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The meeting between the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu was to exchange pleasantries in the spirit of the season, Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, has said. Akande made this clarification in a tweet he
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen. Faruk Yahaya, says the Nigerian Army will set the stage for the conduct of a peaceful general elections in 2023. Yahaya gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen at the graduation of the Second
An Abuja based constitutional lawyer, Mr Sebastine Hon, SAN, says the Federal Government lacks constitutional backing to restrict withdrawals from the bank accounts of states and local governments as proposed by the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit )(NFIU). Hon, in a statement on
The Federal Government said implementation of the National Minimum Wage was critical to national development. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said this at a Public Enlightenment and Sensitisation Workshop for field officers monitoring implementation of National Minimum Wage
The Federal Government has declared Dec. 26 and 27, 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas and Boxing Day. It also declared Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, as holiday to mark the New Year. The announcement was made by Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola,
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced an upward review of cash withdrawal limits to N500, 000 and N5 million for individuals and corporate accounts respectively. The apex bank also reviewed downward, the stipulated percentage cost for withdrawals above the stipulated
Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi has blamed some Civil Society Organisations as well as some individuals in Rivers of stalling Ogoni clean up through unnecessary litigations. Abdullahi stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the meeting
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday demolished the Durumi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp and other shanties as part of strategy to address security challenges in the nation’s capital. The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Alhaji Shehu Ahmad,
The Webfala Digital Skills For All Initiative, an NGO, has launched an e-platform codenamed ‘NextElection’, to help prevent pre/post electoral violence in Nigeria. The e-platform was officially launched in Ilorin on Wednesday at a Stakeholders Engagement organised by Webfala to address electoral
President Muhammadu Buhari says the government is edging forward in promoting sustainable development by creating a digital application, Eyemark, that enables citizens to monitor and evaluate capital projects in real-time. Eyemark is an application that provides unimpeded access to information on stakeholders