The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has warned against the continued detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, stressing that such an action would sink Nigeria. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, issued the stern warning in response to a call by the Coalition of Northern Group, CNG, urging President Bola Tinubu not to release Kanu. Mr. […]
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Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, on Thursday said the Federal Government was borrowing money to fund petrol subsidies, insisting that the subsidy regime had become totally unsustainable. The Minister who disclosed this at the public presentation of details of the 2023 budget in Abuja, said: “Fuel subsidy cost was a […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that fuel subsidy payment will gulp 3.36 trillion naira in six months. However, this means subsidy payment will persist till the end of the year, 2023. The Minister of Finance, Budget and disclosure Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, made this known in Abuja during the public presentation of the […]
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As the second round of the eight-week warning strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, wraps up on Monday, the union is poised to go on an indefinite industrial action, Vanguard has gathered. Sources said the national leadership of the union would make public its decision on Monday. Also […]
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A First Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, has disclosed that there is an ongoing discussion between some Igbo leaders and the Federal Government of Nigeria, for the release of Nnamdi Kanu; the continuously conflicted leader if the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The the assurance was given by Amaechi while addressing journalists in […]
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The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), has distributed a total of N695.033 billion to the three tiers of government as federation allocation for the month of February, 2022. This represents an increase from N574.668 billion shared in the month before. According to a communiqué issued at the end of FAAC virtual meeting, the N695.033 billion […]
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Nigeria’s federal government has delayed the evacuation of Nationals fleeing the Russia-Ukraine crisis till Friday, 4th March, 2022. The arrival of the first batch of the flights from Poland, Romania and Hungary aboard Air Peace and Max Air, was earlier scheduled to arrive Abuja on Thursday, March 3. The leader of the Nigerian Delegation and […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Sunday called on the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to amicably settle the lingering crisis between them leading to incessant strikes in the education sector in the best interest of the Nigerian students. Addressing a press conference at the secretariat of the […]
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The umbrella body for all Academic staffs of Universities, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has insisted to continue its strike unless the Federal Government meets all existing demands. But on its part, the Federal Government believes that the ongoing strike would be called off soon, saying it was taken aback by the renewed […]
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The British High Commission in Nigeria on Sunday said the United Kingdom would not reverse its travel ban on Nigeria because of a threat of retaliation by the Federal Government. The spokesman for the British High Commission, Dean Hurlock, said this in response to an inquiry by The PUNCH on Sunday over a statement by the Minister […]
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