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5th Anniversary: PDP, BMO disagree on President’s performance

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2020 0

…Buhari, APC have set Nigeria 60 years backward, says Opposition party …No, President has clean up your 16 years administrative mess – Buhari group Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), on Friday, disagreed on the

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2020 Budget now N10.509trn as FG cuts N85bn

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2020 0

…Slashes oil sales projection, increases Debt servicing from N2.4trn to N3trn …Buhari seeks Senate approval of fresh $5.513bn foreign loans …PDP kicks, says Nigeria now on auction market Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Federal Government has made a U-turn on the planned dropping of the 2020 Budget from N10.594 trillion to N9 trillion as it mulls […]

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FG approves police reorganisation, additional department, zonal commands

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2020 0

The Federal Government has approved the reorganisation of the Nigeria Police with the creation of an additional department, five Zonal Commands and granting of full autonomy to the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB). The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the Federal Government […]

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We’ve not announced date for reopening of schools – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2020 0

…Lists conditions for reopening of schools, considers sectionalising classes …Urges states, private schools owners to plan ahead on how to ensure safety for students The Federal Government has said that it has not announced any date for the reopening of schools across the country. Speaking at the resumed Daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force […]

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Motorists worry over vibration on Niger Bridge

Ihesiulo Grace 27 May 2020 0

…Urge FG to speed up 2nd Niger Bridge completion Motorists plying the Niger- Bridge on Tuesday raised the alarm over the vibrations of the bridge even as the lockdown order by the federal government persists. The commercial vehicle operators including private car owners plying the Onitsha bridge head, who spoke to our correspondent, said that […]

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Banditry: Group urges FG to review security response system

Ihesiulo Grace 27 May 2020 0

The Jam’iyyatu Ansariddeen (Attijjaniyya) (JAA), an Islamic organisation has urged the federal government to review the nation’s security response system to curtail killings, kidnappings and destruction of properties by bandits in Kaduna and Katsina states. National Secretary of the group, Sayyidi Yahaya, made the call in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Yahaya said that

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Reps charge FG to enforce economy wide local content legislation

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2020 0

The House of Representatives has charged the federal government to enforce the local content law in all sectors of the country’s economy. The Nigerian Local Content Development and Enforcement Bill, 2020, sponsored by House Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, Rep. Ochiglegor Idagbo and six others is expected to consolidate the gains recorded with the enactment of the […]

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NIDCOM, NCC trade words over office space

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2020 0

…We were forcefully evicted from NCC annex building on orders of Communications minister – NIDCOM …NCC: It’s a lie, NIDCOM had not started using any of the offices allocated to it at our building Two Federal Government agencies, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) and the the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Sunday, exchanged words

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Nigeria’s Tourism Agency Welcomes Oronsaye Report

Ihesiulo Grace 23 May 2020 0

As staff of many Ministries, Departments and Agencies under the employ of the Federal Government face an uncertain future following the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari for the implementation of the recommendations by the Presidential Panel on Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals headed by Mr. Steve Oronsaye, former Head of the Civil

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Prepare for the worst, FG warns Nigerians

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2020 0

…Cautions against home-based solutions …Says all hands must be on deck to curtail spread of pandemic As the Coronavirus pandemic also referred to as COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly across the country, the Federal Government, on Tuesday, warned Nigerians to prepare for the worst. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who gave this warning […]

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IGP orders strict enforcement of inter-state movement restriction order

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2020 0

As part of measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered strict enforcement of the national curfew and inter-state movement restriction order emplaced by the Federal Government. The IGP gave this directive to the Zonal Assistant-Inspectors General of Police and State Commissioners of

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COVID-19: FG extends first phase eased lockdown by 2 weeks

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2020 0

…Says despite efforts made so far, Nigeria not yet ripe to fully reopen economy …Identifies 9 densely populated LGAs with high number of COVID-19 cases …To engage in aggressive scaling up of community participation As the Coronavirus pandemic otherwise referred to as COVID-19 continue to spread across the country, the Federal Government has announced the

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Sokoto working with FG to contain COVID-19 spread – Tambuwal

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2020 0

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has pledged to continue working in partnership with the Federal Government to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state. Tambuwal who stated this on Sunday in Sokoto in a meeting with the Ministerial Task Force (MTF) on the COVID-19 pandemic, said the state government had adopted all the […]

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NASS leadership meets Finance minister over 2020 budget amendment

Ihesiulo Grace 15 May 2020 0

The leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday met with the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed to be briefed by the latter on the plan by the Federal Government to amend the N10.59 trillion 2020 budget passed by the National Assembly in December last year. The meeting which had in attendance […]

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Delta assembly urges FG to investigate death of fishes on shore lines

Ihesiulo Grace 15 May 2020 0

The Delta state House of Assembly has urged the federal government to investigate the mysterious deaths of fishes along the shore lines of River Forcados and Escravos River in the state. This followed the adoption of a motion by Mr. Emomotimi Guwo, representing Warri South West Constituency during plenary on Thursday in Asaba. Speaking on […]

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Only 3 priority projects’ll benefit from Abacha loot – Presidency

Ihesiulo Grace 14 May 2020 0

…Says Mambilla Power, East-West road projects won’t benefit Presidency says the recently repatriated Sani Abacha loot will go towards three of the Federal Government’s five priority projects, excluding the Mambilla power and East-West road projects. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, gave this clarification in a

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Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria protest FG’s plan to import Madagascar COVID19 syrup

Ihesiulo Grace 13 May 2020 0

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has kicked against plans by the Federal government to import the COVID-19 syrup being produced in Madagascar for the treatment of patients with the viral disease here in Nigeria. President Buhari has given a directive for the importation of the herbal syrup. In a statement released by its president, Mazi […]

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Senate tasks FG to implement report on security challenges

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2020 0

The Senate has urged the federal government implement the recommendations contained of its ad hoc committee on security challenges to address the spate of killings by bandits across the country. The call was made on Tuesday by the Senate against the backdrop of two motions considered on the need to stem bandit attacks in Niger […]

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COVID-19: CACOVID donates isolation centre to Ogun, pledges to save more lives

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2020 0

Apparently disturbed by the increasing number of coronavirus cases in the country, the Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has pledged to deploy available funds to save more Nigerians afflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. CACOVID also stated that the emergency health response initiative against COVID-19 jointly formed by the investors and players in the

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Reps values FG abandoned properties at N230bn

Ihesiulo Grace 12 May 2020 0

The House of Representatives ad hoc Committee investigating abandoned federal government properties across the nation, says the value of such properties stand at N230 billion. Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Rep. Ademorin Kuye, revealed this on Tuesday at the committee’s inauguration by House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila in Abuja. “The figure is a conservative estimation