The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said the tentative date to commence vaccination for mpox is 8 October 2024. The Head of the Public Relations Unit at the NPHCDA, Remi Adeleke, who disclosed this exclusively to The PUNCH on Friday, also stated that the vaccine deployment will begin from 3 to 6 October 2024. Adeleke said, “The …

The Federal Government has approved a 50% electricity subsidy for public hospitals across the country. Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa, announced this on Thursday at the National Neo-Psychiatric Hospital in Barnawa, Kaduna State. The minister commissioned the Electronic Health Records and Alternative Power Supply at the Lawal Jafaru Isah Emergency Complex and the solarisation project …

The federal government has launched the National Environment Battery Control Regulations, to prevent and minimize pollution and wastes emanating from batteries in Nigeria. The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, with support from the Nigerian Energy Support Programme,NESP, Heinrich Boll Foundation and Alliance for Responsible Battery Recycling, ARBR, unveiled the regulations on Thursday in Abuja. Speaking at the …

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has given one-month moratorium to traders and other market stakeholders involved in exploitative pricing to crash the prices of goods. The newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman of the FCCPC, Mr Tunji Bello, said this at a one-day stakeholders engagement on exploitative pricing on Thursday in Abuja. According to Bello, the Commission will …

The Federal Government and the states have raised N100 billion for the procurement of prepaid electricity meters. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said this was under the Presidential Meter Initiative (PMI) programme. Adelabu disclosed this while addressing broadcasters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to him, President Bola Tinubu’s administration has been making efforts to close the meter gap …

Many filling stations operated by independent oil marketers have now fixed the pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, at between N900 and N1,000/litre. Owners of these stations seem not to care about the cost of the product at retail outlets operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Petrol prices at NNPC stations range from …

The Federal Government plans to introduce a training scheme equivalent to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for graduates of the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), the Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Olawande Wisdom has hinted. The minister dropped the hint at the opening of the BEMORE OYO 2024 Summer Bootcamp in Ibadan yesterday. Wisdom said his ministry would partner …

The Federal Government has prohibited individuals under the age of 18 from taking part in the National Examinations Council and West African Examinations Council exams. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ program on Sunday night. Mamman explained that the federal government has directed WAEC, which conducts the West African …

Representatives of state governments at the last Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting have bemoaned the decision by the Federal Government to save additional revenue for the payment of the new minimum wage. This development, which affected their revenue distribution from the federation committee, was received with opposing views when an update on statutory allocation showed that the government transferred …

The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun has said the National Economic Council has approved the sum of N3bn to Kebbi and other states affected by floods this year, including the Federal Capital Territory. He made this known while speaking to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi after inspecting some rice farms affected by the flood in the Argungu area of the state, …