THE EXECUTIVE

Nigeria’s Minister for Works, Hon. David Umahi has stated that the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, owns and controls 250 meters of the Waterways from the point of the shoreline across the Federation. The minister noted that this is in line with the…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered Vice-Chancellors of universities and all other heads of tertiary institutions to ensure full implementation of the new guidelines on financial management recently approved by the Federal government following the exception of lecturers from the Integrated Personnel…

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says the planned national ID card will be issued to applicants by their banks. NIMC said it is working with the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) to deliver the cards to applicants. “The card will be issued through the applicants’…

President Bola Tinubu has called for unity of purpose and more collaboration between the federal government, state governors, and members of the National Assembly to achieve national development goals. The President made the appeal while receiving state governors and the leadership of the…

The Federal Government has secured a $750 million loan from the World Bank to provide subsidy to developers and operators of solar mini-grids in the country. The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, and World Bank’s Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, signed the…

The 700km long superhighway from Lagos to Calabar would gulp about N15 trillion at completion, excluding the rail project within the corridor, the Miniser of Works, David Umahi, has said. Umahi, who said this estimated cost is the best deal on this stretch…

The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has apologised to Nigerians over his comments about people leaving their freezer and air conditioners on. Addressing journalists at the ministerial press briefing a week ago, Adelabu criticised Nigerians who keep their freezers and air conditioners on…

There is a glimmer of hope for members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) as they may receive half of their withheld salaries, pending approval from President Bola Tinubu. The Minister of Education, Prof.…

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to continue to love the country more than any other country “because that is the only one we have.” Tinubu appealed while addressing journalists after the Eid-El-Fitr prayers at the Eid Ground at the Dodan Barracks…