The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has announced that the Nigerian passport is one of the quickest in the world to acquire. During an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday, he discussed various innovations introduced by the ministry to improve passport processing and border security. Tunji-Ojo highlighted the introduction of an E-gate at…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume, has condemned the shutdown of the national grid by the organised labour, describing it as a “treasonable offense” Mr Akume made the condemnation in Abuja on Thursday, while addressing the National Executive Council of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN. He said that there…
There is no N5.4trillion provision for fuel subsidy this year, the Presidency said yesterday. It said its position on fuel subsidy removal has not changed. In a statement by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidency said subsidy on fuel ended in May last year. It …
The Presidency has described as false the news making the rounds that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, has proposed N105,000 in the new minimum wage template. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this on his X account on Thursday. The presidential…
Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested four intending pilgrims with plans to ingest 200 pellets of cocaine in their hotel rooms ahead of their Hajj trip to Saudi Arabia. The Agency revealed this in a statement, signed by its spokesperson, Femi Babafemi on Thursday. The NDLEA said the pellets of cocaine…
Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, announced that in the last few months, the ministry had succeeded in returning about 2 million out-of-school children in Nigeria back to school. He credited this achievement to the tracking mechanism of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and a series of zonal campaigns aimed at enrolling out-of-school children….
The Managing Director of BKG Exhibition Limited, Mr Ifeanyi Agwu, says Nigerians are in firm control of automobile spare parts business in West Africa. He spoke on Wednesday at a four-day Lagos Motor Fair holding in Victoria Island, where Nigeria-based and foreign automakers, motorcycle and component manufacturers from Asian countries, among others, are displaying their…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has rewarded overall best- graduating student,Aminat Yusuf of Lagos State University (LASU), with N10 million during the university’s 26th Convocation and 40th Anniversary celebration on Thursday. Yusuf, a Law Department graduate, achieved a perfect cumulative grade point average of 5.0 for the 2021/2022 academic session. Several distinguished individuals received honorary…
Minister of Information, Idris Mohammed, said the Finance Minister, Wale Edun, will present a new minimum wage template today (Wednesday, June 5, 2024) to President Bola Tinubu. Mohammed made this statement during an interview with newsmen on Tuesday at the State House in Abuja. Recall on Tuesday that the organized labour suspended its strike for…
The Federal Government’s ban on the export of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has led to a significant decrease in its price, from around N1,500 per kilogram to approximately N900/kg. This was disclosed by LPG dealers under the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM). The ban was announced on February 22, 2024, to increase…
