The Senate has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to sack the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) Executive Vice Chairman, Barrister Babatunde Irukera. In a letter read at the plenary on Wednesday by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu said that he was demanding Irukere’s based on inefficiency. According to the FCCPC Act, the President needs the approval of …

As the wave of emigration (well known as japa) continues to hit the health sector, causing acute manpower shortage in government health facilities, Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has approved a special employment procedure that allows immediate replacement of any health practitioner that leaves the service with another qualified personnel, without the government’s ratification. Secretary to the State Government, …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike has approved the construction of Gwa Gwa-Karimo Dei Dei Road in the FCT. The Minister assented to the road construction after listening to the plights of the resident through the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, Christopher Zakka and the Sarki Jiwa, Idris Musa, during the flag off ceremony …

President Bola Tinubu has approved N683,429,268 billion as the 2024 Iintervention funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. During the Fund’s strategic planning meeting with heads of beneficiary-institutions in Abuja on Friday, the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Chief Sonny Echono said that from the total, 90.75 per cent was budgeted for direct disbursement and …

The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has approved the implementation of a Group Personal Accident Insurance Policy for all Nigerian Air Force personnel. While the Ministry of Defence has a Group Life Assurance Policy for military personnel, the Director of Public Relations and Information for the Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, explained that …

The Chairman of the Presidential Inter-ministerial Committee on Subsidised Yuletide Inter-state Transport, Dr. Dele Alake has assured Nigerians that logistics for the 50 per cent discount on road transport on 22 major routes across the country from 21st December to 4th January 2024 has been finalised. Earlier on Wednesday, Alake, who is also the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, announced …

The Head of Service of Ekiti State, Sunday Komolafe, on Monday, said that the state government released N352.3m as car and housing loans to civil servants and teachers in the state in 2023. Komolafe, who said that 3,021 civil servants and teachers benefitted from the car and housing loans, said that the state government also appointed no fewer than 3,199 …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has approved December 27 for the payment of the 13th month salary to workers in the state. The state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr. Chris Nehikhare, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, noted that the governor has continued to prioritise the welfare of workers in the state and has continued …

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved a sum of N15,000 wage award per worker in the state to cushion the harsh effects of fuel subsidy removal on them. Adeleke also approved a sum of N10,000 for each pensioner in the state in the same regard. The approval was conveyed in a circular issued by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry …

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Monday, approved N5.9 billion for the construction of access roads for the Abuja light rail system. Disclosing the outcomes of this week’s Council meeting, chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, to State House correspondents, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike explained that the President has …