Some retired military personnel have grounded activities at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja this morning over their unpaid 20% to 28% pension increment from January to November 2024. Among other demands are their owed payments for palliatives from October 2023 to November 2024, the payment of an additional N32,000 to their pensions and the bulk payment of the Security Debarment Allowance. The retired military officers who came from […]
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has approved measures by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to curb the harassment of travellers by government agencies at Nigeria’s international airports. In a post today, Keyamo announced the launch of ‘Operation Air Clean,’ an initiative aimed at eliminating corrupt practices and enhancing service delivery, among others, following a surge in passenger complaints at airports. Additionally, Keyamo approved the activation […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has recorded its largest single asset recovery since its establishment in 2003, following the final forfeiture of an estate comprising 753 duplexes and apartments in Abuja. The estate, covering 150,500 square metres in Lokogoma District, was forfeited to the federal government by order of Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie who ruled that the property was reasonably suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of unlawful activities. […]
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Cape Town, South Africa for the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission. The President was received by South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Roland Lamola, alongside Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu. President Tinubu is set to lead high-level discussions with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, on a broad spectrum of critical issues such as trade […]
Workers in three states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) resolved at the weekend to boycott work from today over the disagreement with the authorities on implementation of the new minimum wage. In some other states, there is confusion following the directive by the national secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for workers in those states to embark on strike over the issue. Some of the state councils of the NLC […]
President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed Sunday titled ‘President Tinubu to co-chair 11th session of the bi-national commission with President Ramaphosa.’ Onanuga said, “The presidential BNC, scheduled for Tuesday, December 3, […]
President Bola Tinubu and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron have signed two agreements to foster a partnership for the development of critical infrastructure and the long-term sustenance of agriculture and food security. The partnership agreements were signed at an economic forum held in France and attended by business leaders, industry captains, governors, and top government officials from both countries. Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has declined to allow the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to arraign the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in the absence of his lawyers. Bello was scheduled to enter his plea before trial Justice Emeka Nwite, on another 19-count charge that bordered on his alleged complicity in an N80.2billion fraud. Bello informed the court that he only learnt of […]
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her re-election as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu noted that Okonjo-Iweala’s unanimous appointment demonstrates the trust and confidence the international community places in her leadership, to advance multilateral trade for sustainable global […]
