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Dr Ifedayo Adetifa assumes duty as NCDC Director-General
The newly appointed Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Adetifa Ifedayo, has assumed duties. Persecondnews recall that President...
Education students in public tertiary institutions to get N75,000, N50,000 stipend per semester — FG
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh In a bid to encourage youths to go into the teaching profession, the Federal Government on Tuesday...
Revenue: Future of crude oil bleak, taxation only sustainable source – FIRS boss
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, says the future of crude oil as a major...
FG approves 14-day paternity leave for fathers
The Federal Government has approved a 14-day paternity leave for fathers to enable them to bond with their newborn baby or adopted...
Ripening fruits with carbide life-threatening, toxic NAFDAC warns traders
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says its officials are currently on surveillance...
Fire destroys Nigerian Ports Authority hqts in Lagos
Fire has gutted the corporate headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Lagos. The fire which disrupted business activities at the office...
Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Imo, Nasarawa roads to gulp N38.4bn — FEC
The Federal Government has announced that N38.4 billion has been approved for the completion of some road projects in Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue,...
Another former Information Minister dies
A one-time Minister of Information and Culture in the retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida military administration has passed on. Retired Brig.-Gen. Stephen Anthony...
Breaking: Pres. Buhari fires two ministers, announces minor cabinet reshuffle
Bowing to growing agitation for a rejig of his cabinet, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday announced the sack of two ministers....
COVID-19: 177,600 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccines delivered to Nigeria, confirms Shuaib
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Barely seven days after Nigeria received about 4 million doses of Moderna vaccines, donated by the...
NIRSAL maps over 4,000 hectares of rice, cassava, maize farms in three states
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh To achieve its target of structuring and financing four million hectares of farmland nationwide, the Nigeria Incentive-based Risk...
Water projects: FG says it’s no more father Christmas to states
The Federal Government says it will cease being a father Christmas by just executing water projects and handing them over to the...
Students kidnappings: Ransom payments escalating insecurity, says FG
The Federal Government says ransom payment is escalating insecurity in the country as kidnappers use the ransom to equip and rearm...
FEC approves $11.17 bn rail projects to connect Nigeria’s coastal cities in six years
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) at its Wednesday meeting in Abuja approved $11.17 billion rail projects to connect Nigeria’s coastal cities...
FG to invest $200m on COVID-19 vaccines production, other pharmaceuticals
The Federal Government, through the National Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) in collaboration with other partners, intends to raise $200 million for pharmaceuticals...
Insecurity: Nigeria takes delivery of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from U.S.
The first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the United States has been delivered to Nigeria as part of military...
