The amount budgeted for personnel costs, including salaries and allowances to state civil servants, has increased from N2.036tn spent in 2024 to N3.87tn in the approved 2025 budget. Although the 36 sub-national allocated a total sum of N2.8tn as salaries costs, it only paid out a total of N2.036tn within the 12 months of 2024,…
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control on Monday commenced its enforcement at the popular Ogbo-Ogu Market, Bridge Head, Onitsha, in Anambra State. During the exercise, the operatives of the agency, led by the Director, NAFDAC South East Zone, Dr Martins Iluyomade, confiscated a wide range of adulterated, substandard and expired drugs found…
The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria in South-West Zone, on Monday, declared indefinite withdrawal of services by clinical lecturers in the universities across the region over non-payment of the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure. MDCAN, in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, AbdulKareem Salawu and Secretary, Omotola Obajolowo, respectively, in Ibadan, the Oyo…
The Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, on Monday, announced that the Federal Government is developing a Diaspora City to enable Nigerians abroad to invest and reconnect with their roots. Musawa made this known in Abuja during the announcement of the Motherland 2025 initiative. She noted that the ministry was not…
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has urged South-West leaders to endorse the formation of Sharia panels in the region to foster peace and religious harmony. Oloyede, who doubles as the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, made this known on Sunday while speaking on Inside…
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, dismissed claims that he failed to support President Bola Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election, stating that he has moved on from such allegations. Tinubu, backed by the All Progressives Congress, won the election against the main opposition candidates — Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has clarified that his visit to his former boss, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday was not politically motivated but merely a courtesy call on the former President. Atiku, who arrived at Obasanjo’s Abeokuta residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library at exactly 12:37 pm, was accompanied by former Governor of Cross…
Nigerians seeking employment in the Federal Civil Service have expressed concern over the persistent malfunction of the Federal Government’s recruitment portal, which has made it difficult for many to apply for advertised positions. The Federal Civil Service Commission had on January 27, 2025, announced the commencement of recruitment into over 70 positions across various ministries,…
Ogoni people from Khana, Gokana, Tai and Eleme, the four local government areas that make up Ogoniland in Rivers State have begun consultations on the planned resumption of oil production in the area. President Bola Tinubu recently met with some Ogoni leaders led Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara in Abuja on the planned oil resumption…
Federal civil servants have been given a February 17, 2025, deadline for identity verification as the government moves to weed out ghost workers. This was contained in a memo by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and sighted by our correspondent on Saturday. Civil servants are expected to verify their identities on the…
The Kano State Government has vowed to eliminate polio by June 2025, despite a recent surge in cases. Governor Abba Yusuf made this commitment during an orientation training in Kaduna on Saturday, organised by the state’s Ministry of Health for health personnel, 44 local government chairmen, and traditional rulers. The training, held at Hotel Seventeen,…
The Social Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has described the late former Chief of Army Staff, Jeremiah Useni, as “an angel in army uniform.” Adebayo gave this glowing tribute on Saturday evening when he led a delegation on a condolence visit to the family of the former senator. Useni,…
