THE EXECUTIVE

The Minister of Interior, Alhaji Rauf Aregbesola, has decried the abuses and gross violations of Nigeria’s expatriate quota policy by foreigners and some organisations in the country. Aregbesola condemned the practice on Monday in Abuja at the re-inauguration of the expanded Taskforce on…

Minister  for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government is working hard to resolve   all issues created by the $464 million blocked funds belonging to foreign airlines from ticket sales.  Mohammed said this during a press conference…

The Federal Government has completed the takeover of four electricity distribution companies and constituted the board of the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday, said the newly constituted board of the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company would enhance…

Alhaji Muazu Sambo, Minister of Transportation, has said that the Lekki Deep-Sea Port project would create 112,000 jobs to Nigerians upon its completion. Sambo gave the declaration on Sunday while speaking to newsmen in Jalingo. He said that the port, which was second in Nigeria…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, gave reasons why the Federal Government could not increase public servants’ salaries despite its desirability. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, quoted Buhari as giving…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment and re-deployment of nine Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Mr Mohammed Ahmed, Deputy Director Communications, office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this known in a circular issued…

The House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Petroleum Products Subsidy Regime from 2013 to 2022, on Thursday, grilled the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, over payments of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) by the…

Federal Government has disbursed N471.9 billion as grant to States under the $1.5 billion World Bank-Assisted States Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for the results achieved following various annual assessments carried out by the Independent Verification Agents. The Minister of Finance,…

The federal government has declared that the striking public university lecturers will not be paid salaries for the five months they have been on strike to serve as deterrent to other government workers. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this to…

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday administered the oath of office on the Chairman of Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Bello, at the council chambers of the State House, Abuja. This was shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council…