The Federal Government says it will resume its negotiations with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) next week, with a view to ending the prolonged closure of Nigerian public universities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said this in his opening remarks at a meeting between the government […]
There are strong indications that the Federal Government is yet to gazette a subsisting order of a Federal High Court in Abuja proscribing the activities of Yan Bindiga, and Yan Ta’adda “Islamic” Groups, about two months after, investigation by New Telegraph has revealed. Recall that sometime in November, 2021, Justice Taiwo Taiwo had declared the […]
The Director-General, SMEDAN, Dr. Dikko Umar Radda, has said that the Federal Government had provided N75 billion support for business owners across the country. Radda made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Katsina, yesterday. He noted that the funds were provided to cushion the effect of COVID-19 on formalisation, payroll support, general grants, grant, […]
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has said Nigeria’s debt stock standing at N32.92 trillion is sustainable. In a message to the Director, International Monetary Funds (IMF) Africa Department, Abebe Selassie, the minister, however, said the Federal Government was only bothered with pressures of debt services. She commended […]
…rules out engagement of mercenaries to tackle Boko Haram The Federal Government has ruled out the possibility of negotiation with bandits and insurgents, but opted to deploy all necessary force to crush them. National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.) made this declaration yesterday at the weekly ministerial briefing in the Presidential Villa. He […]
…boosts NAFDAC’s capacity to detect fake drugs The Federal Government has disclosed that the nation’s economy has begun to exhibit some measures of stability with its recent exit from recession, but cautioned that some sectors were still showing signs of fragility. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, stated this yesterday, while briefing […]
…says LASG owes multinationals N30bn on plaza The Federal Government, yesterday, vowed to deal decisively with any person or group of persons planning to take part in another wave of protests at the Lekki Toll Plaza, Lagos. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who issued the warning at a media chat in Abuja, […]
The Federal Government said it was working to create a digital and innovation centre that will favourably compete with the prestigious America’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT ). This was revealed yesterday in Abuja when the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Ali Pantami, performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the National Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship […]
…we lack mandate to suspend strike says SSANU/NASU …we are hopeful the impending strike action has been arrested – Ngige Regina Otokpa, Abuja Despite a reconciliatory meeting with the Federal Government on Tuesday, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), have said the planned February […]
The Federal Government has linked spiral increase in cement price to the #EndSARS protest, Covid-19 Pandemic and downtimes experienced by some manufacturing plants. The development, government said, caused a dwindling fortune of cement, thus causing decrease in stock volume and triggered increase in prices. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nasir […]