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The Senate has begged the Federal Ministry of Aviation and other important authorities to upgrade the Ibadan Domestic Airport Alakia to the status of an international airport. The resolutions came after the presentation of the motion sponsored by Sen. Balogun Ademola (PDP-Oyo South) during plenary on “The need to upgrade ...

House of Representatives Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has urged the Federal Government to develop the capacity to address the menace of climate change and safeguard the ecosystems. Femi revealed this recently while launching the Globe Legislators Advancing REDD+ and Natural Capital Governance towards the delivery of the 2030 Agenda, a ...

Permanent Secretary, Special Duties in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr. Mohammed Dikwa has come out to say that there has been a decrease in reported cases of whistleblowing because of a few challenges. Mohamed revealed this at a national workshop to discuss the draft bill of ...

Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Suleiman Adamu has said State Governments should take up the responsibility of aiding the provision of water for its people. Suleiman revealed this at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Friday. According to him, several state governments do not invest in ...

The Federal Government has said it plans to stop the importation of steel materials into the nation. According to FG, this move will encourage local investors in the sector. Mr. Olamilekan Adegbite, Minister of Mines and Steel Development, revealed this during a familiarisation visit to Kam Industries Limited, a privately ...

Lawyer, Femi Falana has come out to say the Federal Government should reopen Nigeria’s land borders. Months back, President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed that the closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic was because of massive smuggling activities. However, Falana believes it would be best for the Federal Government to undo ...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has begged the Federal Government to close Nigerian borders against international herdsmen who are majorly responsible for attacks on farmers in Nigeria. Ortom disclosed this on Monday at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Makurdi briefly after visiting Mrs. Grace Zeku, who was recently attacked by ...

The Federal Government has stated reasons why it did not support a request by detained activist and convener of the RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, to be freed on bail pending the time his treason allegations will be resolved. In a recent statement, FG said that Sowore simply posed a ...

Minister of Communications, Isa Ali Pantami, has blasted the widespread harassment of Nigerians with PCs, tabs and other ICT gadgets in public places by security operatives. While praising EFCC and other security agents on its battles vs cybercrimes, Ali, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Uwa Suleiman, said that ...

The Federal government has tagged the latest display of naked women in a transparent truck by singer, Tekno, as unacceptable, ‘Jezebelistic’ and sins against the Nigerian culture. In a statement released by the Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture, a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, ...

Nollywood actress, Iretiola Doyle has dropped her two cents on the protest tagged Revolution Now, with Omoyele Sowore as the leading voice. Sharing her reaction to the protest which was disturbed by armed security operatives recently, she had this to say, “It doesn’t matter where you stand politically, you have ...

As part of its determined efforts to touch the lives of Nigerians positively, the Buhari administration has now started the payment of N5, 000 monthly stipends to the poorest and the most vulnerable in the country through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) of its Social Investment Programmes, SIP according to ...

Nigerian Government has defended the controversial $9.3million seized from a private jet by South African immigration on September 5th. In a diplomatic discussion it opened with the South African government yesterday September 16th, FG said they are aware of the deal (money was meant to procure arms) and have presented ...

The Federal Government has reinstated the 16,000 resident doctors it sacked on August 13th. Spokesman for the Minister of Health, Dan Nwomeh said the reinstatement became effective Thursday August 28th.

The Federal Government has postponed the resumption of primary and secondary schools across the country to Monday October 13th, it has been announced. Primary and Secondary schools were supposed to resume on September 22nd but about two weeks ago, FG postponed it indefinitely to prevent an outbreak of the Ebola ...

Strong indications have emerged that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASSU, may consider going back on strike following the federal government inability to honour the agreement it reached with the government during the last ASUU strike. This development is coming few months after the union suspended its six-month-old strike ...

� After 5 months ASUU has finally called off the strike. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has also set up an 18 member committee to monitor the utilization of the N200 billion fund given to universities by the Federal Government as part of its deal with the Academic ...

Following the withdrawal of the ultimatum given to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and after CBN confirmed the N200bn payment, the Federal Government and the union today signed a memorandum of understanding, MoU, in Abuja. �If things work out fine, the strike may be called off�next�week when ASUU ...

As a mark of respect to the late Prof Festus Iyayi, past president of ASUU, whose funeral rites begins tomorrow to Sat December 7th, the Federal Govt has decided to shift its deadline for resumption of lecturers to�Monday December 9. This was made known by the Executive Secreatry of the ...

Following the orders by the Federal Government, urging all universities to re-open, the Senate of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) Tuesday sacked all academic staff with immediate effect. The Federal Government had through the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike had vow to sack any lecturer who fails ...