The FCT Executive Committee (EXCO) has expressed grave concern over numerous uncompleted and abandoned buildings dotting the Federal Capital City, Abuja. The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, expressed this concern on Monday during the FCT Exco meeting, held at his residence. Senator Bala
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advised the Federal Government on the need to stop the payment of subsidy on petrol because it cannot be sustained. Subsidy is the difference between the Expected Open Market Price of fuel and the actual or retail price that is paid by consumers for the product at petrol […]
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, disclosed that intelligence gathered indicated that the present military operation was focused on the area where the abducted Chibok school-girls were believed to be held by the Boko Haram terrorists. National Co-ordinator of the National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, who made the revelation, while updating journalists on
The Federal Government has been advised to go into partnership with Maintenance, Repairs and Overhaul (MRO) companies abroad to invest in Nigeria, so as to save the aviation industry from imminent collapse. The Managing Director of Medview Airlines, Alhaji Munner Bankoke, who gave the advice in Lagos at a briefing while receiving its acquired plane, […]
Claims that the kidnapped Chibok girls have been massacred are untrue and should be discarded, the Federal Government declared on Wednesday. The declaration is in direct contrast with a claim last week by an official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee, Raad Zeid al Hussein, that the schoolgirls might have been slaughtered. […]
The Federal Government and Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) have been urged to increase advocacy and public enlightenment on child blindness with a view to reducing the scourge of the disease. A Consultant Pediatric Ophthalmologist with the University of Benin, Prof. Oseluese Dawodu, gave the advice while delivering the 152nd Inaugural Lecture of the institution. She
The Federal government has declared Friday, April 3 and Monday, April 6 as public holidays to mark this year’s Good Friday and Easter Monday celebrations. Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, made this known, on Tuesday, in Abuja. In a statement, signed on his behalf, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Abubakar Magaji, and made […]
The Minister of Interior, Mr Abba Moro on Thursday announced the re-opening of the sea borders to economic activities during the general elections. Moro who made the announcement in Koton Karfe, Kogi State said the federal government made the decision based on intelligence reports which showed that the sea borders needed to be kept open. […]
The Federal Government has dismissed reports making the rounds that Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday abducted 500 children from the north-eastern town of Damasak. Reacting to the reports, the head, Nigeria Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, refuted the number saying that the figure was lower, but he could not say exactly how many had been […]
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, announced the closure of the nation’s land and sea borders, ahead of the Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly election. The closure was announced by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Abubakar Magaji, in a statement issued in Abuja. According to the statement, all borders will effectively be closed from
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. The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Sen. Joel Ikenya, declared the stance of the Federal Government when Dr Ayuba Wabba, led other […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday declared the federal government’s plan to deploy soldiers for the forth-coming general elections as unconstitutional. The suit was filed by a member of the House of Representatives and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Gbajabiamila. Delivering the judgment, Justice Ibrahim Buba, held that it would […]
The Federal Government has taken vital steps in resuscitating the electricity sector – from privatisation, intervention funds, meter procurement, and investment in new power plants to mention a few. It is understandable that these fundamental changes will take time to fully turn the sector around and assure Nigerians of constant power supply. As the Honourable […]
The Federal Government has expressed confidence that the Petroleum Industry Bill, (PIB), before the National Assembly will be passed before the end of the current political dispensation which terminates by May 29. Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke who was represented by Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr.
Against the ongoing calls from different parts of the country for removal of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra State, Professor Sunday Obikaeze has insisted that the INEC boss must not go till after the March 28 and April […]
The Federal Government has announced that it has secured one billion dollar loan for a Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Wholesale Bank to aid the growth of the Small and Medium Enterprises sector. The loan is also expected to boost job creation and reduce poverty across the country. The proposed MSME Wholesale Bank is […]
The All Progressive Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has on Monday described as disheartening the level of continued suffering by Nigerians due to the worsening fuel supply situation in Nigeria and failure of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration under President Goodluck Jonathan to address the ugly situation in the country. Deputy
