The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Dennis Guwor, has enjoined the federal government to make policies in the interest of the people by adopting healthy means of taxation without overburdening Nigerians. Speaking on Thursday in Asaba during an interview, Guwor called for friendly and honest policies to boost foreign direct investment in […]
FG expresses readiness to partner states to bring growth, development to citizens
President Bola Tinubu has assured of the preparedness of the Federal Government to partner with states to bring growth and development to their citizens in the country. Tinubu stated this at the groundbreaking ceremony of the 84km, N169.7 billon Bida-Minna Road in Kakakpagi, Katch Local Government Area of the state. Speaking through the Minister of […]
Court dismisses suit seeking to stop FG from securitising N23tn Ways and Means loan
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit seeking to stop the Federal Government from securitising the sum of N22.7 trillion Ways and Means loan support it got from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Justice James Kolawole Omotosho, in a judgement, held that the plaintiffs lacked the legal right to institute the case. […]
INTERVIEW: Minimum wage: FG, labour dialogue ‘economics of a farm’ – Ex-presidential candidate, Adebayo
Amid the raging arguments between the Federal Government and the Organized Labour about the propriety or otherwise of an upward review in the national minimum wage and the appropriate amount, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in the 2023 presidential election, Prince Adewole Adebayo, describes the dialogue as an economics of the farm. […]
Workers Day: FG declares May 1st public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 1, 2024, a public holiday to commemorate this year’s Workers’ Day celebration. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, re-iterated the need for excellence, efficiency and equity in all spheres of labour. Ojo reaffirmed the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led […]
Why government should subsidise, untax menstrual pads – Groups
A coalition of non-profit organizations have called on the government to provide subsidies and exempt menstrual pads from taxes to enhance menstrual hygiene among women and girls nationwide. The group feared that women and girls might go down with avoidable diseases emanating from alternatives to menstrual pad. The organisations had formed a movement tagged “Untax […]
FG to upgrade 50 secondary schools
The Federal Government has commenced the upgrading of 50 selected senior secondary schools across the country. Dr Iyela Ajayi, the Executive Secretary of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission, NSSCE, disclosed this while speaking in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, during a recent courtesy visit by Commissioner of Education, Dr John Mamman. A statement by […]
FG, states owing March, April workers’ wage award – TUC
The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has decried the delay by federal and state governments in paying the workers’ wage award for March and April 2024. TUC President Festus Osifo called out federal and state governments while briefing the media on the fallout of its National Executive Council meeting held in Abuja on Thursday. According to […]
Ex-NSCDC boss warns FG against merging corps with police
A retired Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Desmond Agu, has warned against moves to convince the Federal Government to merge the corps with the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, saying it would worsen the security challenges in the country. Agu, who until his retirement was a commandant in six states, urged […]
Don’t give admission to candidates less than 18 years – FG warns tertiary institutions
The Federal Government has ordered that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates less than 18 years. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman gave the directive on Monday during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory. He decried the activities of […]