The Federal Government is set to end the sale of flight tickets in dollars by foreign airlines, according to the President of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies (NANTA), Yinka Folami. Speaking on a cultural and tourism program in Lagos over the weekend, Folami described the practice of selling tickets in foreign currency as…
At the University of Jos, members of ASUU staged a protest and publicly rejected the Federal Government’s newly introduced Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund loan scheme. Speaking during the demonstration, the ASUU branch chairman, Joseph Molwus, criticised the initiative, describing it as a “poison chalice” that would worsen the financial burdens of lecturers rather than…
Five Persons, including four Women have died from an explosion suspected to be from illegally refined petroleum products at a residential building in OmFive die in explosion from Rivers Illegal Refineryoku, headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) confirmed that the explosion occurred in a building where…
The Federal Government has officially adopted the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) in Ijagun, Ogun State, transforming it into a Federal University. President Tinubu granted approval for this transition on Friday and expressed his gratitude to the Ogun State Government for inviting the Federal Government to take over the institution, which is considered one…
Finding the sales locations for the N40,000 subsidized rice that the Federal Government formally inaugurated last week is proving difficult for Nigerians residing in the Federal Capital Territory. The sale of 30,000 metric tonnes of milled rice at a discounted rate of N40,000 per 50kg bag was inaugurated by Senator Abubakar Kyari, Minister of Agriculture…
Shettima made this claim on Monday at the Presidential Villa while meeting with the Nigerian News Agency’s leadership. The Vice President was cited in a statement by his spokesperson, Stanley Nkwocha, as saying, “The President is very much interested in the security situation in the nation and is not taking it lightly.” “The international lecture…
Nigeria and China have been in economic contact for fifty years, and the Federal Government has pledged to further enhance them. According to a statement released on Thursday by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Advisor to the President, President Bola Tinubu provided the guarantee on Thursday in Abuja while meeting with Chen Xiaodong, the Vice Minister…
The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has requested the Federal Government to hold negotiations with the protestors ahead of the countrywide demonstration intended to address hardship, poverty, and the high cost of living. The lawmakers urged President Bola Tinubu’s government to attend to the protestors’ issues because they were concerned about the impact…
The Federal Government has declared a 12.7% reduction in the allowances of foreign students who are now stuck in places like Algeria, Morocco, and Russia because of Nigeria’s economic difficulties. The Federal Government’s Bilateral Educational Agreement Scholarship was created to promote educational interaction between Nigeria and its partner nations, and it is being utilized by…
The Parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta Platforms Inc., has been fined $220 million by the Federal Government for using its dominating market position to commit discriminatory activities against Nigerian users and for unauthorisedly appropriating personal data without authorization. According to the statement by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on…
