By Angela Atabo The Federal Government is to spend N73.9 billion to complete the reconstruction and expansion of the Maraba-Keffi road project. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government also set a 13-month completion date of June 2026 for the project awarded to MS. China Harbour EngineeringContinue Reading
By Vivian Emoni The Federal Government has inaugurated a Governing Board for the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), to strengthen and enhance its activities. Minister of State for Industry, Sen. John Owan Enoh, while inaugurating the Governing Board of the NSDC in Abuja on Thursday, said that the council shouldContinue Reading
By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Federal Government says discussions are ongoing on how 15,000 Nigerians stranded in Cameroon, Niger, Chad and other parts of the world will be returned to Nigeria in safety and dignity. Alhaji Tijani Ahmed, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), disclosedContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The Minister of State for Industry, Sen. John Enoh, has called for the establishment of a legal framework to back the operations of Business Development Service Providers (BDSPs) across Nigeria. Enoh said this at the induction ceremony of the newly certified BDSPs organised by the Small andContinue Reading
By Jacinta Nwachukwu The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), in collaboration with other development partners, has unveiled the revised 2025 National Migration Policy to address the evolving migration challenges in the country. During the unveiling on Tuesday in Abuja, the Federal Commissioner of NCFRMI, MrContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Federal Government is to pay the outstanding five months N35,000 wage award arrears to workers. The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) made this known in a statement issued by Mr Bawa Mokwa, the Director of Press and Public Relations. Mokwa said thatContinue Reading
By Nana Musa The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says the Federal Government plans to reduce inflation rate to single digit and create more jobs. Edun stated this during a press conference addressed by the Nigerian economic team, as part of activitiesContinue Reading
By Nana Musa Mr Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, has called for enhanced global support for reforming economies. Edun made the call at the G-24 Ministerial Meeting held on the sidelines of the ongoing 2025 IMF World Bank Spring Meetings in WashingtonContinue Reading
By Philomina Attah The Federal Government is set to relaunch its Renewed Hope National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (RH-NHGSFP) on May 29. The Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Yusuf Sununu, revealed this on Wednesday during a meeting with development partners, NGOs, and government officialsContinue Reading
By Nana Musa Mr Jason Wu, Assistant Director for Global Markets, International Monetary Fund (IMF), said that the recent government reforms had improved Nigeria’s macroeconomic outlook. Wu said this at the ongoing IMF/World Bank 2025 Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, during the release of the agency’sContinue Reading
