THE EXECUTIVE

The Federal Government has said the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism, especially those backing Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). It also said NFIU has unmasked 424 associates/supporters of the financiers, about…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved $328.87 million contracts for consultancy services for the supervision of the various railway projects in the country. The FEC also approved N115.4billion for the dualisation of the proposed Kano-Kazaure-Kongolam highway in Katsina State from single carriageway…

The federal government has projected that about N120 billion would be saved from cleaning the human resource data on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS) as accruals when the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021 to 2025 is…

The Presidency has lambasted the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for allegedly exhibiting lack of understanding of Presidential movement schedules despite its 16-year run of the federal government. The Presidency was reacting to the PDP’s criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s inability to keep…

The federal government has allocated a whopping sum of N500 million to prosecute Boko Haram cases and other criminal suspects in the year 2022. The figure was contained in the breakdown of the Federal Ministry of Justice’s approved 2022 budget, saying over 10,000…

Responding to a journalist’s question on the issue during an inspection tour of the ongoing rehabilitation of the Abuja- Kaduna- Zaria -Kano Dual Carriageway Sections I to III, Fashola said: ”The first point to make is that I didn’t say that Nigeria’s…

The Federal Government has concluded plans to commence the inspection of organizations for the grant of additional slots of Expatriate Quota facilities, renewal of Expatriate Quota Positions, as well as inspection of Places of Worship for the issuance of Licences to conduct…

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved contracts valued at N64,686,536,230 for the Ministry of Works and Housing as well as the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It also approved the deployment of the Revenue Assurance Solution (RAS) for the Nigerian…

With suspension of the planned removal of petrol subsidy, the Federal Government is left with no option than to keep borrowing, the Presidency said yesterday. “Head or tail, Nigeria will have to pay a price,” the President’s Special Adviser on Media and…

The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) has deactivated passports of about 200 COVID-19 test defaulters after discovering fake PCR tests and vaccination cards. Commissioner for Health Prof. Akin Abayomi made the announcement in Alausa yesterday, according to a report by Channels Television. He said…