By Titus Atondu, Makurdi Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has commended President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for heeding his call and finally labelling bandits wrecking havoc on citizens across the country as terrorists, but said “this is not enough.” He called…
The Federal Government is planning to downsize the civil service. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, explained that the downsizing is aimed at cutting the cost of the government’s recurrent expenditure yearly. Ahmed disclosed that the…
The Federal Government has been advised to seek the opinion of Nigerians on the planned removal of fuel subsidy. The coordinator of Christ Apostolic Church, Babalola Memorial International Miracle Camp, Ikeji, Osun State, Prophet Sam Olu Alo said such will…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said the Federal Government’s efforts toward promoting digital literacy cover Almajiris. The Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, made this known at the graduation ceremony of 50 children, including 10 Almajiris at the…
A legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola, has called on the Federal Government to address the dearth of cash currently being experienced in the banking sector. Babalola, who is also the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) made the call…
Minister of state for environment, Sharon Ikeazor has said that the federal government will collaborate with the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) to provide investors with new tools that will enable capital reallocation. Ikeazor said this on Friday while delivering a keynote…
By Seun Ibiyem The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the vigor by which the Federal Government is pushing to connect the country through its radical ongoing rail projects should not be misconstrued as…
By Ogaga Ariemu Again Federal Government has extended National Identity Number (NIN), Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) verification deadline to 31st March 2022 as NIN enrolments exceeded 71 million. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Director of…
Federal Government of Nigeria reportedly generated N13.66tn from bond offers and allotments in the first six months of 2021, which is N1.99tn higher than the N11.67tn raised through the same means in the same period of last year. This data…
…To lift 35m out of poverty Abimbola Abatta and Uthman Salami The Federal Government is set to raise N348.1 trillion to create 21 million full-time jobs and lift 35 million Nigerians out of poverty in five years, according to the National…
