archiveMay 2019

  Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the leadership and management of the National Assembly to immediately withdraw the repressive media accreditation guidelines or face legal action. The National Assembly management had in a letter Monday issued the media accreditation guidelines for journalists from covering the National Assembly....

  The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday washed his hands off the draconian guidelines meant to shut out media organisations covering the National Assembly. National Assembly management had in a memo on Monday through its director, information, Agada Emmanuel, asked all newsmen covering the National Assembly to...

  Federal, state and local governments shared a total of N616.198 billion from the federation account for the month of April, 2019. The Acting Accountant General of the Federation and Director Funds in the Treasury, Mohammed K Usman, revealed this at the end of the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee...

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday left the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) unchanged at 13.5 per cent. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, announced the decision of the committee at the end of a two-day meeting held at the apex bank’s headquarters...

The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has approved additional N25 billion payment for Earned Academic Allowances for members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The money is said to a part payment contained in the Memorandum of Action the Union signed with the government. The government said...

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has engaged the US government over suspension of the drop box visa regime for Nigerians visiting America, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said. Onyeama however lamented most of the unpleasant migrant decisions taken by some countries were triggered by the negative...

  The House of Representatives has passed a bill prohibiting the use, manufacture and importation of plastic bags. The Committee of the Whole on Tuesday considered the 3-clause bill sponsored by Hon. Sergious Ogun and it is ready to be sent to the Senate for concurrence. The bill is for...

  The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, on Tuesday stated that although the economy slowed to 2.01 per  cent in the first quarter of the year, from 2.38 per cent in the preceding quarter, the performance was still commendable. He also admitted that the Economic...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday approved a total of N4.03 billion for various infrastructural developments in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Minister of FCT, Mohammed Bello briefed State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja....

  The Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says the Federal Government (FG) will electrify 37 federal universities under the energising education programme of present administration. Fashola disclosed this during an inspection visit to the one Mega Watt (1 MW) hybrid solar power plant project at the...