The meeting on subsidy removal between the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the federal government of Nigeria has ended without an agreement. The meeting called by the federal government, was intended to reach an agreement with organised labour after President Bola Tinubu’s announcement that petrol subsidy would cease to be in […]
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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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The federal government of Nigeria (FG) has officially opened the Second Niger Bridge for use on Thursday, December 15, in order to ease traffic in the south-east during the festive season. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, who gave the order on Wednesday at the inauguration of the bridge, said it will be opened […]
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The Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation on Wednesday supervised the conduct of this year’s Annual Public Service Confirmation Examination. The Confirmation Exam, which was Computer-Based Test (CBT), held at 69 Joint Administration and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Centres, nationwide. Speaking to newsmen after inspecting one of the exam centres in Abuja, […]
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NIGERIA – The attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, says the federal government will explore “available legal options” to determine the terrorism charge it preferred against Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Recall that Kanu was re-arraigned on an amended 15-count charge, and April 8, the judge struck out eight of […]
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NIGERIA – The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, has said Nigerians do not have “good reasons” to be disappointed with the federal government over the lingering strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The minister spoke on Wednesday in an interview on Channels Television. Recall that ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over […]
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The Federal Government has declared Monday and Tuesday as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. This is contained in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, on Thursday in Abuja. Belgore said the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal […]
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Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries has warned the Federal Government over the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Suleman stated that the Federal Government risks karma as compensation. In a tweet, Apostle Suleman wrote: “ASUU is still on strike! This govt should know this. “Karma is not punishment […]
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The Federal Government on Monday condemned the call by five United States Republican Senators asking for the re-designation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern because of alleged persecution of Christians. The Senators who made the call in a letter to the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, had also alleged violation of freedom […]
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