•Heineken Lokpobiri The Minister of State (Oil) Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, says there is availability of petrol despite the scarcity and hike in the price of the product. He stated this yesterday while briefing journalists at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima. “What is important is th...
•Tinubu Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has said the recent nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests forced the federal government to listen to Nigerians’ yearnings. Bagudu, who blamed the country’s current struggles on past administrations, said despite past mistakes, President Bola Tinubu has refused to play t...
•Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, says sub-national actors such as states should not enter foreign or international negotiations without the input of the ministry of foreign affairs or the federal government. He was speaking on the efforts being made to resolve the dispute with...
•Doctors Health Minister Ali Pate says doctors and nurses trained in Nigeria are sought-after globally, and that 67% of them work in the United Kingdom (UK). The minister, last night on Channels Television, said if health workers of Nigerian origin pull out of the National Health Service (NHS), the service will struggle. He spoke on […]...
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has decried the destruction of section three of the newly rehabilitated Kano-Maiduguri highway by flooding. In a statement by the minister’s media aide, Orji Uchenna Orji, Umahi said it was unfortunate that completed roads in the country did not last five years, reports Daily Trust. Umahi, who stated that [&...
•Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy Ohanenye The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has disrupted an event tagged, “Unveiling the Power of Women and Food Security,” held without the ministry’s approval. Kennedy-Ohanenye disclosed this in Abuja today, saying the organiser has been taken into custody by the Department of State ...
• Nigerian Senate Major stakeholders in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry today vowed to speak up on the dirty deals, regulatory breaches and other malpractices in the sector that had defied solutions over years as the Senate opened another round of probe. They demanded that the investigation should be conducted on live television broadcasts so [...
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar currently briefing Diplomatic Corps on the ongoing hunger protests in the country and measures the federal government is taking to address the issues raised by the protesters. The Minister told the diplomats about the government’s fears of the protest being hijacked by hoodlums. He said the president r...
•Prof. Tahir Mamman The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has expressed displeasure over the merging of technical and science colleges, saying it eroded the gains for establishing technical colleges across the country. Mamman disclosed this in Abuja today at a One-Day Stakeholders’ Meeting, on the Challenges and Issues Affecting Techn...
•Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has revealed that the country currently spends $600 million on fuel importation monthly. He stated that the high import bill is due to neighbouring countries, up to Central Africa, benefiting fro...

