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The House of Representatives has introduced the Counter Subversion Bill 2024, which aims to impose stringent penalties on Nigerians who fail to recite the national anthem. According to the proposed legislation, anyone found guilty of refusing to recite the national anthem shall be fined N5 million, face a 10-year prison sentence, or both. Anyone who destroys a national symbol or a place of worship shall be liable to the same punishment. The Bill, sponsored by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, is set for its second reading, where its general principles will be debated. The Bill “stipulates that anyone found guilty of destroying…
The Federal Government may forfeit N188.37bn worth of revenue due to the duty waiver granted for staple foods importation in six months, the Nigeria Customs Service announced on Tuesday. It also announced that the country spent N3.82tn on the importation of wheat, beans, rice, and maize between 2020 and 2023 The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, stated this at a press briefing in Abuja while speaking on the theme, ‘Facilitating food trade through efficient Customs process: Best practices’. In his speech, made available to Statereporters, the National Public Relations Officer of the service, Abdullahi Maiwada, the customs boss, said the…
The Federal Government has announced plans to recruit 3,500 teaching staff across Federal Unity Colleges nationwide. Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, made this known at a two-day National Stakeholders’ Forum on Senior Secondary Education in Nigeria. The event which brought together education stakeholders to discuss challenges facing secondary education in the country is themed, “Revitalising Senior Secondary Education in Nigeria for Global Competitiveness”. Sununu stated that the recruitment of these teachers would significantly improve the quality of education. “I assure you that the Ministry is collaborating with the Office of the Head of Service, the Federal Civil…
President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday, August 14, depart Abuja for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on a three-day official visit to honour the invitation of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. As contained in a press release from Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, President Tinubu will meet with the Equatorial Guinean President at the Presidential Villa on arrival, where meetings will be held between the two leaders and agreements, particularly on oil and gas and security, signed. The President will be accompanied on the trip by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, and other members…
“Adekunle Gold missed like three of my birthdays in a row. I don’t even know why I married him” Simi says on a show in Lagos.
The name of the academy is Burna Boy Football Academy. The address of the academy, registration pattern and all other details regarding this report shall be informed later.
President Bola Tinubu has approved a new national policy in curbing health workforce migration. In a statement on Monday, Ali Pate, coordinating minister of health and social welfare, said the policy is a comprehensive strategy to manage, harness, and reverse health workers’ migration. The minister added that the policy will also encourage the return of professionals to Nigeria through attractive incentives and reintegrate them into the nation’s health system. “This approach leverages the expertise of our diaspora to bridge gaps within the health sector. Also, the policy champions reciprocal agreements with other nations to ensure that the exchange of health…
President Bola Tinubu has signed a bill into law that provides a 300 percent salary increase for judicial officers at both federal and state levels in the country. State reporters revealed that Tinubu consented to the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill into law on Tuesday. This development was confirmed in a statement issued in Abuja today by Senator Basheer Lado, the Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters. It could be recalled that in June, the National Assembly approved the bill that provides a whooping salary increase for judicial officers by 300%. This decision followed the review…
The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies, on Tuesday, grilled the Head of National Office of the West African Examination Council Nigeria (WAEC), Josiah Dangut, over a ₦6 billion deficit the agency incurred in 2023 during an investigative hearing. The examination body was also questioned regarding the ₦5 billion loan it obtained in 2022 for the purchase of customised calculators. Dangut was accompanied by WAEC Registrar, Angus Okeleze; Senior Deputy Registrar, Victor Odu; acting Director of Finance, Segun Jerumeh; and Deputy Director of Finance, WAEC. He presented the agency’s cashbook to the committee, but they rejected it, insisting…
President Bola Tinubu is set to convene a Council of State meeting today, 13th August, 2024. The meeting is set to be held at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The National Council of State is an organ of the Nigerian government whose functions include advising the executive on policy making. Its membership includes past Presidents, State Governors and others. Details later…