Tag: Federal government
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FG not treating bandits with kid-gloves – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government says it is erroneous and misleading the accusation in certain quarters that it is treating bandits with kid-gloves. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this on Tuesday when he featured on Nigeria Television Authority programme, “Good Morning Nigeria’’. Speaking on renewed onslaught against bandit on the programme monitored…
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Rights advocate urges #EndSARS organisers to dialogue with FG
A U.S.-based Nigerian rights advocate, Dr Emmanuel Orji, has urged organisers of the #EndSARS protest to constitute a team to dialogue with the Federal Government. Orji, a research Fellow at the City University of New York, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York. He said it…
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Establish Peace Commission, CITAD Tells FG
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has stressed the need for the review of the national peace architecture to provide for the establishment of a National Peace Commission with the mandate to promote peace building, resolution conflicts and engendering a culture of community dialogue at all levels. Apart from…
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FG Pays YouWiN! Awardees N11bn
By Joseph INOKOTONG The Federal Government has disbursed N10, 995, 391, 260 billion to the beneficiaries of the third edition of the YouWiN! Programme from 2015 to date, out of which N8, 396, 905,038 billion was disbursed by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun disclosed this while releasing the…
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Economist forecasts better performance for Naira
By Our Correrspondent with agency reports An economist, Prof. Hassan Oaikhenan of the Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Benin, said the foreign exchange environment would likely witness some favourable effects in 2018. He predicted that there would be massive inflow of foreign exchange into the country as politicians would need them to fund…
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FG To Grow Television Advertising Market By $200m Yearly
…as Buhari Launches NTA, Ilorin Digital Switch Over By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Federal Government has announced plans to grow the television advertising market by $200 million per annum through audience measurement. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this on Wednesday at the launch of the Nigerian Television Authority ( NTA) Ilorin digital switch over. Represented by…
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Conditional Cash Transfer: FG pays another N203 million to Bauchi beneficiaries
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi The Special Assistant to Governor Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State on Social Investment, Alhaji Mansur Manu Soro, has said the federal government through the National Cash Transfer Office settled the payment of the 6th round of N5, 000 monthly cash payment to poor and vulnerable persons across the 20 LGAs…
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2017 Budget Receives N1.2trn Boost
By Chioma Isaac with agency reports The Federal Government has said that it will this week release additional N750 billion for capital projects to ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of government as contained in the 2017 budget, Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun who disclosed this at a meeting with a delegation of investors from France…
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University Don Tasks Buhari on Corruption
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin city A Professor of International Study and Diplomacy in the University of Benin, Prof. Eddy Eragbe, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to compromise on his anti corruption fight, adding that if he fails, it will be the greatest tragedy to befall this country. This is even as he said that…
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N8b remittance: FG commends JAMB Registrar
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi The Federal Government has commended the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, for remitting the sum of N8 billion to the Federation account. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, gave the commendation while laying the foundation stone for the construction of a 500-seater Computer Based…