Federal government

  • Yuletide: FG to allow Nigerians with expired passports return home

    The Federal Government has directed that Nigerians with expired passports planning to return to the country to celebrate the yuletide be allowed without any obstruction. In a letter dated 22nd December 2023 by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Wura-Ola Adepoju, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, through the Office…

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  • •There will not be fuel price hike during Yuletide period, says govt •NMDPRA assures motorists current stock can last for 34 days •Govt can’t continue subsidy amid diversion – NNPC source For the first time in weeks since the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, began, the Federal Government opened up and declared…

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  • Oby Ezekwesili has condemned the federal government of Nigeria on Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina’s reinstatement. Image: Oby Ezekwesili Mrs. Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education and leader of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign, expressed dissatisfaction with FG’s decision to allow Mr. Maina, the former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, to…

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  • Nigeria’s revenue sharing formula has been a thorny issue for decades, and the Senate is now championing agitations for a review of the “unconstitutional” percentages offered to state and local governments. The country’s last formula stood at 52.68 percent for the Federal Government, 26.72 percent for the State governments, and 20.60 per cent for the…

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