The Katsina Government on Tuesday rewarded a woman, Malama Abdulkadir-Yanmama, with N500,000 for returning N748,320 to the state. The N748,320 was meant for the Federal Government’s Home Grown School feeding programme in the state. The Executive Director, Katsina State Social…
Set up trust fund for Tuberculosis response, Reps urge FG
The House of Representatives on Thursday tasked the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency set up a private sector-driven Trust Fund that will mobilise funds for the Tuberculosis (TB) response in Nigeria. The lawmakers also harped on the…
Ministry of Power inaugurates Performance Management Working Team
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has charged civil servants to align themselves with the new philosophy of the civil service rules, which he said have been fashioned to produce the best out Nigeria’s official workforce. Adelabu made the call in…
Yuletide: Road repairs ongoing in Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra – Officials
The Federal Government says all palliative repairs on bad spots of Federal and state roads within Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States have been ongoing smoothly and seamlessly. They made the disclosure while responding to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Nigeria to tap into $200bn Hydrogen Economy — Minister
The federal government said it has begun moves for the country to tap from the global hydrogen economy which is projected to grow exponentially to over $200 billion by 2030. Speaking at the inaugural conference on the hydrogen economy held…
Withheld salaries: Varsities’ non-academic staff strike continues, despite FG’s plea
Striking members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, yesterday turned down persuasions from the Federal Government to call off the strike. The workers insisted that until…
Lagos signs MoU for transfer of Epe General Hospital to FG
Lagos State Government, on Thursday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the transfer of the Epe General Hospital to the Federal Government. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, signed the MOU with the Minister of State for Health and…
Niger govt receives 50 motorcycles, three trucks to combat tuberculosis, others
Niger State Government has taken delivery of 50 Motorcycles and 3 pickup trucks presented to it by Global Fund in collaboration with the Federal Government to combat Tuberculosis, Leprosy, Malaria, and HIV. Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago received the donated items…
Implement agreements now, ASUU tells FG
The Yola zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the federal government to stop delaying action in its dealings with the union and to fully implement previously agreed-upon terms. In a statement issued on Wednesday,…
APC seeks probe into alleged diversion of FG’s rice in Kano
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an investigation into the alleged diversion of the rice donated by the Federal Government to the Kano State Government by some officials. The party also demanded the urgent prosecution of those likely…