The Federal Ministry of Work and Housing has announced the suspension of construction activities on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway from Tuesday for easy passage of travellers during the Eid Kabir holiday. The festival is on Wednesday and the Federal Government has declared that day and Thursday as public holidays to commemorate the occasion. Construction work is expected to resume on the …

Power distribution companies (Discos) failed to remit a total of N208.8 billion to the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry in 2022, the Federal Government has said. Figures obtained on Sunday from the latest Fourth Quarter 2022 Report of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, a Federal Government agency, as well as those from the First, Second and Third quarters showed that the …

The Federal Ministry of Health has approved the appointment of Prof. Olayinka Oladiran Adegbehingbe as the Acting Chief Medical Director of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile- Ife with effect from last Tuesday. In a statement, the Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Kemi Fasooto made reference to a letter signed on behalf of the Permanent Secretary by the Director, …

A former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, and the President pf the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals, Dr. Obinna Ogbonna have called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to halt brain drain in the health sector, saying the trend was longer sustainable. At a two-day national conference last Thursday and Friday in Abuja, which was attended …

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N786.161 billion to the federal, state and Local Government Councils. It represented their share from the May 2023 Federation Account Revenue, according to the communiqué issued at the end of the FAAC meeting in Abuja, yesterday. The meeting was chaired by the new Accountant-General of the Federation, Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein, according to …

The Federal Government on Thursday sought the support of the British government in the fight against terrorism, banditry and other violent crimes and conflicts. While receiving the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Richard Montgomery, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume also called for support in agriculture and infrastructural development. He said: “We want …

The Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa on Wednesday disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the re-opening of the Seme border for the importation of vehicles. During the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meeting, organised between officials of Nigeria and Benin, Musa said the development followed complaints by freight forwarders operating at …

Newly appointed medical doctors, nurses, teachers, engineers, para-military and some other categories of professionals under the employment of the Federal Government will undergo the  “2023 compulsory confirmation/promotion examinations” from August to September. This is according to a memo obtained from the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation on Tuesday. The memo, dated  20th June, was signed …

Organised labour and the Federal Government yesterday agreed on an eight-week deadline to thrash out all contentious issues and implement the resolutions arising from the demands of labour. Following President Bola Tinubu’s announcement of the removal of the fuel subsidy on 29th May, organised labour threatened to go on strike, alleging that the government did not put in place measures …

Federal Government representatives and Labour leaders will today resume talks on petrol subsidy removal palliatives, it was confirmed yesterday. Both parties are expected to harmonise some of the demands put forward by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). According to the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Kachallom Daju, the parties will reconvene at the presidential Villa, …