Federal Archives — Page 4 of 138

October 6, 2024 No Responses

Liyel Imoke: Alleged Expenditure Of $16b Delayed Power Sector Reforms

Former minister of power, who later served as Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, has described alleged “expenditure” of $16 billion on the power sector by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration as misleading. Imoke, who was also Chairman of...

October 6, 2024 No Responses

Kaduna Denies Borrowing ₦36b

The Kaduna State Government has described a media report as false and misleading, alleging that the state has borrowed ₦36 billion in the past six months. The state government explained that it is paying nearly three times the loan size...

October 5, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu, Akume, Others For Catholic Herald Centenary Lecture

NIGERIA’S oldest surviving newspaper, The Catholic Herald weekly newspaper, a publication of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, is set to hold its Centenary Lecture and Awards presentation. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Secretary to the Government of th...

October 5, 2024 No Responses

NDDC To Remodel Foreign Scholarship Scheme

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is to remodel its Foreign Post Graduate Scholarship scheme to incorporate a tracking system to monitor the progress of its scholars after graduation, Addressing more than 200 scholars of the Commission, studying in...

October 4, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Submits Tax Reform Bills To NASS

The Senate has received President Bola Tinubu’s communication seeking consideration and passage of the proposed Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform Bill to align with ongoing financial reforms of the Federal Government and enhance efficiency in tax compliance. The ...

October 2, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Pledges Reduction In Food Prices

The Federal Government is focused on restoring peace to the troubled parts of the North so that farmers displaced by bandits and kidnapping can return to their farmlands and increase food production. “We expect to see a leap in food...

October 2, 2024 No Responses

FG Signs N122b Equity Participation Agreement With Six Gas Firms

The Federal Government has signed a N122 billion project equity participation agreement with six gas infrastructure companies aimed at transforming the midstream gas value chain across the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Reso...

October 1, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria @64: Don’t Lose Hope, NLC Urges Nigerians

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of the country’s 64th independence anniversary. In a message to Nigerians on Monday, the NLC President Joe Ajaero urged the downtrodden Nigerians who bear the marks or burden broke...

September 30, 2024 No Responses

FG Hands Over 64 CNG Buses To Labour, NANS

The Federal Government has handed over 64 100-capacity Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to the Organised Labour and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). The Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, led the gov...

September 28, 2024 No Responses

FG Rolls Out 2,000 CNG Powered Tricycles

The Ministry of Youth Development has unveiled plans to launch the first phase of a project to distribute 2,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered tricycles to young Nigerians on October 1, 2024. Briefing Journalists on Friday, Minister of State for Youth...

September 28, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Appoints Seven Executive Directors For NTA

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed seven executive directors for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). According to a statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the appointees are: Ay...

September 28, 2024 No Responses

NDDC Trains 200 Women, Youth Farmers

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has concluded the training of 200 women and youths in Livestock Farming and Agro-Processing at the Okiemutie Farms in Eku Amukpe, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. Speaking during the closing cerem...

September 27, 2024 No Responses

AT World Maritime Day, NPA Boss Harps On Automation, To Deploy PCS

The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, represented by the Executive Director, Engineering and Technical Services, Engr. Ibrahim Abba, on Thursday in Lagos, joined industry stakeholders to celebrate this year’s World Mar...

September 27, 2024 No Responses

FG To Direct NIMASA, NPA To Collect Fees, Charges In Naira

The Federal Government is proposing that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) begin collecting charges, fees, fines and others in Naira rather than in foreign currencies.The Special Adviser to th...