Federal Government
15 Mar
The Minister of State for Works, Mr Bello Goronyo, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to timely completion of the reconstruction of 750 kilometers Sokoto-Gusau-Funtua-Zaria road project. Goronyo stated this during an inspection tour of the ongoing road project along Dange-Shuni, Tureta in Sokoto state to Talata Mafara in Zamfara State on Saturday. He said…
6 Mar
The Surveyor General of the Federation (SGOF), Abduganiyu A. Adebomehin, has reiterated that the SGOF will work with relevant authorities under the Renewed Hope Agenda to recover all abandoned federal government assets globally. Adebomehin stated this during an interview with reporters in Abuja, saying there are two main committees in charge of the sales and…
5 Mar
The persistent exclusion of the Northwestern and Southeastern geopolitical zones from key leadership positions in the Federal Character Commission (FCC) since its establishment in 1996 has sparked a national debate on fairness, equity, and regional representation. Documents from the commission show a consistent pattern of appointments favoring the Northeast and North-Central for the position of…
26 Feb
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed deep sorrow on Tuesday over the tragic death of Abubakar Lawal, a Nigerian professional footballer in Uganda. Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, confirmed the sudden passing of Lawal in a statement in Abuja. Tuggar, in the statement issued by Kimiebi Ebienfa, Acting Spokesperson for the Ministry,…
20 Feb
The Federal Government has flagged off the dualisation of Ajaokuta-Okene-Auchi-Ekpoma-Benin Road after the termination of the contract and re-award due to non-performance last year. Minister of Works, David Umahi, who performed the the road projects, gave a brief pathetic history about the road, which made President Bola Tinubu to order a permanent solution, using Continuously…
19 Feb
Vice-President Kashim Shettima said on Wednesday that posterity would judge leaders of the country harshly if they allowed public schools to collapse. Shettima said this at the public presentation of tablets donated by the MTN Nigeria Communications Plc to students of Government Science Secondary School, Pyakasa, Maitama, Abuja. He said President Bola Tinubu was passionate…
19 Feb
The Federal Government has officially unveiled a comprehensive four-year roadmap for the Open Government Partnership (OGP), aimed at significantly advancing socio-economic growth in Nigeria. The Honourable Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, disclosed this during the valedictory session of the National Action Plan III (NAP III) and the inauguration of the committee tasked with…
7 Feb
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has debunked the misleading reports suggesting that the Federal Government has scrapped Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS). This is contained in a statement made available by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Folasade Boriowo, on Friday in Abuja. Boriowo quoted the Minister to have…
6 Feb
The Federal Government has repatriated 7,790 Nigerians from the Republic of Chad, where they fled to amidst the conflict of Boko Haram insurgency for almost a decade. Mr Dauda Illiya, the Special Adviser on Media of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, made this known in a statement on Thursday, in Maiduguri. According to the statement,…
3 Feb
President Bola Tinubu on Monday presided over the swearing-in of newly appointed members of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), the Federal Character Commission (FCC), and the National Population Commission (NPC). President Tinubu also swore in eight former directors in the Federal Civil Service as Permanent Secretaries (PS). Twenty-one members of the RMAFC,…
2 Feb
Some oil and gas experts have called on the Federal Government to take decisive steps to boost crude oil supply in Nigeria. They emphasised the need for allocating more licenses, facilitating new acreage discoveries and improving financing for exploration. The experts made the call in seperate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on…
2 Feb
The Tinubu Media Support Group (TMSG) has described the Nigeria Foreign Exchange code (FX code) as the beginning of a new era of regulation in the country’s foreign exchange market. In a statement on Sunday by Mr Emeka Nwankpa, its Chairman, TMSG maintained that the new regulations would prevent a situation that led the Central…
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Zumax Nigeria Limited, an oil services company, has filed a N4.1 billion lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), alleging gross negligence and complicity in what it calls a fraudulent receivership imposed by the apex bank. In the case, which is before the Federal High Court, Lagos, Zumax claimed that the CBN failed in…
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The Surveyor General of the Federation (SGOF), Abuduganiyu Adebomehin, has stated that the Republic of Benin refused to accept a treaty in a border community dispute because it is in favor of Nigeria. Adebomehin made the assertion while hosting the Nigerian Institution of Surveying and Geo-Informatics Students (NISGS), Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa Chapter, on an excursion…
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The FCT Police Command is investigating a fatal train accident that claimed the life of a yet-to-be-identified woman along the Gwagwa-Idu railway line. FCT Police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, who disclosed this, hinted that on March 24, 2025, at around 11:00 AM, FCT Police responded to a distress call reporting an unconscious female on the…
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A prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Evance Ivwurie, has criticised the Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, for speaking out against President Bola Tinubu's policies while secretly plotting to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ivwurie, a former member of the Delta State House of Assembly and one-time Commissioner for Special Duties,…
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The 16th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said anyone trying to cause chaos or disrupt the peace enjoyed in Kano State will be consumed by fire. According to the emir, those challenging his throne are going against the will of God. The monarch stated this in a voice message in Hausa aired…
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The Plateau Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 10 suspected illegal miners in the state. The Corps Commandant, Mr. Ishaku Musa, made the disclosure at a news conference on Tuesday in Jos. He said the arrest was in line with the subsisting order issued by the government, suspending all…
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Former Manchester City footballer Joey Barton was Tuesday given a 12-week suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of assaulting his wife by kicking her in the head at their family home. The former midfielder left Georgia Barton, 38, with a lump on her forehead and a bleeding nose after the incident in southwest London,…
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The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has successfully trained and resettled 5,532 Nigerians under the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative. NDE’s Director General, His Excellency, Mr. Silas Agara, who spoke in Calabar on Tuesday during the resettlement and closing ceremony of the agency’s nationwide skills acquisition programme, the Director General, stated that the initiative was aimed…
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A last-minute goal from Tawanda Chirewa denied Nigeria victory as Zimbabwe secured a 1-1 draw in their Group C World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. Victor Osimhen had put Nigeria ahead in the 73rd minute with a well-placed header from Ola Aina’s cross. The Super Eagles appeared to be heading for three points until Chirewa struck…
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A former secretary of the Moro local government area of Kwara State, Hon. Abdullahi AbdulRauph AbdulSalam, has resigned his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State. Abdulsalam said that his resignation was due to alleged "endless conflicts, crises, and lack of unity within the party at all levels in Kwara State".…