The Federal Government has approved a 50 per cent increase in the feeding allowance for inmates in Nigeria, effective from August 2024. This measure aims to address rising food costs and improve inmate welfare. The spokesperson for the Nigeria Correctional Service, Abubakar Umar, confirmed the increase during an interview with  newsmen today. He described it as the “first phase” of …

The federal government has said  exceptionally intelligent children below 18 years may be allowed to write the West African School Certificate Examinations, WASCE and the National Examinations Council, NECO examinations. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, disclosed this, Thursday during a tour of the Federal Government Academy, Suleja. “It may not and we are going to develop criteria to guide …

Successful applicants for the Consumer Credit Loan will start getting the cash next week, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP) Uzoma Nwagba said yesterday. According to him, N100 billion had been released for rollout to the beneficiaries. The Federal Government introduced the scheme to remove structural, market and policy barriers and accelerate access to consumer credit by …

The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Tuesday, expressed his readiness to extend the hand of help and support to the Federal government to find a lasting solution to the incessant herders/farmers clashes recorded across the country. The Monarch who made this known while receiving the Leadership of a Fulani group, Tapital Pulaku Njode Jam Nigeria, who extended …

Binance Holdings Limited on Tuesday expressed readiness to “settle any alleged past issue” with the Nigerian Government. To this end, the cryptocurrency trading platform urged the Nigerian Government to release its detained executive, Tigran Gambaryan. On Monday, Gambaryan was arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged money laundering. Upon appearance, Gambaryan was denied a wheelchair and had …

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero has cried of betrayal between the Congress and the Federal Government over the increase in the fuel pump price on Tuesday, 3 September, 2024 after assurance by President Bola Tinubu that N70,000 will be the condition under which the PMS pump price will not be increased.   Press Statement (03/09/2024) …

British national, Andrew Wynne, who was declared wanted on Monday by the Nigeria Police for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration, has denied the allegation. Wynne, who spoke on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today from his base in the United Kingdom, said he was not even aware he had been labelled a fugitive. The rebuttal comes …

The Federal Government, on Monday, handed over 20 Compressed Natural Gas buses to the Oyo State Government. The Chief Executive Officer and Programme Director of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, Micheal Oluwagbemi, conducted the handover on behalf of the Federal Government at the Pacesetter Transport Service, Eleyele, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Oluwagbemi stated that the deployment of …

As part of ongoing efforts to sanitise the mining sector, the federal government has charged suspected illegal miners arrested in Kogi and Ondo states during a recent operation led by the Mining Marshals to court.   The operation, code-named “Operation Hayakin Kogo”, took place in the Ikah Community of Ankpa LGA, Kogi State resulting in the arrest of two (2) …

The Federal Government has appealed to the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to call off its ongoing warning strike, saying it is making efforts to address the association’s concerns. Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, appealed during a meeting with NARD leaders in Abuja. The doctors declared a seven-day warning strike in protest against the abduction of …