The Federal government has been urged to take steps to fish out those occupying top management offices with fake university degrees and other certificates. President International Human Rights Commission, Ecology and Marine, Africa, Alhaji Musa Saidu made the call in…
We will go after holders of certificates from degree mills – Education Minister
Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, has said that security operatives will go after holders of certificates from degree mills. The minister was commenting on the Federal Government’s recent directive on degrees from Benin Republic and Togo during an interview on…
FG declares public holidays for Christmas, New Year celebrations
The Federal Government has declared Monday 25 and 26 December 2023, and Monday, January, 1st 2024 as public holidays to mark Christmas and New Year’s Day celebrations respectively. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, declared on behalf of the federal…
Independent Marketers threaten shutdown over unpaid N15bn bridging claims
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has called on the Federal Government to pay its members their bridging claims of about N15bn. They threaten to shut down operations after the Yuletide if their demands were not met. The…
Kidney traffickers will face the law – FG
The Federal Government yesterday assured that medical practitioners and others involved in kidney trafficking would face the full wrath of the law. A three-month investigation by Daily Trust, headlined “Inside Abuja’s kidney ‘market’ where the rich prey on the poor”,…
Allow married women bear father’s names, MURIC tells Federal Gov’t
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the Federal Government to enable married women to retain their fathers’ names. Prof. Ishaq Akintola, the Executive Director of MURIC, addressed this issue in a statement released in Abuja on Monday. MURIC denounced…
Supreme Court upholds Nnamdi Kanu’s treason charge
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the treasonable charge filed against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The New Agency of Nigeria( NAN) reports the federal government prayed the court to set aside an…
FG to shutdown Adeniji/Adekunle 3rd Mainland Bridge ramps for repairs on Monday
The Federal Ministry of Works, on Friday announced total closure of the four ramps on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, for repairs starting from 7.00 a.m. on Nov. 20. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, in a…
FG, Labour meet over ongoing nationwide strike
The Federal Government has invited leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, for a meeting this afternoon to end the ongoing nationwide strike by Organised Labour. Meanwhile, Vanguard gathered that the meeting…
Nigeria confirms 1st anthrax case
The Federal Government has confirmed the first case of anthrax in the country, The Nation has learnt. Anthrax is a severe bacterial disease that affects humans and animals, including wild animals and livestock such as cows, pigs, camels, sheep, goats.…