archiveApril 2024

The American International School of Abuja (ASIA) has offered to refund the sum of $760,000 (about N992 million) allegedly paid by the embattled immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, for his son who is a student of the school. According to The Cable on Friday, April 26, the...

The Nigerian Federal Government plans to create 2.5 million jobs through the Labour Employment Enhancement Programme (LEEP). The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, disclosed this at Thursday’s pre-inaugural ceremony for the LEEP in Abuja. She noted that in a quickly changing global environment, it was...

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr.Festus Keyamo has insisted that he has power to direct the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to suspend airlines. Festus Keyamo stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday. NCAA had suspended the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) of Dana...

    The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) Mr. Ola Olukoyede has charged members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, across the country to show public resentment against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption, in order to put the nation...

  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said on Thursday that civil servants in the state have been receiving N70,000 minimum wage since January. Sanwo-Olu said his administration has been paying workers an additional N35,000 wage allowance since January. He said this at a function on Thursday, assuring workers that...

The Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government is set to review the recent decision by MultiChoice to increase its cable subscription rates for customers in Nigeria. The acting CEO of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Adamu Abdullahi, disclosed this while speaking on ChannelsTV on Thursday, April 25. He noted...

    Telecoms operators including MTN, Airtel and Globacom have pushed for cost-reflective tariff in view of extant economic realities. This was contained in a statement jointly released by the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) on Thursday. The...

The Federal Government on Thursday signed what it called the Aso Accord for Economic and Financial Inclusion with the 36 state governments and other key stakeholders in the private sector. The Accord is part of efforts to actualise delivery of financial services at affordable costs to all Nigerians, including those...

    The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has dismissed a suit seeking to reverse President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Hannatu Musawa as Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, held that the plaintiffs lacked locus standi (legal right) to institute the...

  He Senator  who represented Enugu North Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly between 2007 and 2015 is dead. Eze reportedly died on Thursday, April 25 after suffering from an undisclosed illness in an Abuja hospital As reported by Leadership newspaper, the former chairman, Senate Committee on Works died at...