The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) said the Federal Government had yet to meet all its minimum demands as agreed before it suspended its strike. NARD said it would hold its National Executive Council meeting next week to rate FG’s efforts in meeting its demands and decide what to do next. NARD had on 11 August 2023, suspended its …

Vice President Kashim Shettima has declared that the federal government was passionate about empowering Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, for the development of the nation’s economy. He stated this in an interview with journalists during his tour of exhibition stands at the BRICS Trade Fair in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday. According to him, “it is a known fact that …

Following the decision of President Bola Tinubu to remove the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (better known as fuel or petrol), and the unification of the foreign exchange markets by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON) has urged the Federal Government for inclusion in the palliative measures being distributed across the country. …

The documentation on the newly-appointed ministers will commence on Saturday. The exercise is expected to end on Sunday. In a statement on Thursday, the Permanent Secretary (General Services) in the Office of the Secretary to the Federation, Mr. Nnamdi Mbaeri said  the ministers were urged to come with their curriculum vitae, birth certificate/declaration of age, and two passport photographs, among …

The Federal Government has appointed 11 new Chief Medical Directors for the Federal Government established medical facilities in the country. This was disclosed on Thursday, in a press statement signed by the Director of Press in the Federal Ministry of Heath, Patricia Deworitshe. The statement noted that the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health, Kachollom Daju presented the …

More than a month has passed since government-owned institutions at the federal level raised student fees for the ongoing academic session. Despite the subsequent government claim that these schools are still tuition-free, parents and students are anticipating a rollback of the fee increase. Rather than the schools reverting to the former fee regimes, they have come out with measures they …

The Federal Government has pledged continued support for efforts that will rid the country of neglected tropical diseases, one of which is onchocerciasis, otherwise known as river blindness. The assurance was given by the National Coordinator, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), Federal Ministry of Health, Prof. Fatai Oyediran on Wednesday at a two-week workshop held for entomologists drawn across the six …

The Federal Government has disbanded the secretariat of the Advertising Standard Panel due to its endorsement of billboards with the slogan, ‘All Eyes on the Judiciary’. The message is believed to be insinuating that the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, which has reserved ruling in the legal dispute over this year’s presidential election may be subject to manipulation by the judiciary. …

The Federal Government on Tuesday applied to withdraw the charge of illegal possession of firearms filed against the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bakodo Abubakar, who approached the Federal High Court in Lagos with an oral application, said the withdrawal followed the …

Two siblings, Samuel and Samson Ogoshi, have been extradited to the United States to face trial for allegedly running a global sexual extortion operation, leading to the death of a teenage US citizen,  Jordan DeMay. The extradition of the siblings followed a judgment by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court. The Solicitor-General of the Federation signed the final …