News as it breaks
The Federal Government has said that more than 26,800 annual deaths in Nigeria have been attributed to tobacco-related diseases even as 4.5 million Nigerians aged 15 and above are tobacco users. This was contained in a statement on Monday, by the Federal Competitive Consumer Protection Commission. In the statement, acting…
Following the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo, the Federal Government has said sanction would be extended to more countries like Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic. “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo,” the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman,…
The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission on Friday, said it approved tax holidays for 34 companies seeking tax incentives and waivers under the Industrial Development Income Tax Act in 2023. This was disclosed by the Head of incentives administration, to Lovina Kayode, during an end-of-the-year press briefing organised by the commission…
The Federal Government’s appetite for foreign loans is waning, the latest data from the Debt Management Office has revealed. This is as total debt public debt rose to N87.91tn as of the end of September. Rather than increase its foreign debt stock as has been the case before now, a…
The Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, said the ministry is set to establish a national museum and a national theatre in a “Creative City” to be located in Abuja. Musawa made this known while defending the budget of her ministry before the Senate Committee on…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice, on Thursday, dismissed a suit by a Nigerian, Richard Ugbah, asking the court to order the United States of America government to allow him to complete his jail sentence in Nigeria. Ugbah is serving a 12-year jail term in the US after he was convicted…
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, is exploring collaboration with the World Bank to unlock financing and technical support for the development of the mining sector. This was revealed in a statement signed by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori and made available to…
The organised Labour and the Federal Government are on a collision course over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers. Workers in the Federal Civil Service, in separate interviews with our correspondent on Monday, noted that the Federal Government only paid N35,000 wage award…
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students has urged the Federal Government to fix the nation’s refineries to enable the country to end fuel importation. This is as NANS decried the continued fuel importation under President Bola Tinubu, saying that this will continue to hurt the economy and…
The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, has said that the Student Loan Scheme that was approved by President Bola Tinubu in June is on track to commence in January 2024. Sununu reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment during an appearance on Arise TV on Thursday morning. The…
