The Federal Government has ordered unity schools in the country to reopen on October 12, 2020. All unity schools across the country had been closed for over 6 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu made this announcement during a press conference in Abuja on Friday. Adamu warned that…
The Federal Government had commenced the approved implementation of the New Visa Policy (NVP) and New Visa Fees. This development was made known by Muhammad Babandede, the Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), in a statement by the service spokesman, Mr Sunday James, on Thursday in Abuja. Babandede stated that the implementation of the new…
Lagos State on Thursday put Nigeria on the world record by celebrating the 60th Independence anniversary with 60,000 cupcakes to produce the largest anniversary logo in the world, made with cupcakes mosaic. The initiative by Lagos State Government in conjunction with Fly Africa aimed to put Nigeria in the Guinness Book of World Record as…
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again defended and justified the recent hike in price of premium motor spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol. The President on Thursday in his speech to mark the 60th independence anniversary of the country said the price of petrol in Nigeria is fair when compared to other oil-producing countries.…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved N13.09 trillion budget estimate for 2021 fiscal year. Briefing State House Correspondents after the meeting, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said the budget estimate is made up of N2.083 trillion capital expenditure, which she described as…
The Federal Government has expressed fear that there might be a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases as business and schools begin to reopen and travels also begin to pick up. The alarm was raised by the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire while speaking at the weekly COVID-19 media briefing yesterday in Abuja.…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Tuesday ordered all electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in the country to suspend for two weeks the implementation of the new electricity tariffs that was introduced on September 1. This directive, according to the commission, is in line with the Federal Government’s agreement with the Labour Union. The suspension…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday said it has discovered N2.67 billion meant for school feeding programme during the lockdown paid into personal bank accounts. The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, revealed this in his keynote address at the second National Summit on Diminishing Corruption with the theme:…
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1, 2020, as a public holiday to celebrate Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration, congratulated all Nigerians on the celebration of the country’s Diamond Jubilee while also assuring of government’s commitment to the socio-economic transformation of the country. This was…
A man identified as Tunde Martins, who defrauded Diamond Bank of N30 million, has been jailed on Monday for 7 years by Justice Josephine Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court Igbosere, Lagos The convict had obtained the said sum as a loan from Diamond Bank Plc, with a forged Certificate of Occupancy, C of…