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Humanitarian Minister Blames Finance Minister for N206bn Budget Padding

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has blamed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, for adding N206bn to the humanitarian ministry’s budget. Farouq, who appeared before the Senate Committee on Special Duties on Monday to defend the…

22/11/2022 0Comments

Nigerian Laws Protect Foreign Investment – Malami

The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has clarified that Nigerian laws provide one of the best legal protection for foreign investors in the world. Malami, SAN, made the assertion on Monday when he received the leadership…

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Ministry Requests $8.92m World Bank Loan For Stationery, Others

The Home Finance Department of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning has requested about $8.93m from the World Bank to procure 21 items, which included office stationery, office furniture, office supplies, office equipment, and vehicles. The requests were made under the…

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Buhari Orders Immediate Implementation of Enhanced Salary for Judicial Officers

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved and ordered that measures be taken for immediate implementation of the enhanced salary and welfare scheme for judicial officers. Buhari made this known at the official inauguration and handing over ceremony of Nabo Graham-Douglass Campus of the Nigerian…

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Why ASUU Should Stop Using Strike to Press Home Demands – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other trade unions to employ negotiations and shun strike as a tool for pressing home their demands. ASUU had embarked on strike in February over the federal government’s failure to meet…

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FG Releases 2022 Poverty Index, Says 130m Nigerians Are Poor

The Federal Government, through the National Bureau of Statistics, on Thursday said 130 million Nigerians are poor. In its 2022 Multidimensional Poverty Index Survey released in Abuja on Thursday, the NBS said the figure represents 63 per cent of the nation’s population. It added…

17/11/2022 0Comments

FEC Approves N10.96bn for Contracts in Education, 145 Vehicles for FRSC

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, approved about N10.95 billion for projects in the ministry of education, as well as to purchase vehicles for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). Adamu Adamu, minister of education, stated this on Wednesday, while briefing State…

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Fuel Subsidy to End in 2023 – Finance Minister

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government will do away with petroleum subsidy by June 2023. Ahmed said this on Tuesday in Abuja during a press conference to mark the end of the 28th National Economic…

16/11/2022 0Comments

Buhari Orders Probe into Murder of Imo Monarch, Others

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of Eze Ignatius Asor, the traditional ruler of Obudi Agwa community in Imo State. Gunmen reportedly stormed the monarch’s palace on Monday during a meeting and murdered the traditional ruler, two palace chiefs, and two other…

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States to Receive Over $1bn Soon – Fed Govt

The Federal Government has assured State Governments are about to receive double financial disbursements of over $1 billion in a few weeks. The disbursements are yet to be determined sum of the last tranche of the $1.5 billion World Bank grant to State…

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