges and prosecutors in the country to ensure full implementation of the Anti-Torture Act (2017). Beatrice, who was represented by Mrs. Roseline Tasha, spoke at a workshop for judges and prosecutors organised by Sterling L...
•Information minister, Mohammed Idris Amid raging criticism over Nigeria’s large delegation to Dubai for the COP28 climate summit, the federal government said only sponsored 422 delegates out of the 1,411 Nigerians reported to be at the conference were sponsored. A source in the presidency had on Sunday night told our correspondent that the nu...
•Tinubu A former Lawmaker who represented Oron Federal constituency, Akwa Ibom State, in the House of Representatives, Hon. Peter Umoh has expressed the optimism that the federal government could run the affairs of the country without borrowing. Umoh who made the assertion during an interview last week in Uyo, stressed that it was a matter [&h...
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