The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has ordered the closure of the Second Niger Bridge and sections of other major roads earlier opened to ease traffic for the 2022 Christmas celebrations. Giving the directive in Abuja on Wednesday, Fashola said that this is to enable contractors to return to the site to complete work on the various …

The Federal Government has shortlisted 20 candidates for the vacant position of Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF). According to a government circular, the 20 candidates were chosen from Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The former AGF, Ahmed Idris was detained in Kano after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) invited him to provide information on a N109 billion fraud. The …

The Court of Appeal will decide on the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by the Federal Government on 26th January. Last September, the government dragged ASUU before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) over the failure of the union to call off protracted its strike, which eventually last nine months. Although the NICN ruled …

The Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development has awarded the hosting rights for the seventh edition of the National Youth Games to Delta State. The decision was reached at a meeting of stakeholders for the Games, which held on the sidelines of the recently concluded 21st National Sports Festival, which was also hosted by Delta State, according to a …

The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on Thursday, issued a seven-day ultimatum for all lease and licence holders operating in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, to disclose the real owners of their companies. In the directive signed by its Chief Executive, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, the commission demanded that the information to be disclosed must include the identity (ies) of …

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has asked the Federal Government to make petrol available at the official pump price of 180/litre, saying Nigerians cannot continue to pay for the product at higher prices. In a New Year message made available to our correspondent in Abuja, the labour union stated that the year 2022 was quite challenging on virtually all …

Oil marketers on Sunday said that the Federal Government should evacuate and dispense the products currently trapped in the depots which were shut down recently by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). Marketers said that the products should be dispensed at the regulated rate of N148/litre to help address the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (popularly called …

The Federal Government, through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has introduced virtual National Identification Number (NIN) tokens known as “Tokenisation”. A statement by the commission explained that the NIN Tokenisation is to protect people’s data privacy through the use of an encrypted, coded version of the NIN, instead of the actual NIN which is used for everyday transactions. The …

Oil marketers may embark on their proposed strike after the Sallah holidays, a situation that will compound the already perennial and troubling fuel shortages. Monday and Tuesday are government-declared rest days to observe the Eid-el-Kabir. Over the weekend, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) threatened to commence an action that would result in what it described as the …