Tag: FG

CNG to FG: Suspend electricity tariff hike, petrol price increase, or face nationwide protest

Ishaku Yohanna

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has asked the federal government to immediately suspend the recent increase in pump price of petrol and electricity tariff or face a nationwide protest. Addressing a news conference in Kaduna on Friday, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, spokesman of the group, said the coalition would mobilise its members for a mass protest if the federal government fails to revert to the old pump price of fuel. Suleiman said, That the administration’s audacious impunity climaxed with hikes in fuel pump prices from an initial N87 to N151.50k per…

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FG begins investigation of DSTV, others over unfair price increases

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), says it has began investigation into the conduct of dominant Pay-TV service providers for possible unfair price increases. This was contained in a statement signed by Chief Executive Officer of the commission, Babatunde Irukera.  The commission said the investigation was coming on the heels of complaints from Nigerians over the past 24 months. He said the investigation was in pursuant to sections 17(b), (e), (g), (s),(x) (y), 18(3), 59, 61, 62, 69,70(1)(2), 72, 73,74, 108,109 and110 of the Federal Competition and Consumer…

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Why FG moves resumption of intl flights to Sept 5

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government has shifted resumption of international flights billed for August 29 to September 5. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) announced this on Thursday. The resumption date was earlier billed for August 27. The Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Musa Nuhu, explained that the resumption was postponed to ensure all non-aviation logistics are put in place. Nuhu while speaking at the bi-weekly Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing, on Thursday, said this is to ensure the smooth and efficient resumption of the flights. Since the announcement…

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Insecurity: FG moves to revive abandoned $470m CCTV project

Ishaku Yohanna

In a bid to tackle the growing insecurity challenges in the country, the federal government has concluded plans to resuscitate the abandoned $470million national public security communication system. The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, said technicians were already inspecting the vandalised Abuja and Lagos Closed Circuit Television Cameras for repairs, adding that they were expected to present a report on their assessment soon. The contract for the CCTV project was awarded in 2010 to a Chinese firm, ZTE Nigeria Ltd., to provide audio, video and data information for use…

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Nigeria likely to lapse into second recession, FG warns

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government on Thursday warned that strong indications have emerged that the nations economy was likely to lapse into a second recession in four years, with significant adverse consequences if a very strong Q3 2020 was not achieved. The Federal Government has raised it that Nigerias Q2 GDP growth is in all likelihood negative, just as it said that Nigeria is exposed to spikes in risk aversion in the global capital markets, which will put further pressure on the foreign exchange market as foreign portfolio investors exit the Nigerian…

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Nigerian students protest COVID-19 lockdown; call on FG to re-open tertiary institutions

Ishaku Yohanna

The National Association of University Students (NAUS), National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), and National Association of Nigerian Colleges of Education (NANCES), yesterday held a nationwide protest to demand the immediate reopening of campus across Nigeria. Students also vowed to shut down the economy and every other sector in the country if the government refuses to harken to their demands and immediately reopen all the tertiary institutions across the country. According to the aggrieved students, the continued closure of schools further reiterates the insensitivity of the leadership to education and…

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FG raises hate speech fine from N500,000 to N5m

Ishaku Yohanna

The Federal Government has launched the reviewed sixth Broadcasting Code of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who unveiled the document on Tuesday at an event in Lagos revealed that the government has raised the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million.inflatable movie screen He explained that the code was reviewed in line with the directive of the President for an inquiry into the regulatory role of the NBC in the wake of the 2019 general elections. Mohammed noted that President…

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30 Nigerian ladies stranded in Lebanon appeal to FG for rescue

Ishaku Yohanna

Some 30 Nigerian ladies trafficked to Lebanon are appealing to Nigerian government to rescue them as they are stranded in that country. They made the appeal in a statement by the President of Journalists International Forum for Migration (JIFORM), Ajibola Abayomi, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Mr Abayomi said the message was being relayed based on an encounter with the victims, which necessitated the call for a speedy rescue action from the government. JIFORM has forwarded details of the human trafficking agents involved…

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Incessant killings: Stop the rivers of blood, NLC tasks FG

Ishaku Yohanna

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has lamented the degeneration of Nigeria into a banana republic and theatre of blood owing to incessant killings and rising insecurity which have forced thousands into miserable life in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps across the country. The NLC who stated this on Wednesday through a press statement signed by its President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, called on the Federal Government to rejig the security system so as to protect innocent Nigerian citizens from banditry. Wabba lamented that the only crime of the Borno victims was the…

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Insecurity: Dont allow Nigerians to resort to self-help CAN tells FG

Ishaku Yohanna

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samson Ayokunle, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to step up efforts to address insecurity. Ayokunle, in a statement by Adebayo Oladeji, his special assistant on media and communications, said the ongoing crisis in southern Kaduna has clearly shown Nigeria as a nation that is at war against enemies of the state. He warned that people might be forced to resort to self-help if the situation is not addressed by the government. Despite assurances from both the Federal and Kaduna State governments…

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