The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Nigeria (WANEP- Nigeria) has expressed deep concern over issues still besieging the girl child in Nigeria. WANEP said issues ...
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FG, labour unions strike new minimum wage deal
The Federal Government and organised labour on Thursday finally agreed on the percentage increase on the consequential adjustment in workers’ salaries as a result of the new minimum wage of N30,000 ...
Read More »Nigeria’s debt burden understated at N25.7tr, says Finance Minister
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Thursday said there are debts owed by states and government enterprises that have not been captured in the N25.7 trillion recently declared as total national ...
Read More »Pres. Buhari orders forensic audit of NDDC operations
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) ...
Read More »Pres. Buhari approves N10bn intervention fund for Enugu airport
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of 10 billion Naira for an intervention fund for the upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu ...
Read More »Nigeria uses Abacha loot to finance social investments – Presidency
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Investments, Mrs Maryam Uwais, on Thursday, said 80 per cent of payments for social investments come from the recovered looted funds by former Head of State ...
Read More »FAAC: FG, States, LG councils share N693.5bn
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Thursday in Abuja, shared a total of N693.529 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of September 2019 ...
Read More »Reps query ₦127bn budget allocation to Power Ministry
The House Committee on Power has queried the ₦127 billion 2020 budget allocation to the Ministry of Power. The committee, chaired by Rep. Aliyu Dau (APC-Kano), queried the Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman ...
Read More »Jonathan-led AU observers declare Mozambique elections peaceful, transparent
The African Union has described Mozambique’s October 15, 2019 general elections as peaceful and conducted in a transparent manner. The Union which deployed a team of ...
Read More »Seven banks fail CBN stress tests
The funding positions of seven commercial banks are inadequate, the result of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stress test released on Thursday, has shown. The ...
Read More »FG to impose new taxes on soft drinks
The federal government is set to impose new taxes on soft drinks, the Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said on Thursday. ...
Read More »Judgment debt saga: Fed Govt readies to take over P&ID assets in Nigeria
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government was already perfecting legal instruments to enable it to take ...
Read More »EFCC plans to rehabilitate internet fraudsters
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, says the agency is planning to rehabilitate young people who are ...
Read More »Metuh to face trial over alleged destruction of evidence
A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Olisa Metuh, has lost his bid to stop his trial before the High ...
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