The Federal Government has approved the discontinuation of budgetary allocations to professional bodies and councils effective December 31, 2026. The new directive was disclosed in a letter obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday. It was addressed to the Registrar, Nigerian Council of Food Science and Technology, an agency under the ...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday told Nigerians to have faith in God that the country will experience peace, stability and prosperity. Speaking to reporters after observing the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at Dodan Barracks prayer ground, Lagos, the President stressed the need for unity and cooperation, appealing to Nigerians to eschew ethnic ...
The World Bank yesterday called on the Federal Government to reallocate part of the savings from fuel subsidy removal to reduce the suffering of Nigerians worsened by the negative impact of the policy. Making this call in its latest Nigeria Development Update, NDU, released yesterday, the World Bank noted that ...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, has appointed Major General A.B Ibrahim, as the Chief of Policy and Plans (COPP). Lagbaja also approved the appointment of New General Officers Commanding (GOCs) for some of the divisions of the Nigerian army and commandant for the Nigerian Defence ...
No fewer than four persons have reportedly gone missing in Cross River following a boat mishap that occured on Saturday afternoon along the Calabar waterways. Vanguard gathered that the boat, with about 13 persons on board, was heading to Oron in Akwa Ibom State before the tragic incident occured very ...
Ex-Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, has escaped assassination by hoodlums last Friday along Ihube community on the Okigwe- Enugu expressway way. Okorocha spoke in brief about the attack, on Sunday, when he attended the birthday celebration of the Imo state Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Samuel Anyanwu, ...
THE Federal Government has started installing solar systems in the rural areas of Lagos state as part of efforts targeted at cushioning the negative impact of fuel subsidy removal. The Managing Director, Rural Electrification Agency, REA, Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, disclosed this, weekend, while inspection some schools and hospitals, where the ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says cash deposits into domiciliary accounts will not be restricted, and customers “shall have unfettered and unrestricted access to funds in their accounts”. The bank spoke in a statement issued after a meeting with the bankers’ committee on Sunday. The meeting was meant to ...
The Former minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has finally reacted to controversies surrounding the unveiling of the new national carrier, Nigeria Air, 48 hours before his exit. The purported Nigeria Air was discovered to be a hired aircraft from Ethiopian Airline, repainted and rebranded in Nigeria colours. The scam has ...
UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Nigeria to occupy a vacant seat at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the economic arm of the United Nations, for a three-year term, beginning January 1, 2024. Nigeria will serve from 2024 to 2026 on the seat. Reports have it that out of ...
