The Federal Government on Wednesday announced that it is set to disburse N156billion to oil marketers on Thursday. Details Later
The decision by the Nigerian government to recall its ambassadors in South Africa over the recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners in that country appears to have touched the raw nerves of Pretoria. The South African government cast aside diplomatic language and called for a street fight with Nigeria. It taunted the Goodluck Jonathan government over […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has called on the Federal Government to scrap the Petroleum Support Fund (PSF), otherwise known as Petroleum Subsidy, because government should not guarantee the price of crude oil that it does not control. In his presentation during the 2015 Oloibiri Lecture and Energy Forum of the Society of […]
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, has ordered the Federal Government to pay the former staff of NITEL/MTEL their final entitlement representing 20 per cent of their annual salary within 30 days. Justice Peter Lifu (JP), who gave the judgment, however, dismissed three other claims by the claimants. The claimants had prayed the court to […]
The Senate on Wednesday has called on the Federal Government to take the south African Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini, to the International Criminal Court for his involvement in instigating the recent attacks on foreigners in south Africa. They want the Zulu King taken to the ICC on the bases that he incited the Xenophobia attacks […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected amendments made by the National Assembly to the 1999 constitution. According to a letter to the Senate President, David Mark and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, read on the floor of the Senate, President Jonathan said he was withholding his assent to the bill due to […]
The Federal Government has been advised to pay more attention to business aviation in the country if it really wants the sector to growth to its full potentials. The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Overland Airways, Capt. Edward Boyo said this in Lagos in an interview with aviation correspondents . According to Boyo, business aviation was […]
The Federal Government has declared Friday April 3 , and Monday April 6 as public holidays to mark the Good Friday and Easter Monday celebrations ,respectively. In a statement by the Minister of Interior, Mr Abba Moro, in Abuja on Tuesday, he enjoined all Christians and Nigerians in general to manifest the spiritual benefits of […]
The Federal Government has said it would not recognise the factional group of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, led by Mr Joe Ajearo of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, in Abuja.l go The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Sen. Joel Ikenya, declared the stance of the Federal Government when DrAyubaWabba, led other newly-executive […]
Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, (PDPPCO) on Sunday described the All Progressives Congress attack on the Federal Government over the employment and compensation given to families of the victims of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) employment tragedy as unfortunate. In a statement signed by the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO,
