Dr Betta Edu, the new Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has said the Federal Government plans to lift 133 million Nigerians out of poverty. Edu disclosed this on Monday after the resumption of office while speaking with heads…
Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili has claimed that the controversial “All Eyes on the Judiciary” advert is one of the best things that has happened to the nation’s third arm of government. She is of the view that the…
Femi Falana, a popular Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria has said the Federal Government’s N5 billion fuel subsidy removal palliatives are diversionary and a waste. Falana disclosed this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television monitored…
The Federal Government has ordered the removal of “All Eyes on the Judiciary” billboards nationwide. The government also dissolved the Advertising Standard Panel (ASP) secretariat over its approval of the advert. Dr Olalekan Fadolepo, the Director-General of the Advertising Regulatory…
The Federal Government on Tuesday applied to withdraw the “illegal possession of firearms” case it filed against the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed…
The Federal Government says the country’s infrastructural damage from the flood in 2022 stood at about $7 billion. The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, disclosed this at a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Abuja on Tuesday. Shettima was represented…
The Federal Government says it has withdrawn the contempt of court proceedings against organised labour for embarking on a nationwide protest. This is contained in a letter addressed to the lead counsel to the NLC, Falana and Falana’s Chambers and…
Strike could simply be defined as industrial disharmony between labour unions and government, occasioned by grievances planked on wage dissatisfaction. In Nigeria, strikes have almost become endemic in the annals of the country. This is because labour unions have come…
Special Adviser to the President, (Special Duties, Communications & Strategy) Dele Alake has debunked insinuations that the Federal Government may have hiked fees payable by undergraduates in public universities. In doing so, Alake described such reports credited to some media…
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, the umbrella body of lecturers in the nation’s Colleges of Education, has directed its members nationwide to go to work two days weekly until the Federal Government yields to its demand of…
