By Maureen Okon The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar said on Monday that repositioning the Directorate of Technical Aid Corps (DTAC) was critical to achieving Nigeria’s foreign policy objectives. Tuggar stated this in Abuja at the opening ceremony of a retreat organised by DTAC, with the theme: “RepositioningContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume has called on banks to follow provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) when lending to Governments in the Federation and their institutions. A statement by Bede Anyanwu, Head of Strategic Communications at the FiscalContinue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh Dr Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President-Designate and UAE’s Special Envoy for Climate Change has underscored the need to make the ‘loss and damage’ fund for most vulnerable nations a reality. The ‘loss and damage’ fund was agreed at COP27 summit in Egypt to support developing nations dealContinue Reading
By Rukayat Adeyemi The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has expressed concern about Nigeria’s reliance on debt at 63 years of Independence anniversary. Speaking at a stakeholders’ dialogue on the implementation of Section 45 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, on Saturday in Lagos, Kalu said theContinue Reading
By Rukayat Adeyemi The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) says not less than 25 states in the country have passed the Fiscal Responsibility Law. It also said that 30 state have passed the Debt Management law. The Director-General, NGF, Mr Asishana Okauru, said this while delivering a goodwill message at theContinue Reading
By Rukayat Adeyemi The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) on Saturday highlighted the risks associated with banks lending in a manner that contravenes the Section 45 of its Fiscal Responsibility Act. Its Executive Chairman, Mr Victor Muruako, who spoke at a one-day stakeholders dialogue in Lagos, said such manner could alsoContinue Reading
By Ijeoma Olorunfemi The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Nigerian Institution of Space Engineers (NISEng) have called for the deployment of space assets to address the security challenges in the country. They made the call at the hybrid 7th annual lecture and 6thContinue Reading
By Victor Okoye The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) said it will hold a Stakeholders dialogue, on the implementation of sections of the Fiscal Responsibility Act that relates to lending by banks to governments and public institutions. Mr Bede Anyanwu, FRC’s Head of Strategic Communications who stated this is in aContinue Reading
By Peter Amine The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) said it would withdraw the licence of any football club involved in match fixing in the country. The NFF President, Ibrahim Gusau gave stated this at the opening of the Nigeria National League (NNL) Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Jos on Friday.Continue Reading
By Muhyideen Jimoh Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh, says he is committed to ensuring Nigerian athletes are accorded due respect and not discriminated against. The minister said this on Thursday in Abuja against the backdrop of a video on Napoli’s official TikTok which appeared to mock SuperContinue Reading
