By Christiana Nwaogu, Leadership Newspaper The federal government is to stop feeding the over 75, 507 inmates in the 244 federal correctional facilities nationwide as from December 31, 2023, as state governments are expected to commence feeding of state offenders from then. The decision was revealed yesterday by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola,
By Peter Uzoho, This Day Newspaper Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, has reassured that the advent of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021 has completely nullified discretionary award of oil blocks to companies and individuals in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. Komolafe made the reassurance
By Lara Adejoro, Punch Newspaper Lara Adejoro reports the latest development, including experts’ opinions on the Indomie Special Chicken Flavour cancer scare The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Nigeria has followed up on the ongoing investigations of the ‘Special Chicken Flavour’ Indomie Instant Noodles which the Malaysian and Taiwan governments
Money being expended on former governors by state governments as pension and other allowances would soon go up as 18 governors leave office in 22 days, Daily Trust on Sunday reports. An uproar has been trailing the pension schemes of former governors, which have been described as bogus by activists and other stakeholders in the country, who
By Theophilus Adedokun, The ICIR The Federal Government has given provisional approval for the use of R21/Matrix malaria vaccine produced by scientists at Oxford University. The Nigerian government approved after Ghana became the first country to approve the vaccine which is said to be 80 percent effective. Speaking to newsmen on Monday, April 17, the
By Dyepkazah Shibayan, The Cable GovIndex Leadership Empowerment and Development Foundation, a civil society organization (CSO), has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) a 20-day ultimatum to publish presidential election results from 2003 to date. The CSO asked the electoral commission to provide the results according to the 774 LGAs of the country. In
By Ogar Monday Claim: Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, recently claimed that the country’s 7.5% VAT rate is the lowest in the world. Verdict: False. At least three other countries have a lower VAT rate than Nigeria. Full Text As Nigeria struggles with a rising cost of governance and depleting revenue, the government continues
By Dennis Erezi, Guardian Newspaper On Wednesday, the Department of State Services (DSS) said it has confirmed plots by some political actors to introduce an interim government in Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari will finish his second tenure on May 29 when president-elect Bola Tinubu is expected to be sworn in as the next Nigeria president.