The Federal Government has announced plans to establish Blood Collection Centres in all 774 local government areas, including the Federal Capital Territory, to ensure the availability of blood during medical emergencies and transfusions. The Head, Media and Publicity, National Blood Service Agency, Abdullahi Haruna, made this known in a statement today in Abuja. The statement…
The Federal Government has distributed N2.14 billion in student loans, benefitting approximately 18,998 students. The Nigerian Education Loan Fund yesterday announced this development on its X, noting that this disbursement has extended to 40 additional higher institutions, raising the total number of institutions benefiting from the fund to 59. This development underscores NELFUND’s dedication to…
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has stepped down from his role with immediate effect. In a statement issued by the Presidency on Saturday, Ngelale said he had submitted a memo to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gabjabiamila, informing him of his plan to proceed…
By Yetunde Oke Yoruba Socio-cultural organization, Afenifere has described as shameful the inability of the federal government to revive the country’s petroleum refineries. Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, made this known while featuring on Pensioners’ FM Current Affairs Programme, “The Searchlight.” His comment comes following the scarcity and hike in the price of…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation announced Friday that global food commodity prices experienced a marginal decline in August. This decrease was primarily driven by lower quotations for sugar, meat, and cereals, which outweighed increases in vegetable oils and dairy products. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in international prices of a basket…
The Osun State House of Assembly, OSHA, says Osun State Revenue Administration and Tax Codification and Consolidation Amendment No. 1 Bill 2024 would increase and enhance Internally Generated Revenue, IGR of the state. The mentioned bill which was sponsored by the Chairman of, the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Mr Olumide Fatunmise was read…
By Yetunde Oke National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, is requesting details of unemployed Nurses and Midwives across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The request was made known in a statement by NANNM Deputy General Secretary, Elder Otaru Shaibu on behalf of the General Secretary, Thomas Shettima. According to…
Businessman Aliko Dangote has announced that petrol from his 650,000-barrel-per-day facility will be available at filling stations within the next 48 hours. Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, Dangote stated that the product will hit the market once final arrangements with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) are completed. “Our PMS (Premium Motor…
The Federal Government has denied a report suggesting that the Ministry of Petroleum Resources ordered the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell fuel at N1,000 above the approved pump price. The report claimed that the Minister for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, gave the NNPCL the directive. Dismissing the report in a statement signed…
The Federal Government, on Monday, arraigned ten #EndBadGovernance protesters who had been arrested in Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, and Gombe before a federal high court in Abuja. The defendants, who were charged with treasonable felony, which carries the death penalty, and accusations of a “plan to destabilise Nigeria”, were brought to the court amidst tight security. The…