THE SUN The Federal Government has said a new revenue allocation formula for the country is long overdue but reiterated that it must be based on the constitutionally allocated functions. This is even as it has applauded the nationwide consultation…
THE SUN Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has blamed the delay in completion of the N120 billion Bonny-Bodo road on failure of the Federal government to pay N60 billion counterpart funding for the project. He asserted that every fund expended so…
THE CABLE The federal government says it will no longer fund 100 percent of water projects in states, adding that the era of ‘Father Christmas’ is over. Suleiman Adamu, minister of water resources, disclose this at a state house media…
THIS DAY After a four-year interregnum, the trial of the ‘supreme leader’ of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu resumed on Tuesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. First arraigned on 14th October, 2015 before…
PUNCH NEWS In spite of the overwhelming outcry against the plan to retrace and recover grazing routes across the country, the Federal Government is not showing signs of relenting. Saturday PUNCH findings revealed that stock routes, popularly called grazing routes,…
THE GUARDIAN Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has appealed to those he described as ‘true nationalists,’ who believe in the indivisibility of Nigeria, to rescue the country from disintegration. He gave the charge when members of the South-South Zonal Working…
THIS DAY As part of efforts to mark the World Water Day, the federal government yesterday inaugurated some water projects and multi-purpose dams in Edo, Delta, Ekiti and Ondo States. The projects, which included Solar-powered boreholes, pivotal irrigation system, and…
THE GUARDIAN More beneficiaries have continued to emerge under the Federal Government’s N75bn survival fund for small businesses, with Gombe and Rivers being the latest to acknowledge the scheme. The Federal Government (FG) had extended registration for the payroll support…
PREMIUM TIMES The Federal Government has budgeted N765 billion for the Social Investment Programmes (SIPs), a key empowerment scheme of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The programme got the highest allocation among the selected projects listed in the 2021 approved…
THE NATION The Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN) has urged the Federal Government to leverage its successes in containing the COVID-19 pandemic to avert another lockdown in the country this year. ARFAN equally appealed to the government to prevail…