Month: October 2023

Declare state of emergency in substance abuse, Senate urges FG
The Senate has issued a plea to the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in response to the escalating crisis of drugs and…

Tinubu Launches Conditional Cash Transfer For 15 Million Households
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday launched the Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer for 15 million households. The event, which coincided with the World Poverty Eradication…

FG proposes N26.01trn for 2024 Appropriation
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday proposed the sum of N26.01 trillion for the 2024 fiscal year to be submitted to the National Assembly. The…

Consumers paid N268bn electricity bills in Q2 – FG
The Federal Government, on Monday, said power consumers paid a total of N267.86bn as electricity bills in the second quarter of this year. It disclosed…

FG to pay nine months N-Power arrears from November
The Federal Government has announced its readiness to commence the payment of nine months backlogs to N-Power beneficiaries who are on the programme beginning from…

Nigeria’s capital importation declines by 32.90% to $1.03bn
Nigeria witnessed a decline in total capital importation, dropping to $1.03 billion from $1.5 billion in Q2 2022, marking a 32.90 per cent decrease, according…

Federal executive council meeting now to hold every Monday, says FG
President Bola Tinubu has approved the conduct of the federal executive council (FEC) weekly meeting to be held every Monday. The weekly FEC meeting which…

NIPOST staff reject CEO appointed by Tinubu, shut down head office
Workers of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) have shut down the head office of the service in Abuja, protesting the appointment of Tola Odeyemi as…

Tinubu To Swears In New Ministers At FEC Meeting Today
President Bola Tinubu will today (Monday) swear in three additional ministers into his 48-people cabinet. A senior official in the Presidency, who did not want…

We’re committed to reviewing laws to address economic challenges – Senate
The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, has pledged the National Assembly’s commitment to reviewing the “laws to address the challenges not only in the ICT…