Abuja, Nigeria – The federal government has criticized former President Olusegun Obasanjo for opposing the N15.6 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, saying those criticising the project should not use the roads when completed. David Umahi, minister of works, spoke on Thursday in Akure, the Ondo state capital, during an interactive session on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal…
Abuja, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Temitola Adekunle-Johnson as Special Adviser (SAD) to the President on Job Creation & MSME (Office of the Vice President) and Mrs Uju Anwuka as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Health (Office of the Vice President). This was disclosed in a…
CALABAR – The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Cross River State Green Economic Commission, Hon. Oden Ewa, has called on the Federal Government and the National Council on Climate Change to expedite work on Nigeria’s carbon market policy framework. He noted that the absence of this critical policy has hindered the development of…
ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu has approved an increase in the retirement age for doctors and other healthcare professionals in Nigeria, extending it from 60 to 65 years. This development was disclosed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Mannir Bature, in a statement released on Wednesday in Lagos. According…
ABUJA – The Presidency has announced that, effective from the end of January 2025, local government councils across the country will receive their allocations directly from the Federal Allocation Account Committee (FAAC). The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, disclosed this development during an interview on Arise News on…
Abuja, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu has broadened the reach of the Rice palliative initiative to benefit the Presidents of Student Union Governments in each of Nigeria’s 36 states, as well as in the Federal Capital Territory. The rice distribution to the Presidents of the Student Union Government (SUG) was coordinated through the office of…
