For helping the federal government rake in N13.8 billion from tax evaders,14 whistle blowers have been rewarded with the sum of N439.276 million. The informants tipped off government on the affected tax evaders ,Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun told reporters yesterday.…
FG reacts to killing of Nigerian diplomat in Sudan (NewTelegraph)
The federal government on Friday condemned the alleged assassination of Habibu Almu, a Nigerian immigration attaché I, in the Nigerian mission in Khartoum, Sudan. According to a statement from Tope Elias-Fatile, the ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson, the federal government…
FG has saved over N200bn by eliminating ghost workers –Osinbajo (Punch)
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the Federal Government has saved more than N200bn after it eliminated ghost workers from the federal civil service. A tweet posted on the verified Twitter handle @AsoRock, revealed that Osinbajo said this during his keynote…
No Nigerian’ll die of malaria by 2020 -FG (SUN)
The Federal Government, on Friday, assured Nigerians that nobody would die of malaria-related disease by the year 2020. The government, through the Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, who gave the assurance at the 58th Annual General Meeting of the…
FG targets September for new minimum wage takeoff (Guardian)
The Federal Government will expedite action to ensure that a new minimum wage is ready by the second quarter of the year, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has promised. At the 2018 May Day celebration in Abuja, yesterday, he also assured…
FG threatens striking health workers, says return to work now (Nation)
The Federal Government said last night that the indefinite strike action embarked upon by health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Unions was unjustified, threatening to invoke the relevant labour laws in dealing with the striking workers…
Nurses, pharmacists, others declare indefinite strike at federal hospitals (Punch)
Nurses, pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists and other workers under the umbrella of the Joint Health Section Unions in Federal Government owned hospitals across the country have begun an indefinite strike. The workers said on Wednesday morning they had to resort…
Poor supply: Electricity consumers demand reversal of privatisation programme, slam NERC (SUN)
Electricity consumers in the South-West geo-political zone yesterday in Lagos indicted the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) over its failure to effectively monitor the power sector. The consumers representing households and different communities expressed their frustrations to members of the House…
* Lagos has the potential to become Africa’s tourism hub, says Lai Mohammed (Guardian) * Heavy security in Lagos as police take over Ojota Park (SUN)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 17, 2018 Lagos has the potential to become Africa’s tourism hub, says Lai Mohammed (Guardian) The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has reiterated that Lagos State has the potential to become…
FG must intervene urgently to save South East – Ekeh
Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has called on the Federal Government to partner credible businessmen and entrepreneurs from the South East to save the region from the looming effects of mass unemployment currently plaguing…