The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate recall of all career and non-career ambassadors from their duty posts worldwide. However, Nigeria’s United Nations Permanent Representatives in New York and Geneva will be exempted from this recall due to the upcoming United Nations General Assembly later this month. The…
The Niger State government has declared three day work free to fastrack the distribution of palliative to the 25 local government councils, from Wednesday to Friday next week. The state governor, Alhaji Mohammed Umar Bago, stated this at his maiden press conference in Minna, the state capital. He explained that the work free day for…
The Lagos State government has declared Monday, August 21, a work-free day for all Public Servants in its employ in commemoration of Isese Day. Observed annually on the 20th of August, Isese Day celebrates the indigenous Yoruba culture and traditions as well as the preservation of the Yoruba heritage. This year’s observance falls on a…
Yobe State Governor, Gov. Mai Mala Buni, has given the green light for the disbursement of a sum of N667 million to 475 pensioners spanning all 17 local government areas within the state. This announcement was made through a press release from the Director-General of Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, in Damaturu on…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has highlighted the positive impact of the existing cordial relationship between Nigeria and Germany on sustainable economic development. During a visit by the German Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, Ms. Svenja Schulze, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning emphasized that the priority areas of…
The government of Kano State says it is forming a 22-member committee to verify the legitimacy of the employment of more than 10,000 workers who were recruited during the tenure of the former governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. This committee has been tasked with examining whether the proper protocols were followed in the recruitment process. During…
Full list Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy – Bosun Tijani, Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management – Ishak Salako Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy – Wale Edun Minister of Marine and Blue Economy – Bunmi Tunji Minister of Power – Adedayo Adelabu Minister of State, Health and Social…
Ghanaian opposition lawmakers have raised alarms regarding the proposed ECOWAS initiative to potentially employ military intervention in Niger, aimed at reinstating constitutional order within the nation. Opposition lawmakers in Ghana are calling President Nana Akufo-Addo to cease all preparations for the deployment of Ghanaian military for this mission immediately. According to Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a…
The Federal Government on Monday said it did not proceed with the contempt suit it planned to file against Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for organizing nationwide protest against fuel subsidy removal on August 2, 2023. The National Industry Court had stopped the organized labour from going on strike, however…
ADEYINKA ADEDIPE analyzes the ongoing debate over dilapidated federal roads in Edo State after Governor Godwin Obaseki and his convoy got trapped in one of the roads The rainy season has once again exposed the country’s soft underbelly as the flood has taken over sections of some states and left destruction in its wake. The…
The Nigeria Labour Congress currently holds an emergency National Executive Council meeting over the suspension of their strike action. A reliable source at the ongoing meeting in Abuja disclosed this to news men on Thursday morning. According to him, leaders of the Union are already discussing the possibility of suspending the strike owing to the…
The Federal Government on Wednesday filed a disdain proceeding against the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, for allegedly embarking on an industrial action contrary to a June 5, 2023, exparte order by the National Industrial Court, NIC. The “notice of effects of disobedience to order of court” filed before NIC…
The Senate, on Monday, commenced the screening of the 28 ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu last week. 14 out of the 28 ministerial nominees were screened by the Senate at a session governed by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. They were Abubakar Kyari (Borno), Abubakar Momoh (Edo), former governor Nyesom Wike…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has flagged off a fresh stage of palliatives which is targeting about 300,000 households with about six persons per household to attain one million and eight hundred thousand (1.8m) persons in need. Zulum launched the distribution on Tuesday at Muna Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camp in Jere Local Government…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has stated that it will join the planned industrial nationwide strike of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) which is set to begin on Wednesday, August 2. Speaking with newsmen on Monday, the ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said that ASUU is still consulting on the matter with its…
“AFTER DARKNESS COMES THE GLORIOUS DAWN My fellow citizens, I want to talk to you about our economy. It is important that you understand the reasons for the policy measures I have taken to combat the serious economic challenges this nation has long faced. 2. I am not going to talk in difficult terms by…
The Presidential Steering Committee on Palliatives, encompassing the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, of Nigeria, is currently meeting with the Federal Government team at the Chief of Staff Conference Hall, at Aso Rock, Abuja. Recall that the organized labor fumed out of the meeting on Friday last week, asserting that…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hosted a decoration ceremony for the new service chiefs, conferring them with their new ranks. The event took place at the council chamber of the presidential villa, Abuja on Monday. The decorated service chiefs and their respective positions are as follows: Christopher Musa, who assumed the position of chief of defence…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will prepare a broadcast to the nation today, Monday, July 31, 2023, at 7 pm. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the statement was made by presidential spokesman Dele Alake in a statement on Monday morning. Alake said that television, radio stations, and other electronic media outlets should hook up to the network…
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the disclosure of the spending details of over N200bn public funds collected by the administration of the immediate past Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa from the Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC). It also ordered the spending disclosure of allocations from the Federation Accounts. The Presiding…
Justice assurances fairness, equity and leads to freedom and prosperity. With justice, standards, due processes, and methods are diligently followed and observed. With this, security, peace, calmness, and orderliness are substantially achieved. Sadly, what we have witnessed in the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele’s case, is a departure…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said it plans to study its result management system following Nigerians’ complaints about the 2023 general elections. The commission said its result management system had been a subject of litigation. The INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said this during the post-election review meeting with Collation and Returning Officers on…
The Government of Kwara state is to partner federal government in its $59million agro-processing initiative to end perennial herders-farmers dispute in the state. Speaking at the 37th Media Parliament of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ilorin, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Mallam Rafiu Ajakaye, said…
Nigeria’s Federal House of Representatives has rejected a possible rise in electricity tariffs. The House took a stand against a proposed increase on Tuesday, July 20. According to Channels Television, Honorable Aliyu Madaki moved the motion to reject the increase, which would create an additional cost burden on Nigerians who are already feeling the burden of…
The Governmentof Benue State has uncovered 2,500 ghost workers during the first phase of the state’s staff verification and payroll audit for teachers and local government staff. Several hidden and ghost schools were also discovered as the Benue State government continues to block all revenue leakages. According to his statement, the Chief Press Secretary to…
Nigeria Federal Government’s planned distribution of N500 billion to Nigerians as palliatives to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal has been condemned by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) who described it as another ploy to further impoverish the people. In a statement, NLC President, Joe Ajaero described the Federal Government’s move as robbing the…
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has asked for the immediate review of the 8,000 Naira conditional cash transfer programme aimed at providing succour to most vulnerable households Tinubu however has also directed the unveiling of the whole palliative package meant to cushion the effects of the fuel subsidy removal….
The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Mr Sonny Echono says the federal government borrowed over three hundred and seventy one billion naira over time to meet pressing needs. Mr Echono stated this when he appeared before the house of Representatives adhoc committee, investigating the alleged abuse of N2.3 trillion generated from the…
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has boosted the minimum wage for workers in the state to N40,000, NewsBreakNaija has learned. The Governor, initially this year, had convinced the state of his willingness to pay the new national minimum wage of N30,000 but received the increment today. More details coming shortly….
The Senate has commenced screening of the recently appointed Service Chiefs. President Bola Tinubu, had on Monday, June 19 appointed new service chiefs in the country. President Bola Tinubu had in a letter to the senate on Monday, requested that the Upper Chamber confirm the nomination of the Service Chiefs. Chief of Army Staff who…
The Nigeria Police force apprehended and arrested 15 criminal suspects in Enugu State. They were guilty of offenses bothering on conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, rape, unlawful possession of firearms, and fraud. Police commend residents for their assistance in providing crucial information. These arrests led to the rescue of seven kidnapped victims. The Nigeria Police…
