Workers cut across the civil service in Abuja have expressed concern over the suspension of the sale of the Federal Government’s subsidised rice. The rice is being sold at N40,000 per 50 kilogram bag. They made their feelings known after discovering the sudden disappearance of officials at different registration units for the purchase of the…
By Adebayo Yusuf Federal government and other stakeholders have been urged to invest more on education, as a tool for national development. A public affairs analyst, Hon. Femi Adebisi made this known in an interview with Pensioners FM. Hon. Adebisi said investment on education would create more human resources within the country and reduce the…
The Federal Government through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, NSIWC, has stated that the payment of the new minimum wage will commence from July 2024. The NSIWC Chairman, Ekpo Nta, said this during a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. The commission stated that this was because the date in question was when…
The Committee on Consequential Adjustments in Salaries for civil servants met yesterday as regards the new minimum wage template and agreed that the effective date for implementation of new minimum wage be set at July 29,2024. This is according to a Memorandum of Understanding issued at the end of the meeting which was sighted by…
Human Rights Lawyer, Femi Falana, has frowned at the recent hike in school fees by the Federal and Lagos State governments, describing it as illegal. Recalled that the federal government had in July 2023 increased fees for Unity Schools from N45,000 to N100,000 per term, an increase of over 120 percent. In the same vein,…
The federal government has disclosed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) will commence the sale of crude oil in Naira with 385,000 barrels per day, to Dangote Refinery from October 1, 2024. The Presidential Committee on the Sale of Crude Oil and Refined Product disclosed this on Friday while confirming that the lifting…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Nigeria Police Council have been dragged to the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged unlawful tenure elongation for the incumbent Inspector General of Police IGP, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun. An Abuja-based Public Interest Litigation lawyer and human rights activist, Maxwell Opara who instituted the case is contesting the…
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…
By Anuoluwapo Fasoyin Federal government has handed over 20 Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, buses to the Oyo State government. The handing over ceremony was held at Pacesetter Transport Services, PTS, office in Ibadan, Oyo state Capital which is the first of its kind in the country. The initiative, according to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was to cushion…
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…