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Osinbajo to meet Vietnam President, Prime Minister to improve economic relations with Nigeria
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday departed Abuja on official trip to Vietnam where he hopes to improve economic ties with the Asian country. While in Vietnam, Osinbajo will meet with Vietnamese President, Vice President and Prime Minister among other senior officials and business leaders. Current trade between Nigeria and Vietnam is put at $500million annually by 2019 official…
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States got N5.03tn support under Buhari – FG
The Federal Government has revealed that states got over N5 trillion support since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office on May 29, 2015. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, revealed this at the sixth edition of the presentation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration scorecard (2015-2023) in Abuja on Thursday. She said the funds were released as 13…
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Oil producing states got N625.43bn refund since 2021, says FG
The Federal Government has revealed that the nine oil producing states in the country received a total N625.43 billion as refund from 13 per cent oil derivation, subsidy and SURE-P refunds. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu disclosed this in a press statement on Friday. Shehu said the information was gotten from the Federation…
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Buhari accuses governors of ‘pocketing’ LG allocations
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja flayed the tendency of some chief executives to encourage corruption at the local government system, thereby inhibiting development at the grassroots.The President spoke at a parley with members of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) No. 44 (2022) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.He narrated his personal experience on stemming…
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FG adopts compulsory use of mother tongue in schools
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the compulsory use of mother tongues in primary one to six across the country. The new National Language Policy was one of the decisions taken at the FEC meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Addressing newsmen at the State House, Abuja after the meeting, Minister of Education, Adamu…
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NJC delivers retrofitted courtroom for Supreme Court
The Nigerian Judiciary Commission (NJC) has delivered a technologically-enhanced courtroom to the Supreme Court. Borno State Chief Judge Kashim Zannah, delivered the newly-built courtroom to the Chief Justice of the Federation Olukayode Ariwoola. Zannah said it was one of the nine of such just completed across the country. He said the new courtroom will address the issues of delay in…
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Osinbajo launches EFCC Zero Tolerance manual, harps on integrity to school children
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday charged young people, most especially school children to embrace integrity and honesty in their life pursuits. The Vice President spoke as the guest at the launch of Zero Tolerance Club Manual for schools in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The event was attended by the EFCC Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa,…
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At 16th Lake Chad Commission summit, Buhari calls for tighter security around basin
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged more vigilance and tightening of security around borders, drawing attention to the increased number of arms, ammunition, and other weapons from the Russia and Ukraine war in the Lake Chad Basin. At the 16th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), the President, who is…
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FG approves 14-day paternity leave for civil servants
Male officers on the employment of the federal civil service can now go on 14-paternity leave with effect from November 25, 2022. This was made known by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan in a circular on Tuesday. According to her, the approval of the paternity leave by the Federal Government was in line with…
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Shettima unveils Tinubu/Shettima CrowdFunding App, says leadership beyond dubious statistics
Vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday in Lagos, unveiled the Tinubu/Shettima Crowdfunding Application to enable supporters make donations to its campaign. The party is targeting a N5 billion donations from Nigerians for its campaign. Shettima, who spoke on behalf of the presidential candidate of the party ,Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who was…
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