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The Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be totally closed for three days to enable construction workers cast concrete on thee expansion joints, Federal Controller of Works Lagos Olukayode Popoola has said. Mr Popoola told the News Agency…
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Chris Ngige, the Minister of labour and employment has disclosed that Nigerian universities that have been on strike since March this year, will reopen by January 2021. This disclosure was made by the minister while speaking at a…
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Yesterday, Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, claimed that the Federal Government paid ransom to the bandits who snatched away over 344 students of Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State to free…
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The Coalition of Buhari Supporters and Friends (CBSF) has called on security operatives to investigate, arrest and prosecute Senator Kashim Shettima over plots to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the group, the Borno…
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The Federal Government has been urged by former Nigerian Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to ensure everything possible is done to bring back the over 300 schoolboys abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara,…
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The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has facilitated the return of a mother of four, Omowunmi Rhoda Aladeboyeje, allegedly trafficked to Cairo, Egypt. The 35-year-old was reportedly tricked to Egypt by her elder brother, who informed her…
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Following the recent increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, the Federal government has asked that treatment centers across the country to prepare for reopening. The centers were closed after a reduction in the number of…
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The Federal Government has disclosed that over 700 road projects are currently ongoing across all geopolitical zones in the country. Ernest Umakhihe, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, disclosed this on…
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Nigeria has received a total of 38,051 citizenship applications from September 2018 to October 2020. This was made known by the Federal Government, on Wednesday through the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, …
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The Federal Government says the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Survival Fund scheme has over 300,000 direct beneficiaries paid so far, amounting to close to N10 billion. Mr Tola Johnson, Special Assistant to Vice President…
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The Federal Government has agreed to slash the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petrol, by N5 from Monday next week. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, disclosed this while addressing newsmen at the…
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The Federal Government has launched a Transport Track Fund which seeks to give N30, 000 grants to commercial drivers including bus drivers, taxi drivers, motorcycle riders and operators of ride-hailing cabs such as Bolt and Uber.…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday insisted that the union would not end the nine month strike until the Federal Government pays all its members their salaries. The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, in an…
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The federal government has described the report of diesel and petrol automobiles owners to pay N250,000 for autogas conversion as false. This was made known on Friday by the technical adviser on gas business and policy implementation to…
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After the hijack of the recent #EndSARS protest, the Federal Government said that it would take Nigeria about 50 years to recover from the havoc wreaked on century-old national developmental efforts. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf…
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Special adviser to the president on infrastructure, Ahmed Zakari has stated that the federal government will sanction any official of electricity distribution companies (DisCos) who sell prepaid meters to customers. This statement was…
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The federal government has inaugurated a new committee to renegotiate the 2009 agreements with lecturers and others, as part of its effort to end the eight-month-old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Recall that…
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Nigerian car owners who wish to convert their vehicles from petrol enabled to gas-powered cars will have to pay as much as N250,000 the federal government has declared. On Tuesday, the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum…
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The Federal Government has requested for a week break from a meeting with organised labour to review the new petrol price increase. The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari who attended…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has said it is no longer sustainable for the Federal Government to bear the tariff shortfalls in the power sector. Buhari said this on Thursday, Nov 26, at the inauguration of Eko Electricity Distribution…
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