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NLC Seeks High-powered Panel To Resolve FG-ASUU Crisis Within 21 Days

NLC President, Ayuba Wabba
Union demands scrapping of NITDA over UTAS As concerns mount over continued closure of government-owned universities nationwide as a result of the strike embarked upon the Academic Staff Union ofRead More

High Food Prices: FG Directs Release Of 40,000mt Of Grains To Nigerians

Foodstuffs
Says insecurity hasn’t depleted nation’s food production capacity Food crisis looms, Okonjo-Iweala warns WTO reduces 2022 global trade forecast to 3% President Muhammadu Buhari has given the go-ahead for theRead More

Lalong Attending Political Meetings As Terrorists Maul Down 80, Abduct 70 In Plateau Communities

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State
78 given mass burial amid fear of further attacks Defend yourselves, ECWA charges Nigerians Bloodthirsty terrorists have killed 80 persons and abducted 70 others after an invasion of some communitiesRead More

FG Owed N5.2trn, Says Ahmed, Orders FGOEs, MDAs To Update Debtors’ List On Monthly Basis

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed yesterday revealed that the federal government was being owed approximately N5.2 trillion. She therefore directed all Federal Government OwnedRead More

FG Admits Security Personnel In N’Delta Conniving With Criminals To Steal Oil

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva
Says Elumelu wasn’t speaking for the oil industry about 95% losses Ramps of monitoring of agents deployed in fight against menace The federal government yesterday admitted that some security personnelRead More

FG Slashes Import Duty On Car To 20%

Nigerian Customs Service
The federal government yesterday disclosed that it had reduced import duty on cars from 35 percent to 20 percent. This was disclosed by the spokesman of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),Read More

Court: Nnamdi Kanu Must Stand Trial On 7 Terrorism Charges

Leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu
Refuses to acquit, discharge him, strikes out 8 other counts, to rule on bail application May 18 Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja yesterday ordered the leaderRead More

Gas Supply: FG Urges Shell, Chevron, Others To Allow Third Parties Use Of Their Pipelines

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Chevron Nigeria Ltd Joint Venture (CNL)
Shell Nigeria, Chevron and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited are hindering full operation of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) project by not allowing third parties transit gasRead More

16 Months After, FG Bars Unlinked SIM Cards, Begins Enforcement

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami
The federal government, yesterday, barred all outgoing calls from every SIM card not linked to the National Identification Number (NIN) of the telecom subscriber. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,Read More

2nd Niger Bridge Linked, Engineering Work Completed, To Be Unveiled October

2nd Niger Bridge
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has disclosed that the ongoing construction of the Second Niger bridge is at 91 per cent complete. However, the total infrastructure of the SecondRead More