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The Federal Government and state governors have agreed to delay the implementation of financial autonomy for Local Governments until October. This decision was made due to concerns about salary payments and the overall functioning of these local councils. However, as of July 2024, Local Governments were still not receiving their funds directly. At a meeting of the Federation Allocation Account Committee (FAAC), where funds were distributed to all levels of government, the Local Governments’ share of N337.019 billion was not paid into their accounts as directed by the Supreme Court. In reaction, the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON)…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the sum of N50 billion to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) from recovered assets to support the student loan scheme. The anti-graft agency announced this in a press statement on Tuesday, following a visit by NELFUND’s head, Akinwunmi Sawyerr, to the EFCC headquarters. According to the statement, the chairman of EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, lauded the student loan programme, describing it as a policy issue to tackle corruption. Olukoyede also mentioned that the inability of many parents to fund the education of their children had always been a predisposing factor of…
Revelation by Reuben Abati, Aide to Former President Goodluck Jonathan. People tend to be alarmed when the Nigerian Presidency takes certain decisions. They don’t think the decision makes sense. Sometimes, they wonder if something has not gone wrong with the thinking process at that highest level of the country. I have heard people insist that there is some form of witchcraft at work in the country’s seat of government. I am ordinarily not a superstitious person, but working in the Villa, I eventually became convinced that there must be something supernatural about power and closeness to it. I’ll start with…
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…