Federal Government, on Thursday, called on international partners to intervene in the humanitarian crisis in Benue State. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, made the call in Makurdi during her visit to the Ichwa Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp. Ichwa is one of the 13 official IDP camps located across the state. The minister, who …

The Federal Government has slammed the comment of the Labour Party presidential candidate in last February election, Mr. Peter Obi, on the recently signed supplementary budget. The government decried Obi’s condemnation of the supplementary budget as insensitive to the citizens, noting that it is a “bold and pragmatic response” to national pressing issues. On Wednesday, Obi had, via a post …

The Federal Government has assured military veterans and their families of better welfare. Defence Minister Muhammad Badaru gave the assurance when he hosted executives of the Veteran Association of Nigeria yesterday in Abuja. Badaru said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration was working on an existing structure that would be all-inclusive in the welfare of the veterans and their families. The minister …

As part of its ongoing commitment to streamline passport processing and acquisition for Nigerians residing in the diaspora, the federal government has unveiled additional enhanced e-passport facilities at select Nigerian embassies in Europe. The select Nigerian Embassies where the facilities were unveiled are Italy, Spain, Greece, Austria and Switzerland. Unveiling the facilities, the minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities have described the plan by the Federal Government to automatically deduct 40 per cent from the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of universities in the country as an attack on the university system. In a letter dated 17th October 2023, and titled ‘Implementation of 40 …

The Federal Government has commenced the implementation of an automatic 40 per cent deduction of Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) of Federal Universities and other partially funded institutions across the country. The auto-deduction policy of gross IGR is in line with the Finance Circular with reference number FMFBNP/OTHERS/IGR/CRF/12/2021 dated 20th December 2021. The circular limits the annual budgetary expenditure from IGR …

The Federal Government has restated its commitment to a free, fair, transparent, and equitable electoral system to firm up the nation’s democratic foundation. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting on Policy Oversight for Electoral Integrity in Nigeria, which was convened by his office in collaboration with the African Electoral …

The Federal Government has condemned the recent travel advisory by the United States of America to its citizens in Nigeria saying such an advisory could cause needless panic and have adverse economic impacts. The US had, on 3 November, warned its citizens in Nigeria of “elevated threats” to major hotels in the “larger cities” of Nigeria. The advisory, however, said …

The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative has inaugurated the Kaduna State CNG conversion centre as part of the Federal Government’s effort to mitigate the effect of subsidy removal. According to the Chairman of the Presidential CNG Initiative Steering Committee, Mr. Zacch Adedeji, the CNG conversion site is a visionary facility designed to convert conventional petrol vehicles into Compressed Natural Gas …

As contained in the N2.18 trillion supplementary budget sent by the Federal Government and passed by the National Assembly on Thursday, the Federal Government owed contractors who worked on the Eko/Marine Bridges the sum of N11,400,024, 608. The Federal Government also allocated the sum of N15 billion for the repairs of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. The amount was …