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Oronsaye report: FG set to merge, scrap, parastatal agencies

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh To address the challenge of rising cost of governance, the Federal Government is set to scrap some government...

NNPC’s N620bn intervention in road rehabilitation gets FEC’s nod

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday received the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to intervene in what it...

Harmonisation of salaries for civil servants

FG pushes harmonisation of salaries in civil service till 2022 end

  By the end of 2022, a timeline to finalize the harmonisation of salaries of civil servants in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs)...

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...