Unemployment: FG Adopts Strategies To Create 20m Jobs

Worried by the growing number of jobless persons on the street, President Muhammadu Buhari through the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah has revealed that the Federal Government has adopted strategies to generate 20 million jobs in the next phase of the Buhari's administration.

No Plan to Increase Petrol Pump Price - DPR

As part of programme scheduled for the "World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development”, Mr Antai Asuquo, the Operations Controller of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Warri Zonal Office, has said that the Federal Government had no plan to increase the pump price of petrol.

Minimum Wage: All Governors Must Comply With Payment – Minister

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has said that no Governor can deny its workers the new minimum wage as the provision for such has been taken care of by the federal government through the state.

N1.26tr remitted to Federation Account in 2018 - NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that it remitted 1.26 trillion to the Federation Account in 2018. It noted that the monies were against the N1.22 trillion projected in the 2018 budget, recording a surplus of N41billion.

Nigerian Government Partners Korea International Cooperation Agency to Launch e-government Master Plan

The Federal Government of Nigeria says the Korean government through its agency, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), spent the sum of $500m in developing the Nigerian e-government master plan and building human capacity for its implementation.

The Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu made this known in Abuja even as an e-government Master plan was launched by the Nigerian government to drive transparency and improve the quality and the cost-effectiveness of public service delivery in the country.

Nigeria's GDP Grows in First Quarter of 2019

In the latest Nigerian Gross Domestic Product Report, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed that Nigeria's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown marginally in the first quarter of 2019.
According to the report the GDP rose by 0.12 percent point as against the fourth quarter of 2018 which recorded a decline of -0.38 percent points.

Stamp Duty: Banks Fail To Remit N1.6bn To Government Confers

In what appears to be stunning, the House of Representatives has recommended that 16 commercial banks complicit for not remitting N1.6 billion stamp duties into the federation account be penalized. The House made the recommendation on Thursday when it adopted a report on non-remittance of trillions of naira of stamp duties by financial institutions into the federation account.

Residents Commend Flag Off Of Housing Project After 32 Years

Following 32 years of neglect by successive government, respite finally came the way of residents of Umunya and Awkuzu communities in Uyi local government of Anambra state as the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari mobilized contractors to the stalled infrastructural facilities at the Federal Sites and Services Scheme.

Aggrieved Aviation Workers Invited By The Minister

The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has invited the protesting Aviation Unions to a meeting today to resolve issues raised by the workers.

Inferno Razed Trans Forcados Pipeline In Delta

An inferno has occurred at the Trans Forcados Pipeline within the Chanomi Creeks in Yeye community of Burutu Local Government Area of Delta, NAN reported.