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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has criticised the foreign exchange policy adopted by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Mr Osinbajo advised the bank to have a “rethink” about its current forex demand management strategy. Speaking at the Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat on Monday, he said the exchange rate is artificially low and does not reflect the current market realities. Naira …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N13.3billion for the take-off of the Community Policing initiative across the country. The president made this known at the opening of a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat organised to assess progress made towards the achievement of the nine key priorities of his administration on Monday in Abuja. Mr Buhari stated that the approval was part of …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osibajo took the message of national unity further on Saturday when he called on citizens at home and in the Diaspora to promote the message of one country. He noted that “anybody who looks at how Nigeria operates will recognize that we are better off in this system, and that is the truth.” “If you look …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has approved 2021 promotions for workers in the state’s civil and public service. The approval was disclosed in a letter dated September 28, 2021 and signed by the Functioning Permanent Secretary, Directorate of Establishment, Training and Manpower Services, Mrs. F.A.O Edwards on behalf of the Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa Esq. She …

Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has kicked at the resolution taken at the National Executive Committee meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), zoning the national chairmanship to the North and described it as contradictory and a threat to the consolidation of democracy in Nigeria. Spokesperson of the CNG, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman said in Kaduna on Saturday, that it is contradictory …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the appointment of Prof. Faith Osamagioghomwenwi Osadolor as the Solicitor-General/Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Justice. The governor also appointed Ozavize E. Salami as the Executive Chairman of the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., announced the appointments in a statement made available …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has congratulated Dr. Osahon Enabulele on his emergence as the President of the World Medical Association (WMA). The governor, in a statement, described the feat as phenomenal and a testament of Dr. Enabulele’s commitment to promote excellence and professionalism in the medical profession over the years. Enabulele is a Chief Consultant Family Physician and …

*VP headlines UN High-Level event on Energy Transition, meets COP26 President-Designate *Interacts with academic community at Imperial College, Global Energy Alliance Nigeria’s Government is already making efforts to use large shares of clean energy sources, in its commitment to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, but “limiting the development of gas projects, poses dire challenges.” This is why the international …

The Concerned APC Stakeholders, a political group, has expressed worry that the ruling party has continuously toed the path that brought down the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015.  The stakeholders, in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, said the party’s values of fairness and inclusiveness have been abused and violated by certain individuals using the president’s name as cover …

…INEC gets N100 b for 2023 elections …Revenue not debt is the biggest challenge -FG …Agencies face sanction over targets The Federal Government has prioritized spending on defence & security, infrastructure and education with the sectors getting a combined N5.15 trillion allocation in the 2022 Budget proposal. From the proposal, defence and security got N2.41 trillion (15%); infrastructure N1.45 trillion …