A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, presided over by Justice Gabriel Kolawole, has ordered the unconditional release of embattled spiritual leader Shiites sect, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who has been in detention with his wife, Zeatudden. The couple have been in custody for one year following their arrest after a El-Zakzaky followers clashed with the military […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday in Abuja said N420 billion was shared in October among the Federal, States and Local Governments. Adeosun told newsmen that same amount was shared in September. She said that N6.3 billion was refunded to the federal government by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The net statutory […]
Continue ReadingThe Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, in a statement on Wednesday, said the federal government is determined to build manpower, demonstrating this by sending ten ex-militants for helicopter training. Boroh said the training was part of the Federal Government’s programme on Sustainable Reintegration Agenda and building the manpower […]
Continue ReadingOne of the key achievements of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja, was the approval of eight new private Universities in the country. Addressing State House correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting, the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwuka, said the approval followed a memo submitted by the […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said that the Federal Government would establish three more obstetric fistula hospitals by 2017 to end the cases in the country. Mrs Boade Akinola, Director Media and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Health, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. According […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal government has so far spent N3.577 trillion out of the full year budget of N6,060 trillion for the 2016 fiscal year. This translates to a 79% performance of the prorated budget for the three quarters up to September 30, 2016. In addition to the total of N2,439.9trn so far released for Capital, Non-debt Recurrent and Service-wide […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said from January 2016 till date, government lost 7 billion dollars (N2.1 trillion) to the activities of militancy groups and oil pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta region. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, said this on Friday in Abuja at the 2016 Fiscal Liquidity Assessment […]
Continue ReadingThe President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the practical way out of the economic challenge being experienced in the country lies in monies made from the country’s oil and gas sector. The president who spoke at the launch of the ministry of petroleum #7BigWins initiative in Abuja on Thursday, […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government has rejected the report of United States Department of Labour (USDOL),that blacklisted the nation as “engaging in Child soldiering’’ due to Boko Haram activities in the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment made the country’s position known when he received representatives of the department led by Mr Marlin Hardinger […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N30 billion Intervention Fund for the nation’s mining sector.The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who made this known at the end of the FEC meeting in Abuja, said the fund would come from 1.68 per cent of the Federation Account. He said that […]
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