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The Federal Government on Saturday agreed to pay N4.8bn Residency Training Fund to the National Association of Resident Doctors(NARD) in the next seven days.   The resident doctors have been on strike since August 1, 2021.   The government also agreed to clear the arrears of the consequential adjustment of the National Minimum Wage from […]

The Federal Government has admonished “naysayers” to stop spewing negative and false narratives around Boko Haram members who are surrendering in droves in the North-East.   The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Washington.   NAN reports that […]

Notably, misrepresentation of reality in government is a routine, as spin doctors are employed to craft and turn them into political capital. But lies and false claims, once made, translate into nothing and rob the president of the legitimacy required to steer the ship of state. It is against this backdrop that Nigerians should appreciate […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Prof. Ishaq Oloyede as Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for a second term of five years, the government announced Friday.   The President also reappointed Prof Abubakar Rasheed, who will serve as Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission for another five years; Hamid Bobboyi, as […]

A trust fund would be set up by the Federal Government to take care of the 3% allocated for the host communities as provided for in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to prevent any crisis in the implementation of the act, Minister of the Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, has said.   Akpabio said this to […]

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arrested a former governor of Abia State, Theodore Orji, a sitting Senator,  at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.   Orjii was arrested at about 10 am at the airport, from where he was taken to the agency’s headquarters for interrogation.   He and his two […]

Nigeria lost an estimated $50 billion worth of oil and gas industry investments in ten years as a result of stagnation in the industry as a result of uncertainties created by the non-passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill over that period.   President Muhammadu Buhari revealed this  on Wednesday at ceremony on the passage of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an implementation framework for the Petroleum Industry Act, which he signed recently, by appointing a steering committee to supervise the process.   He named the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, as the head of the steering committee.   Other members of the committee are Permanent Secretary, Ministry of […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced its plans to  collaborate with the Nigeria Police and other law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute people who abuse the Naira.    This was disclosed by Acting Director, Corporate Communications, at the CBN, Osita Nwanisobi.   “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has […]

…says action shows disdain for Niger Delta people   The main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party criticized President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the controversial Petroleum Industrial Bill, saying the action showed his disdain for the people of the Niger Delta region.   The PIB was passed by the National Assembly in July after about […]