Category: Government

Dr Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, says plans are underway to rejig the N-Power scheme to accommodate more people and ensure prompt payment of beneficiaries’ stipends. Edu disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by her Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr Rasheed Zubair, in Abuja. The statement reported the Minister as saying that the challenges faced by N-Power beneficiaries in terms of delay in payment of their stipends would soon be addressed. “We will change the modalities so that people will get their delayed stipends,…

The Federal Government on Wednesday filed a contempt lawsuit against the Nigeria Labour Congress, and the Trade Union Congress for proceeding on an industrial action. The Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Beatrice Jedy-Agba had twice stated that the industrial action by organised labour was illegal, noting that there was a subsisting interim order restraining NLC from embarking on any industrial action. But in defiance, the organised labour went on with the protest across the country on Wednesday. However, in the suit marked NICN/ABJ/158/2023, the…

The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday night, assured the leaders of the organised labour that the Port Harcourt refinery will commence operations by December 2023, so says the the organised labour. The labour centers also noted that the president made a series of promises following which they agreed to return to the negotiations table. The national presidents of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero and Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo in the statement also hailed Nigerians for supporting the nationwide protest. “It is pertinent to inform Nigerians that…

The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies in the exercise of its Constitutional Powers and in the Public interest. The dissolution did not, however, affect Boards, Commissions and Councils listed in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. These were contained in a press release signed by the Director of Information in the Office of the Secretary to the…

Air Vice Marshal Hassan Bala Abubakar was born on 11 September 1970. He hails from Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State. He enlisted into the NAF as a member of NDA RC 39 and commissioned Pilot Offr on 19 Sep 92. Abubakar bagged a Bachelor of Science Degree from the Nigerian Defence, Academy Kaduna. He holds a Master’s Degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from ABU, Zaria. He was Admin Officer 16 Engineering Wing, 1 Engineering Group NAF Makurdi. He also held the position of Officer Commanding Admin Services…

Rear Admiral A. Emmanuel Ogalla Ogalla is from Nnsuka, Enugu State. Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla was former Director of Audit, Naval Headquarters. More follows…

The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has named Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, a Maj. General in the Nigerian Army as the new Chief of Army Staff. Lagbaja, a member of the 39 regular course of the Nigerian Defence Academy, is the immediate past General Officer Commanding of 1 Division in the Nigerian Army, Kaduna and was the GOC 82 Division, Nigerian Army Enugu. More details…

Major General Chris Musa, born Christopher Gwabin Musa on December 25, 1967, in Sokoto State, northwest Nigeria, was on Monday night named as Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s choice as Chief of Defence Staff. The Infantry officer and ex- Theatre Commander of the North-East Joint Task Force Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) takes over from General Lucky Irabor the CDS. Musa received his primary and secondary education in the conservative Muslim state of Sokoto, despite being originally from Zangon Kataf Local Government Area in the Christian South of Kaduna State. In 1986,…

The President. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in one swoop, has regig the nations security architecture ordering the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service and approved the appointments of their replacements with immediate effect. This was contained in a statement by the Director, Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, on Monday. The newly appointed Officers are: S/N NAME APPOINTMENTS 1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu National Security Adviser 2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa Chief of…

The Nigeria Labour Congress has recanted on its earlier decision no not to go on strike because of the fuel subsidy removed by the Federal Government and will now commence a nationwide strike Wednesday. The strike will be embarked upon if the government fails to reverse the new pump price for Premium Motor Spirit. The national president of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, made this known during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. This comes amid fuel shortages across the country occasioned by President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech, in which…

FAREWELL SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s outgoing president says majority of Nigerians overwhelmingly voted Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, wh he discribed as the best man for the job to lead Nigeria as President. Buhari, who will be handing over to Tinubu, tomorrow May 29, 2023 made the disclosure during a valedictory nationwide broadcast on Sunday morning. Read the full speech below: My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria. 2. I address you today, in my last assignment…

Ahead of the May 29 inauguration, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, took the President-elect, Bola Tinubu round the State House, Abuja, on a familarization tour to the offices within the seat of power. The Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima was earlier on Thursday conducted round the VP wing of the Villa by outgoing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on familiarisation tour. The duo of Buhari and Tinubu walked through the Press Gallery in the State House shortly after they both observed the Jumat prayers at the Mosque situated in the Presidential Villa.…

The Federal Government says it spends N1 million annually to cater for each of the inmates at the correctional facilities in the country. Sola Fasure, the Media Adviser to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According to the statement, the minister said this while inaugurating a 20-bed COVID-19 Crisis Intervention Fund Hospital and Equipment at the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Port Harcourt. The minister said that the project would be an enduring legacy and a testimony of the utmost importance…

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, left Nigeria for Europe on a working visit. This is coming Two weeks after he returned to the country from a trip to London, Saudi Arabia and Paris. This was contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Tunde Rahman. According to the statement, Tinubu will use the opportunity of the trip to finetune the transition plans and programmes, and his policy options with some of his key aides without unnecessary pressures and distractions. During the visit, the President-elect will engage with investors…

Barring any last-minute change of plans, the Federal Government will begin payment of the planned increase in civil servants’ pay by the end of April 2023. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to give his final assent for disbursement any moment from now. If the proposal sails through, it means the increase will be coming about two months before the June date proposed for the removal of the petrol subsidy. Officials of the Federal Government told The PUNCH exclusively that the fresh pay increase, tagged consequential allowance, would lead to a…

At least two persons were reported dead and scores have been injured after a passenger train crushed a Lagos State Government staff bus in the PWD area of the state. The incident happened around 7 am on Thursday. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Taofiq Adebayo, said a rescue operation was ongoing. “The accident recorded many casualties as the bus is fully loaded with govt staff going to the office this morning.”

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President-elect, will be moving to the Defence Guest House in the Maitama District of Abuja. He will function at the Defence Guest House until he is sworn-in as President on May 29, 2023. “The President-elect will be moving into Defence House, in Maitama, FCT, where he will spend the next couple of months, and from where he will move into the Presidential Villa,” a tweet by the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council read on Thursday. The notice came barely 24 hours after the Independent…