NIGERIA’S Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has reacted to a lawsuit filed by 36 state Attorney-generals over the government’s failure to remit funds into the federal account. They also prayed the court to declare that…
MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has explained why the Federal Government placed an embargo on employment into Federal Civil Service The Minister said it was because the economy was not in good shape. Ngige, who is a…
OSUN West Senator Adelere Oriolowo, has written off the Federal Government’s 774,000 Special Public Works (SPW) Programme as frivolous. Oriolowo said the N52 billion voted for the programme would have been of greater benefit if used to establish industries in…
THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved $2,541,689 and N498,230,281 for four projects in the Ministry of Power. Power Minister Saleh Mamman announced the contracts while addressing State House Correspondents after the week’s virtual meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi…
How FG plans to spend N982.7bn THE federal government plans to spend N859.397 billion of the 2021 Supplementary Budget, recently passed by the National Assembly, on capital projects, while N123.332 billion would be spent on recurrent expenditure. The government provided…
THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of 11.17 billion dollars to link all Nigeria’s coastal cities by rail in six years. Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, briefed State House correspondents after the virtual FEC meeting …
By Dr Kenneth Okoh “(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law – (a) where any worker takes part in a strike, he shall not be entitled to any wages or other remuneration for the period…
ALHAJI Abubakar Aliyu, Minister of State, Works and Housing, on Saturday, disclosed that the Federal Government had refunded N143 billion to five states for constructing federal roads. He made the disclosure during a visit to Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, signed the 2021 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N982,729,695,343 into law. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, (House of Representatives), Umar El-Yakub, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the Presidential…
RIVERS State Government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have traded words, following the government’s allegation that the opposition party is planning to launch a campaign of calumny against Governor Nyesom Wike. The government in a statement on Thursday by…
