The Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation, Mr Ben Akabueze, says there is no padding in the 2017 Budget as being alleged in some quarters. He said this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday while clarifying issues raised concerning the budget. Akabueze said that ‘padding’ was a term used to describe unauthorised or […]
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The International Monetary Fund on Thursday urged Nigeria to step up its economic reform efforts before the opportunity for reforms becomes more limited. “Urgency is needed in implementing a coherent and credible package of monetary, fiscal and structural policies as the window for bold reforms is closing as the 2019 elections are approaching fast,” IMF […]
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, paid a surprise visit to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, just days after the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, adopted a 60-day Action Plan to push Ease of Doing Business reforms in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Prof. Osinbajo was accompanied on the […]
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UN aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo on Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions of people threatened by famine in northeastern Nigeria, a Boko Haram stronghold. The UN aims to raise up to 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in commitments throughout 2017 for the Lake Chad region, which […]
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Nigerian protesters on Thursday demanded that South African citizens and businesses leave the country and vandalised the head office of mobile phone giant MTN in Abuja in retaliation for anti-Nigerian violence in South Africa. The National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) said it had given South Africans 48 hours to get out otherwise the attacks […]
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The Senate has said it will consult with its legal team for advice on the decision of the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to withhold assent to four bills passed by the National Assembly. The bills are Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016, National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2016, Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (Amendment) Bill 2016, […]
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Africa wants 10 places in the 48-nation World Cup from 2026, FIFA president Gianni Infantino was told in Johannesburg Wednesday. The Swiss-Italian was attending a two-day meeting of African national football association presidents behind closed doors. “All associations back an expanded World Cup and Africa hopes for 10 places,” said South African FA president Danny […]
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The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development says it will liaise with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to investigate the alleged importation of garri from India. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, who made this known on Wednesday in Abuja, said that it is “strange […]
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The Trump administration will revoke federal guidelines that tell public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their chosen gender identity, the White House said Wednesday. The decision would be a reversal of an Obama-era directive advising public schools to grant bathroom access to students in line with their expressed gender […]
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The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a Revised National Policy on Environment for the country and the contract for the construction of the $39.9m Cameroon-Nigeria border link bridge. These were the highlights of a meeting of the council presided over by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of […]
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration was aimed at catching undocumented immigrants and returning them to their countries of origin. The order “emphasized the mission of intercepting irregular immigrants from many countries on our borders, treat them humanely and return them to their countries […]
Read More Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children’s agency said Monday. In Yemen, where war has been raging for nearly two years, 462,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition while 450,000 children are severely malnourished in northeast Nigeria. Fews […]
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