THE EXECUTIVE

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed Nigeria’s readiness to partner with African economic zones to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. Buhari gave the indication in Abuja, at the fifth African Union Symposium on Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Green…

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed has stated that Nigeria is not broke. She noted that the country continues to disburse funds to the three tiers of government from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC). Ahmed said the Federal Government…

The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) says some public servants earn salaries bigger than that of President Muhammadu Buhari. “The salary of Mr President is not up to N1,300,000 a month…the allowances of the President are factored into that salary. In…

The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved N630,132,750 for the engagement of a consultancy services firm that will assist in the deployment of technology to reduce risks and damages associated with the award of contracts. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,…

The Federal Government on Wednesday said state governors were partly responsible for the rising rate of poverty nationwide. It blamed the state chief executives for priotising the construction of heavy pieces of infrastructure such as bridges and airports in cities rather than…

The Federal Government has rolled out the new enhanced passport and commissioned the central Passport Production Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Speaking at the launch of the passport, Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola said Nigerians living in Canada will now have access…

The federal government has approved a new National Language Policy which makes mother tongue a compulsory medium of instruction for public primary school pupils. Making this disclosure Wednesday was the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, while briefing reporters on the outcome of the…

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, yesterday exonerated the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning from alleged budget insertions. Umar-Farouq’s ministry had, two weeks ago, told the Senate Committee on Special Duties that N206,242,395,000 found its…

The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning has made clarification on its alleged padding of the 2023 appropriation bill, particularly the sum of N206 billion it reportedly inserted into the proposed budget of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management…

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the national assembly to pass a law backing his administration’s National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). NSIP was created in 2015 to ensure the equitable distribution of resources to vulnerable populations, including children, youth, and women. N-Power — a…