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The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, September 27, 2023, as a public holiday. This is to mark the Eid-ul-Mawlid celebration and the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The announcement was made in a statement on Monday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Oluwatoyin Akinlade. She noted that the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi […]
Continue ReadingOrganised Labour under the aegis of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has raised the alarm over fresh moves to sell off the 110 Unity Colleges, commonly known as Federal Government Colleges, FGCs, across the country, advising those interested in running Secondary Schools to build their own. ASCSN yesterday in a statement […]
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President Bola Tinubu’s government has again invited the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for another meeting over its planned indefinite strike. Labour minister Simon Lalong announced this in a statement. Mr Lalong had, on September 4, invited NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for a meeting to avert the earlier two-day nationwide warning strike. Only […]
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Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has called on the Federal Government to prosecute the management of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and its suspended Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over the botched naira swap policy. Many Nigerians were subjected to an excruciating experience early in the year, no thanks to the naira scarcity that resulted […]
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The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, on Wednesday, said it has granted 42 firms gas flaring licenses in the 2022 Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme auction process. The Commission, while announcing the outcome of the bidding exercise in a statement, said issuance of letters of award to the successful awardees was ongoing. The successful 42 […]
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the 36 state governors in the country to “disclose details on the spending of the N2 billion palliative recently disbursed to each state by the Federal Government, including the names of beneficiaries and details of the reliefs so far provided with the money.” PUNCH reports that the […]
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The Federal Government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved an upward review of the prices of pre-paid electricity metres in the country. This was contained in a circular dated September 5 and signed by the commission’s Chairman, Sanusi Garba; and Commissioner for Legal, Licensing and Compliance, Dafe Akpeneye. It stated that a […]
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The Federal Government has promised to strengthen traditional medicine through favourable policies and scientific research and innovation for sustainable results. The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Adetunji Alausa, made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the commemoration of the 2023 African Traditional Medicine (ATM) day. The theme is: “The Contribution […]
Continue ReadingThe federal, state and local governments shared N4.37 trillion from the federation account as statutory revenue allocations between January and June 2023. This is contained in the latest report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on the federation account revenue allocations for the first half of the year. NEITI executive secretary Orji Ogbonnanya […]
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The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed all international airlines to vacate the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, from October 1, 2023. This, he said, was to give room for total maintenance work at the airport. The minister said this during a tour to the international airports in Lagos, where he was […]
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