President Tinubu has approved a 50 per cent slash in price of interstate transport fare for Nigerians traveling during the yuletide from Thursday, December 21, 2023 to January 4, 2024. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday, December 20. “It is in this wise that the President is announcing through us that beginning from tomorrow, December 21, Nigerians willing to travel can board public transport via mini …
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As part of measures to resolve the ongoing strike by members of the National Association of Resident Doctors, the Federal Government has approved the payment of twenty-five thousand naira (N25,000) peculiar allowance for medical and dental doctors in hospitals, medical centres and clinics in the federal public service. This was disclosed in a statement by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the national salary and wages commission, Ekpo Nta. He mentioned that the allowance is to be paid …
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set 140 and above as cut off mark for 2022/23 admissions into universities across the country. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a presentation at the 2023 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions and awards in Abuja on Saturday, June 24. He also disclosed that 100 had been approved as cut off mark into Polytechnics and Colleges of Education. He however mentioned that …
Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA) has been directed by the senate to transmit a constitution alteration bill No. 58 to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent in line with the provisions of the Authentication Act. The bill which seeks to provide for independent candidacy in presidential, governorship, national and state assemblies and local government councils elections. The clerk was also directed to transmit to the president, constitution amendment bill No. 46, which seeks to include the presiding …
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the development of the Badagry deep-sea port. Tolu Ogunlesi, special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital & New Media said the approval came after the FEC met on Wednesday August 3. He tweeted; BREAKING: Federal Executive Council(FEC) today approved the Development of the Badagry Deep-Sea Port, on Build-Own-Operate-Transfer(BOOT) Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model Project Sum: USD$2.594 Billion, to be Fully-financed by Private Investors Concession period: 45 years
Nasarawa State House of Assembly has approved the ceding of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia to the federal government to become the Federal University Teaching Hospital (FUTH), Lafia. The approval was given after the Majority Leader, Tanko Tunga, read Governor Abdullahi Sule’s request letter during plenary. According to him, the establishment of FUTH by the federal government was a good development for the state. He added; “Apart from improving the health and standard of living of our people, …