The Federal Government has ordered investigations into the explosion that rocked Ibadan Oyo State on Tuesday, claiming three lives and injuring 80 persons. In a statement on Wednesday, the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Dele Alake said that officers from the ministry will work and collaborate with the Oyo State Government to know the actual cause. The statement read: “I …

Nigerians have been cautioned by the Federal Government against going public to raise money to secure the release of kidnap victims. The government reminded those who have adopted the practice known as “crowdfunding” of the existence of a law against ransom. It said the warning had become necessary because crowdfunding could worsen the rising cases of kidnapping. Defence Minister Abubakar …

In furtherance of President Bola Tinubu‘s Renewed Hope Agenda to provide adequate, reliable, and quality electricity to businesses and households in the country, the Federal Government on Thursday commissioned a 300KWp Solar PV pilot project in Kainji, Niger State. While commissioning the project, the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu said the project will primarily increase power generation capacity, lower …

The United States Marine Corps has assured Nigeria of strengthening the bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The Commander of the U.S. Africa Command, Michael Langley, and the Command’s Senior Enlisted Leader to Nigeria, Michael Woods, during their recent visit to Nigeria, said the bilateral cooperation would counter violent extremism and support the latter in its fight against insecurity. In …

Experts in the foreign exchange (forex) sector have called on the Federal Government to incorporate forex trading in the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Department (SAED) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The call was made on Friday during a press briefing in Lagos to announce the annual Forex millionaire expo to hold on Saturday, 13 January, at Landmark Centre, …

The Federal Government has released N17 billion to the contractor handling the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway to hasten completion of the project. The Federal Government also stated that all sections of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway will be completed in 24 months. The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, disclosed this during an inspection of the Abuja-Kaduna section of the highway on Friday. Umahi, …

The Federal Government on Thursday said it would investigate how the non-functioning Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited accrued N33 billion in electricity debt which prompted the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to disconnect the company from the national grid. The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu, revealed this to State House correspondents after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock …

The Federal Government has revealed plans to introduce a new policy to the transport sector to ensure full compliance with the use of vehicle safety kits by motorists. The Minister of Transportation, Senator Saidu Alkali, made this known in Abuja on Thursday during a sensitisation programme on road safety and the use of automobile safety kits organised by the Road …

The Federal Government plans to grant tax waivers on imported equipment to be used in the mining sector, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake said on Wednesday. A statement by the minister’s special adviser on media, Mr. Segun Tomori, quoted the minister as saying this when he met with his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Bandar AlKhorayef, on the …

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it would launch an investigation into private universities established in the last 15 years. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known in Abuja while inaugurating the investigative panel on fake degrees and activities of degree mills in the country. Mamman said the investigation would show if the private institutions under investigation …