In a related development; the Federal Government has remained silent on the issue concerning the radical views of the Communications Minister, Isa Pantani. At the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, which was chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, the matter was not mentioned, even though Pantani was present. After the meeting, the Minister…
The Federal Executive Council has approved the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers Bill, 2021. The Bill recommends an adjustment in the retirement age for teachers from sixty to sixty-five years. It also seeks to change the years of service for teachers from thirty-five to forty years. Another important element of the bill is the provision for bursary…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI interrupted his holiday at his home town in Daura, Katsina State, to join the meeting of the Federal Executive Council. President BUHARI joined the FEC meeting through a video link from Daura to the Executive Council Chamber of the State House in Abuja. However; the main FEC meeting at the Presidential Villa was presided…
Students of government-owned universities in Nigeria may have to stay at home much longer even if the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, decides to call off its strike. This is because the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions has given the Federal Government fourteen days to meet their demands or its members would go…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, ZAINAB AHMED, has hinted about government intention to reopen Nigeria’s land borders. ZAINAB AHMED gave the hint as she was briefing State House correspondents after the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Minister said the move is based on the recommendation…
The Federal Executive Council has approved another loan of over one hundred and twenty-four million US dollars. The latest loan is to be obtained from the African Development Bank and the African Growing Together Fund. The money is meant to be used by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources for water projects in Nigeria. The Ministry’s spokesperson,…