Plane for Nigeria Air will arrive the country on Friday ahead of commencement of operations, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has confirmed.The Minister of Aviation insisted that the national carrier will be unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari before May 29.Sirika in a recent interview said that a Nigeria Air
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Aisha Buhari, wife of outgoing Nigeria’s president, has handed over to the incoming First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu.A newspaper reports that the eight-year tenure of President Muhammadu, which commenced on May 29, 2015, will come to an end on May 29, 2023.The handover ceremony took place at the Presidential Villa in
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the Federal Government to ensure that the country allocates between 45-50 percent of the nation’s education budget to primary and secondary education.Chief of Education, UNICEF Nigeria, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, who made the call in Abuja during a one-day seminar on Foundational Literacy
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Federal government has approved multi-billion naira contracts to boost power supply in Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari's hometown in Katsina State, Yobe State and other parts of the country.The minister of power, Engr Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to State House correspondents yesterday after the federal executive council meeting presided over by
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Achieving Universal Health Coverage for all Nigerians is the focus and essence of the Health Reform Report and Draft Bills proposed by the Presidential Health Reform Committee, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who chaired the group.Osinbajo stated this yesterday in his remarks at the presentation of the report of
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Federal government said it is ready to launch the National Cybercrime Centre to curb the increasing wave of cyber-related crimes in Nigeria.The inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, disclosed this at the first consultative forum on the National Legal Framework on Cybercrime held in Abuja, yesterday.The IGP said the
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Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai has invited former Vice President Namadi Sambo, pioneer national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande and his successor John Odigie-Oyegun, to commission various projects of the Urban Renewal Programme of his administration tomorrow.Also invited to the event are former governors and
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Kwara State governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has emerged as the new chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum following a unanimous consensus among members.He takes over from Sokoto State governor Aminu Tambuwal.The election of Governor Abdulrazaq ushered in a fresh era of leadership within the NGF, signaling a collective commitment to steer
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Minister of state for budget and national planning, Prince Clem Agba, has said 2million Nigerians have benefited from the federal government's COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme in the first year of its full implementation.The NG-CARES is funded with a $750 million concessional loan facility from the World
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Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has delivered three low-cost housing estates worth N3billion in Jigawa State.This was disclosed at the commissioning of 100 housing units constructed by the bank in Dutse, the state capital by Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar.He said the project would complement the state government’s efforts at providing affordable
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