The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has stated that the Mambilla Power Project was not removed from the budget of the Ministry of Power. However, she explained that the ministry did not prioritise the project in its 2021 budget, thereby exonerating the ministry from the report suggesting that the Mambilla Power…
Days of reflection over the carnage sparked by the hijack of the #EndSARS protests seem to have ended in Lagos, with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu leading the battle to rebuild razed infrastructure. The Governor on Wednesday signed an Executive Order for the formation of an eight-man Board to coordinate efforts to restore lost assets with Citibank…
The Ogun State Government has said that appointments, promotions and career advancement would be merit based, as favouritism would no longer be entertained in the State Civil Service. The State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun stated this at the Arcade Ground, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta while addressing workers who trooped out to thank him for paying the new…
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend their ongoing strike. He urged the union to look at the hardship the students and their parents are going through in view of the strike that has kept the students at home for…
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says the plan by the Wike administration to limit available employment opportunities in Government establishments to persons within the age bracket of 25 to 35 years smacks of discrimination. The Spokesman for the APC, Hon. Ogbonna Nwuke said in reaction to a government plan to…
Dangote Refinery has debunked an online media report, which stated that a protester was shot and killed by policemen while protesting at the Refinery on Tuesday. Group Executive Director, Projects and Portfolio Management, Edwin Devakumar, said nobody was killed during the protest and also that the protesters are not employees of Dangote Refinery, but that…
Lagos state government has once again stressed the need for residents to strictly adhere to precautionary measures against the transmission of COVID-19 to prevent another lockdown of the economy, adding that a resurgence of cases in Lagos may stall measures put in place by the government to open up the economy. The State Commissioner for…
The federal government has denied putting names of #EndSARS protesters on a no-fly list. The Federal Ministry of Interior made this known in a tweet on Tuesday in reaction to a media report by an online publication. The online publication alleged that the Nigerian authorities had begun collating a no-fly list of Nigerians that lead…
Nigerians are expected to get a high electricity bill from November 2020 due to the implementation of the revised service-based reflective tariff. Discos across the country began charging the new tariff as approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Sunday 1st November 2020. In a statement being circulated by most of the Discos,…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced that the suspended 2020 Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) will be continued nationwide on Monday 9th November, 2020. This was disclosed by the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, Azeez Sani in a statement on Monday in Abuja. The statement states: “The National Examinations Council (NECO)…