Estimated Reading Time: 1The Federal Government says it is not aware of any $875 million ammunition deal with the US. Reuters News Agency had quoted three sources as saying the deal was blocked over concerns about possible human rights abuses by the Federal Government. A report by Foreign Policy on[Read More…]
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Federal Government says it has invested $1billion on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, other road projects
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Federal Government has said it has invested $1bn on the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, and Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway. Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo represented by the Minister of State for Works and Housing, Abubakar Aliyu disclosed this on Thursday at the official opening of the[Read More…]
FG issues travel advisory to Nigerians
Estimated Reading Time: 1The federal government has issued a travel advisory to Nigerians going to Brazil, India, Turkey, citing risks from COVID-19. Boss Mustapha, Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, disclosed this during a town hall meeting on COVID-19 vaccination for the North-East zone in Yola. The[Read More…]
Buhari’s Deleted Tweet: FG accuse Twitter of double standards
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Federal Government has accused Twitter of playing double standards as the social media giant deleted a tweet where President Muhammadu Buhari threatened a repeat of what happened in the civil war. According to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Twitter had earlier ignored[Read More…]
Federal Government to raise health workers’ retirement age, hazard allowance
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Federal Government has dangled an offer to increase hazard allowance of N5000 for all health workers in its health establishments in the country by 350 per cent and 600 per cent increments for junior and senior workers respectively. The government also agreed to increase the retirement[Read More…]
COVID-19: Federal Government extends work-from-home directive
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Federal government has further extended the work-from-home directive to all public workers on Salary Grade Levels 12 and below until March 31 as a measure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The directive was contained in a circular issued yesterday by the Head of Civil Service[Read More…]
Breaking: Nigerian Government has frozen bank accounts belonging to Sunday Igboho
Estimated Reading Time: 1Self-acclaimed freedom fighter, Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, on Tuesday, accused the Federal Government of freezing his bank accounts, following his attack on the killer-herdsmen in Oyo State. Igboho, in an interview with Vanguard Newspaper, confirmed that all his bank accounts have been frozen[Read More…]
MURIC makes u-turn, wants FG to compensate farmers whose crops have been destroyed by cattle’s
Estimated Reading Time: 5The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to compensate farmers whose crops have been destroyed by cattle in the different regions of the country. The group said this in a statement issued by its director, Ishaq Akintola, on Friday. MURIC suggested[Read More…]
Nigerian Government may soon reopen land borders
Estimated Reading Time: 1The Federal Government has revealed that it is considering reopening the land borders. The Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed on Wednesday said that the Presidential committee set up to look at the border closure has recommended that the government reopens it. The Buhari administration shut down all land[Read More…]
Federal Government ratifies Nigeria’s AfCFTA membership
Estimated Reading Time: 2The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has ratified Nigeria’s membership of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). This is coming as the implementation of the agreement formally takes-off on January 1, 2021. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this while briefing State House reporters[Read More…]
