The Federal Government of Nigeria has firmly ruled out any intention to reinstate the petrol subsidy system, issuing a stark warning that returning to such a policy would inflict catastrophic damage on the national economy. Speaking at a press briefing titled “Fuel Prices and the Subsidy Question” in Abuja, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating...
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Kogi Court Sentences 24-Year-Old to Death for Killing Father
A High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, has sentenced 24-year-old Dahiru Yusuf Abbah to death by hanging for the killing of his father, Dahiru Yusuf, in the Sarkin-Noma area of the state capital. Justice M. M. Gwatana, in a judgment delivered on Wednesday, found Abbah guilty of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section...
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Heroic Community Rescue: NESREA DG Commends Ibeju-Lekki Residents for Saving Rare Leatherback Turtle
The Director General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has commended the Baale of Okun Igando, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, Hon. Chief Semiu Waliu Jejelaiye, and the fishing community of Okun Igando for the rescue and release of a critically endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle. Videos circulating on social media show the massive...
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Housing Ministry Marks One Year of Enterprise Content Management System
Minister of State Ata Urges Staff to Take Ownership of Digital Platform‎‎The Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has marked one year of the implementation and go-live of its Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system, highlighting the role of digital transformation in improving efficiency, transparency, records management and service delivery across the Ministry.‎‎The milestone was...
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100 Days: Biliaminu Drives Revenue, Power, Clinical Services Improvements at UITH
The Acting Chief Medical Director of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof. Sikirullahi Abayomi Biliaminu, has recorded key interventions in revenue generation, electricity supply, diagnostic services, clinical care, infrastructure and staff administration within his first 100 days in office. The initiatives, according to the hospital, are aimed at stabilising operations, improving patient care...
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NO BUILDING SHOULD BE TOUCHED ON CALABAR-ABUJA SUPERHIGHWAY ALIGNMENT, UMAHI DIRECTS
The Minister of Works, Senator Engr. David Umahi, CON, has directed contractors handling the Calabar-Abuja Superhighway to ensure that no building is demolished or touched along the project alignment until the Federal Government concludes a review and, where necessary, realigns the route. Umahi gave the directive on Friday, September 23, 2026, during an inspection of...
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Retirement security begins during working life, not at retirement – Faleye
…As NSITF covers 7.8m workers, claims turnaround now 10 days The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mr Oluwaseun Faleye, has said individual ownership of retirement planning cannot replace institutional responsibility, insisting that retirement security is built during working life, not at the point of exit from service. Faleye stated...
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FG TAKES URGENT ACTION TO END MAJE-DIKKO GRIDLOCK — GORONYO‎
‎The Federal Government has commenced an emergency intervention to address the persistent traffic gridlock along the Maje-Dikko axis of the Suleja–Minna corridor, with the Honourable Minister of State for Works, Rt. Hon. Bello Muhammad Goronyo, Esq., directing the concessionaire to complete the immediate remedial works within 48 hours to restore the free flow of traffic.‎‎Rt....
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Kashifu Inuwa Championing Inclusive Artificial Intelligence for Global Human Development
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, the Director-General and CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), joined top global leaders and development champions at a high-level summit focused on advancing sustainable and inclusive development. Co-moderated by YY Foundation Managing Director Dominique V. Dauster and WHO Goodwill Ambassador James Chau, the opening session featured prominent world...
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NSITF now a digital, efficient, accountable institution – Faleye
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Mr Oluwaseun Faleye, has said the Fund has moved decisively from manual, top-heavy operations to a more digital, efficient and accountable institution in the last two years. Faleye made this assertion Monday, September 21, 2026, when he received the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of...