By Joshua Hussain The State Minister for education, Emeka Nwajiuba has decried the decision of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to persist in its strike action despite negotiations and pleas by Federal Government. This is coming just as…
The Federal Government has appealed to partners in the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) project to allow transportation of third-party gas through its joint pipelines to increase gas supply to the plant. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State Petroleum Resources,…
Two million people will start receiving about N20bn from June this year as basic cash transfers and conditional cash transfers under the National Cash Transfer Programme, the Federal Government has said. It was gathered that the Federal Government would pay…
The Federal Government approved the application of 33 companies seeking pioneer status under the Industrial Development Income Tax Act in 2021. This was contained in the quarterly PSI reports released by the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission. The reports also revealed…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure President Muhammadu Buhari and Governors across the country have been called upon to ensure the maintenance culture of the nation is improved upon to avoid several loans accessed from China and other creditors going down the…
Some workers and artisans have urged the Federal Government to priortise citizens’ food, electricity, transportation and security to make things easier for them. In separate interviews on Monday in Abuja, they said prioritising the availability of these basic necessities would…
…Begins implementation of 15% price hike on DStv, GOtv subscriptions By Ariemu Ogaga and Uthman Salami More woes for Nigerians as a popular Paytv Operator, MultiChoice Nigeria has commenced the implementation of increased subscription tariff on GOTV and DSTV by…
By Joshua Hussain An education expert and National Coordinator of Concerned Parents and Educators Initiative, a two-hundred-thousand-member multinational educational intervention group, Mrs Kemi Koleowo, has expressed an entirely divergent thought about the ASUU-FG strife. In an interview with Nigerian NewsDirect, the…
…Operators threaten to sue FG …Insist multiple entries for foreign airlines will kill local operators …As FG defends approval for revenue generation By Moses Adeniyi Crisis in Nigeria’s aviation sector has further heightened as Domestic Airlines have threatened to sue…
President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the Bank of Industry (BOI) for disbursing over N1.24 trillion to 4.2 million beneficiaries in Micro, Small, Medium and Large enterprises and creating more than nine million jobs in the last seven years. The president made…
