THE EXECUTIVE

Auditors have uncovered a massive payroll fraud in the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), the programme’s Strategic Communication Committee (SCC) has said. The SCC Chairman, Nature Dumale Kieghe, who spoke at the weekend in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, cited the case of an individual who…

Thirteen years after its removal from the basic curriculum, the federal government yesterday formally announced the reintroduction of History subject as a stand-alone course in basic education curriculum. To show seriousness, a total of 3,700 History teachers have also been shortlisted for the…

The Federal Government has pledged proactive measures to forestall strikes by doctors and other health workers by reviewing the salary structures of medical doctors, under the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and Consolidated Health Salary Structure. Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige gave…

Nigeria’s excess crude account has declined by 89 per cent in the last eight years, moving from $4.1bn in November 2014 to $472,513 in the same period of 2022. According to a statement by the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, which…

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent to the National Assembly an Executive Bill for the amendment of Extradition Act, 2004, with a view to expand its enforcement scope beyond Commonwealth countries. The bill which scaled through first reading on the floor of the House,…

The Federal Government says it collected N229.041 billion in Value Added Tax (VAT) in the month of October 2022, N25.081 billion higher than the N203.960 billion collected in September 2022. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation…

The Federal Government said yesterday it has recovered $1 billion, being looted funds, since the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration till date. The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who disclosed this while briefing State House…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of his Special Assistant on New Media, Lauretta Onochie, as the substantive Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission. Buhari’s letter which was read at plenary by the…

Prominent Nigerians, including President Muhammadu Buhari, a retinue of governors from the northern region, ministers, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and oil industry operators yesterday expressed optimism over the opportunities presented by the drilling of first…