archiveSeptember 2022

The Federal Government of Nigerian has offered to accommodate identified peculiarities of university workers on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), the payment platform for entitlements of the government employees. This commitment was made by the Acting Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Okolieaboh Sylva, at a meeting...

The Federal Government has said that the Abuja-Kaduna rail lines will remain shut until those held captive by bandits are released. Speaking to journalists in Lagos during the week, Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed that four railway workers were among those still being held captive. He noted...

    The World Bank has approved the release of 750 million dollars International Development Association (IDA) credit to the Nigeria State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) Program-for-Results. This was announced in a statement that was released by the World Bank on Thursday. The fund is supposed to help...

The Lagos State Government has suspended all activities of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) with immediate effect. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, said the suspension became imperative following some pockets of violence recorded in Ojo and Lagos Island on Wednesday, saying a 35-Man...

The Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES), has expressed confidence in the commitment of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to utilise the 750 million dollars NG-CARES fund before June 2023. Prof. Foluso Okunmadewa, Task Team Leader (TTL) for NG-CARES, stated this is an interview with newsmen...

Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the insecurity in Nigeria is not as bad as it was in 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari came into power. Mohammed said this on Thursday, at a public lecture, which was part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Independence...

    VP also commissions new Governors Forum Secretariat How Osinbajo managed NEC professionally, by ex Gov. Yari   To build a successful society and nation, there must be a deliberate effort to create unity, with equity, justice, the rule of law, accountability as components. And the onus particularly lies...

    The Leadership of the National Assembly on Thursday met with the two ministers in the Finance Ministry and top officials of the ministry preparatory to the presentation of the 2023 Budget proposals by President Muhammadu Buhari. The National Assembly leadership was led by the President of the Senate,...

A total of nine law professors and three major lawyers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC are among 62 lawyers conferred with the prestigious rank of the Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs). They were honoured with the rank by the The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) under the...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Benue State University, Makurdi (ASUU-BSU) on Thursday said that they would continue with the strike in alliance with its national body. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof Joe Iorapuu, had earlier directed the reopening of the University on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, for staff....