Tag: GOVT
Communal crisis: Enugu Govt suspends two traditional rulers
The Enugu State Government, today, suspended the traditional rulers of Akwuke and Akwuke Uwani autonomous communities, in Enugu South Local Government Area, HRH Igwe...
Buhari govt to close down some secondary schools
Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, has said that the Federal Government would work very closely with states and local governments towards closing...
Deduct tithes straight from workers’ salaries, Archbishop begs govt
The Archbishop of Kampala, Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, has suggested that the government of Uganda deduct...
Lecturers give Buhari govt condition for joining IPPIS
The College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) says its members will not join the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) until some...
Benue killings: ECOWAS court issues order to Nigerian govt
The Community Court of Justice ECOWAS on Friday, ordered the Federal Government to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of the January 2018 mass killings and...
Buhari govt announces new appointments on NBC matters
The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appointed seven persons to design the framework for the implementation of the recommendations for the reform...
Sowore: NBA blasts DSS, Buhari govt
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the disobedience of the order of Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, directing the...
Labour reveals when Nigerian Govt will commence payment of new minimum wage
The Chairman of the Ekiti State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr Kolapo Olatunde, announced on Monday that the Federal Government would...
Ogun Senator sends message to Buhari govt over alleged closure of Seme border
The Senator representing Ogun West, Senator Tolu Odebiyi, on Friday, appealed to the Federal Government Joint Task Force on smuggling to exercise high sense...
El-Zakzaky: Buhari govt makes revelations over treatment saga in India, blasts Shittes leader
The federal government has reacted to the furore in India over the treatment of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN)...
Sowore: Intersociety sends strong message to Buhari’s govt
A civil society group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Intersociety, has charged the Federal Government to order the Director-General,...
Sowore: Gov. Wike backs Buhari govt, bans RevolutionNow protest in Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has banned the staging of the ‘RevolutionNow’ protest in the state.
Wike further directed all Local Government chairmen in the...
Buhari govt working towards Nigeria’s break up – Afenifere replies Osinbajo
The Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of “doing all kinds of things that can divide the country”.
Afenifere...
Edo govt reacts angrily to Senate ultimatum to Obaseki on State Assembly
The Edo State Government has reacted strongly to the Senate’s resolution which directed Governor Godwin Obaseki to issue a fresh proclamation for the inauguration...
Stop defending absurdity, looting of govt properties during your regime – Makinde warns Ajimobi...
The Oyo State Government on Sunday warned aides of the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, to stop defending absurdity and...
Ruga: No going back on grazing reserves – Govt
Niger State Government has insisted that it will not renege on its plans to establish grazing reserves in the state.
Secretary to the State Government...
Cross River govt drags Senator Owan-Enoh to court over alleged murder
The Cross River State Government has dragged the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Distinguish Senator John Owan-Enoh to court over the...
Nigeria reacts to UN query to Buhari govt on killings, corruption, Biafra, others
President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has reacted to the United Nations’ complaint about human rights abuses, handling of El-Zakzaky/Shiites agitation, killings among others.
Amb. Audu Kadiri,...
Why Buhari govt must prosecute Lai Mohammed, ex-NHIS boss, Usman Yusuf – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has charged the Federal Government to immediately prosecute the former Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, over...
What we have done to workers employed by Gov Ahmed – Kwara govt
Kwara State Government on Thursday refuted claims that it had sacked workers employed by the previous administration.
A statement signed by the Deputy Chief Press...