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Nigerian government had declared Wednesday, May 1, 2024 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Workers or Labour Day. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration, according to the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Aishetu Ndayako. “The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, 1st May, 2024, as a Public Holiday to commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, on Friday, April 26, announced the federal government’s plan to set up a $10 billion diaspora fund to attract investment from citizens living abroad. The Minister revealed that the diaspora fund will support critical sectors including infrastructure, health care and education to grow the economy, […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview with the BBC, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has said that Nigerian Government may demand over $10bn from Binance as a penalty amid moves to salvage the value of the naira. Onanuga alleged that Binance profited substantially from its “illegal transactions” in Nigeria while the nation […]
Continue ReadingA Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja Nigeria, on Friday, ordered Nigerian government to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murder of founder of Newswatch Magazine, Dele Giwa, and other journalists in the country. Mr Giwa was 39 years old, when, on October 19, 1986, he was blown to smithereens by a parcel bomb […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has applied to withdraw the treasonable felony charge that the former President Muhammadu Buhari-led government filed against a civil rights activist and convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, in 2019. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, in a letter dated February 14, which he wrote […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has authorised the relocation of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from Abuja to Lagos This was revealed in a memo signed by the Managing Director of FAAN, Mrs. Olubunmi Kuku. The memo reads: “The Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development has directed that the Headquarters of the Federal Airport Authority of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government said the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has inaugurated additional enhanced e-passport facilities at selected Nigerian Embassies in Italy, Spain, Greece, Austria and Switzerland. This was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NIS, Dr. Adedotun Aridegbe on Tuesday in Abuja, noting that the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi […]
Continue ReadingAttorney-General of the Federation and Nigerian Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi SAN, has submitted a warrant of arrest and request to the Crown Prosecution Services of the United Kingdom for the immediate extradition of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke. Punch reports that the request, made on the orders of President Bola Tinubu, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government, on Tuesday, applied to withdraw the charge of illegal possession of firearms pending against the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mohammed Bakodo Abubakar, who approached the federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos with an oral application […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, have lampooned the Presidency for rejecting the European Union (EU) final report on the February 25 presidential election. The EU Observer Mission in its report faulted the polls owing to “enduring systemic weaknesses.” The Presidential […]
Continue ReadingHuman Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to Nigerian government, for the immediate arrest of ex-Niger Delta agitator, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo. The group threatened that should the Nigerian government refuse to arrest Asari-Dokubu as it demanded, it would mobilise its members to embark on a nationwide protest across all 36 states […]
Continue ReadingTransmission Company of Nigeria and the Market Operator have begun a massive disconnection of debtor electricity Distribution Companies (Discos) from the national grid over debt. This came after notices of disconnection from the grid served on some of the Discos by the Market Operator. Punch reported that the MO, a division of the Transmission Company of […]
Continue ReadingPeter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, has expressed displeasure over the Nigerian government’s delay to evacuate Nigerians trapped in the war-torn Sudan. While other countries including the US and the UK have been evacuating their nationals from Sudan as the war in the African country escalates, the Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government has denied news making the rounds that it bailed out the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi of detention ordeal in London, United Kingdom last week. Reports have it that Obi was briefly detained at Hearthrow Airport in London over a mistaken identity during his trip to celebrate Easter in […]
Continue ReadingSpokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential campaign council (PCC), Daniel Bwala has charged the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi to sue President Muhammadu Buhari-led government over his detention in the United Kingdom (UK). The UK Immigration, had a few days ago, detained Obi at Heathrow Airport in London over a case of duplicated identity. Mr. […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili has spoken about the Naira swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and its effect. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Sunday, February 19, Ezekwesili alleged that the Naira swap policy is targeted at criminals the federal government knows. The former minister stated […]
Continue ReadingLagos State Government has collaborated with the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to distribute cash grants to poor and vulnerable residents of the state. The state Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs. Yetunde Arobieke, at the event held at the Police College in […]
Continue ReadingThe Buhari-led administration has been dragged to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja by Kudirat Abiola’s children over the unlawful killing of their mother. Kudirat’s children, Khafila Abiola, Moriam Abiola, and Hadi Abiola said in the lawsuit that “the failure or refusal of the Defendant to protect the life of Late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola in the […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, has ordered the Nigerian government to pay the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the sum of N500 million as damages following his illegal abduction and human rights abuse from Kenya. The Court presided over by Justice E. N Anyadike, […]
Continue ReadingHaving formally registered the unions, the Nigerian government has hence presented certificates of the registration to two more academic unions of universities in Nigeria. The two new unions are the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA), and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA). “These associations will exist side by side with ASUU […]
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