The appointment of Mohammed Lawan Buba as Chairman of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, has been announced by the Federal Government. Buba’s appointment was disclosed in Abuna on Wednesday by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir David Lawal, after a meeting with leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to review…
Director Generals for the six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture have been appointed. The appointments were disclosed on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, by the Federal Government via a statement issued in Abuja by Segun Adeyemi, SA to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. The six Executive Officers and their…
A meeting has been conveyed by the Federal Government with leadership of the organised labour to address the planned industrial action by workers on Wednesday. The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, had threatened last week that it would go on a nationwide strike on Wednesday if the government failed to revert to the old pump price…
The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit commonly called petrol has now been increased from the official N86 per litre. The product will henceforth now go for N145 per litre, Aproko247 has learnt. This is because the Federal Government has finally put an end to the fuel subsidy regime. It would be recalled that last…
The Federal Government has announced the prohibition of unauthorised drones within the Nigerian airspace. This ban was contained in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by the General Manager, Public Relations of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye. Adurogboye noted that before Remotely Piloted Aircraft, RPA, also known as drone, can be…
Former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, was not presented in court on Tuesday by Federal Government. Dasuki was meant to stand trial before a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja over allegations of corruption and misappropriation of money earmarked for the purchase of arms to fight Boko Haram levelled against him by the…
Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, taken the Federal Government to a Federal High Court in Abuja, asking for N3 billion as compensation for his alleged unlawful detention. Counsel to Zakzaky, Festus Okoye, disclosed in a press conference on Wednesday in Kaduna that apart from the money, his client went…
President Muhammadu Buhari said the Federal Government will henceforth deal with vandals of pipeline installations across the country like Boko Haram terrorists. Buhari made this known on Wednesday in Beijing, China, and warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in Nigeria to desist immediately or be dealt with by the Armed Forces.…
The Federal Government says it has identified four ways to revamp Nigeria’s economy and make it one of the best in the world. This was made known by the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, at a special programme organized by the Lagos Business School recently. According to Adeosun, the four economic plans the government…
The Federal Government and West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly, WATRA, has signed an agreement on adopting a comprehensive framework for the regulation of telecommunications activities. The deal was sealed on Wednesday in Abuja by both parties. Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu said WATRA was established by member states of ECOWAS. WATRA…