Tag: FG

Economic Stimulus Programme: ‘Over N438bn allocated to 34 States, FCT’ – FG

Aminu Imam
36 States on stimulus

The Federal Government has disbursed over N438 billion to 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus, (NG-CARES) programme. According to the Information and Communication Officer of the Federal CARES Support Unit (FCSU), Suleiman Odapu in a press statement, the disbursements were determined by the results achieved by the states and FCT during the third Independent Verification Agency (IVA) assessment conducted in January 2024. This substantial reimbursement aims to bolster State governments and the FCT in mitigating the multi-faceted challenges…

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Late Sidi Ali: FG, others mourn veteran Journalist

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
SIDI ALI

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris has condoled with the family of the late journalist, prolific writer and politician, Alhaji Sidi Ali. Idris in a statement on Friday in Abuja said it was with profound sadness that he received the news of the passing of Ali. According to the Minister, Ali’s contributions to the field of journalism, literature, and politics have left an indelible mark on our country. He added that his demise would be deeply felt by all who had the privilege of knowing him.…

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Nationwide Strike: NLC, TUC begin action October 3rd

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Organised labour says it will embark on an indefinite strike from October 3, over the prevailing hardship due to the removal of oil subsidy. Festus Osifo, President Trade Union Congress (TUC), said this in a communiqué, he jointly signed with Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Tuesday in Abuja. The communiqué was issued at the end of a joint National Executive Council meeting of the two unions. According to Osifo, “the strike is to demonstrate our resolve for a truly independent Nigeria; to take our destinies…

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Nigeria’s MDI Poverty Rate Blame Debate and Lessons Therefrom

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Abubakar Ahmed Since the disclosure after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting by Nigeria’s Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba insisting that the FG had done its part on poverty alleviation in the country; in response to the released document by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics that 133 million Nigerians are currently living in multidimensional poverty, reactions have trailed the disclosure especially from one of Nigeria’s tier of governments; the state governments under the auspices of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF. According to Agba, 72…

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NGO tasks FG on incessant ASUU strike

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Nigeria Development Front (NDF) has urged the Federal Government to put in place mechanism to end Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) incessant strikes in the country. Mr Charles Adeyemi, the NGO’s President, said this when he spoke on Wednesday in Osogbo. Adeyemi said that what ASUU was fighting for was adequate funding for the education sector and a better welfare for university lecturers. According to him, inadequate funding of universities impedes the development of the education sector, hence the need for government to address huge…

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Tackling Insecurity: FG set to deploy Super Tucano Jets against bandits

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government is set for the deployment of 12 Super Tucano jets against bandits as part of concerted efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari to end terrorism before 2023. As a prelude to the deployment, government has also started perfecting the conditions for the release of a gazette, which will legally classify bandits as terrorists. Already, the government has secured a court order declaring bandits as terrorists. But, the United States (U.S.) has not given a blank cheque to Nigeria on the use of the fighter jets. The U.S. has…

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Tax Evasion: Tribunal orders DSTV to pay FG N900bn tax backlog

Ishaku Yohanna

A Tax Appeal Tribunal (TAT) sitting in Lagos has ordered Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of cable television services, DSTV, to pay 50 per cent of N1.8 trillion tax backlog to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, the Director, Communications and Liaison Department of the FIRS, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Ahmad explained that FIRS discovered the backlog through a forensic audit as it showed that Multichoice Nigeria Limited had failed to pay to the Government of Nigeria in past assessment years. He…

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Why FG can’t prosecute repentant insurgents – Lai Mohammed

Ishaku Yohanna

By Ishaku Yohanna With Agency Report 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, Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Washington. NAN reports that no fewer than 1,000 Boko Haram fighters and their families have handed themselves over to army units in recent weeks in the southern Borno towns of Konduga, Bama, and Mafa. The minister berated those who…

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Plateau attacks: PDP chieftain pleads with FG, NGOs to assist victims

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Dr James Dalok, a chieftain of Plateau Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged the federal government and non-novernmental organisations to assist victims of recent attacks in the state. Dalok, a former deputy to the state PDP governorship candidate, Lt.- Gen. Jerry Useni, in 2019 general elections, made the call in a telephone interview in Pankshin on Friday. He also appealed to corporate organizations and wealthy individuals to come to the aid of the victims in the mostly affected local government areas are Bassa and Riyom. He described the carnage left…

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Group urges FG to reverse power sector privatisation over epileptic supply

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

An electricity consumer group, ‘Where’s the Light Movement,’ has called on the Federal Government to reverse the power sector privatisation policy for failing to achieve its set goals. The group said the sector should be returned to public ownership under democratic control and management of workers and electricity consumers. Sina Odugbemi, the convener of the group, who briefed newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos, urged the government to take a bold step to reverse the privatisation and take charge of the sector. Odugbemi said Nigerians had not experienced the desired objectives…

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