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- 3 Sept 2021
FG Advocates Smart Technology for Efficient Housing
Senator Gbenga Ashafa, the Managing Director/Chief Executive of Federal Housing Authority, FHA, has called on stakeholders in the housing sector to embrace smart technology for efficient housing…
- 14 Dec 2015
Thousands Show Up for Yudala’s Gyming with Stars at FESTAC
Saturday December 12th will not be forgotten so easily by the crowds of enthusiastic Nigerians who thronged the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Field in Festac for the third edition of Gyming with…
- 11 Mar 2026
Reps Give FAAN Two-week Ultimatum to Recover N18.98bn Debts from Foreign Airlines
House of Representatives Committee on Finance has given the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) two weeks to recover N18.98 billion owed to the Federal Government by foreign airlines…
- 17 Apr 2015
FG Approves Handover of NITEL/ Mtel to NATCOM
Federal government is to handover NITEL/MTEL facilities to NATCOM consortium having completed the payment of $252.251million cost of acquisition, according to Haruna Sambo, deputy chairman, National…
- 25 Jul 2021
CBN Gov, Others Risk Arrest over Alleged Financial Violations
House of Representatives may issue a bench warrant against Godwin Emiefele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and 53 other heads of government agencies for gross violation of the…
- 1 Jun 2024
AEDC to Disconnect Nigerian Police, Army Headquarters, Others Over Unpaid Debts - See List Below
Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has announced plans to disconnect several major customers, including the Nigerian Police and Army Headquarters, due to unpaid electricity bills. This…
- 26 Aug 2016
Digital Switch Over on Course – Mohammed
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture, has restated that the process of switching over from analogue to digital broadcasting “is very much on course’’. The minister stated this at…
- 16 Jun 2021
FG Asks Reps for Powers to License, Regulate Internet broadcast, Online Media
Federal government has requested the House of Representatives to amend an Act that will bring the regulation of online news portals and content providers under the authority of the National…
- 6 Jul 2010
Cargo Generates N600m Annually for FAAN
Cargo agents in the country have charged the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), to take them seriously given the fact that they generate over N600 million annually. Speaking at the…
- 5 Feb 2015
FMBN Seeks N250Bn Recapitalization for Effective Service Delivery
Mr. Gimba Ya’u Kumo, managing director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), has requested for recapitalization of the bank to the tune of N250 billion to enable it deliver…
- 8 Feb 2013
Reps Accuse NNPC, NCC, Others of Diverting N9 Trillion
A House of Representatives’ report has revealed that some revenue generating agencies have short-changed the Federal Government N8.8 trillion and the report listed the agencies to include; Nigerian…
- 8 Apr 2014
FG Says No to Merger of NCC, NBC, NIPOST
Federal government has rejected the recommendation that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC); National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the regulatory functions of Nigerian Postal Service…
- 21 Nov 2024
House of Reps Calls for N500bn Recapitalization of DisCos
House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to enforce a minimum capital base of N500 billion for electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to continue operations. The lawmakers…
- 15 Feb 2023
NDPB Investigates 110 Companies for Data Breaches
Nigeria Data Protection Bureau has said that it is presently investigating over 110 companies in Nigeria over allegations of data breach. Dr Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner of the Bureau,…
- 22 Jan 2019
Companies And Allied Matters Bill Passes Third Reading At the House Of Representatives
The Companies Allied Matters (CAM) Bill has passed the third reading at the Federal House of Representatives. Dr Jumoke Oduwole, SSA Industry, Trade & Investment to the President (OVP) in a…
- 14 Jul 2020
Reps Ask Ministry, CBN to Account for $500m Extra Budgetary Spending
The House of Representatives is to investigate the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for engaging in extra budgetary spending of over 500 million dollars from Nigeria…
- 3 Jul 2013
FAAN Boss Charges Workers on Performance
Mr. George Uriesi, managing director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has charged staff of Port Harcourt International Airport to put in their best while discharging their duties.…
- 21 Jul 2013
FAAN Says Insecurity Slowing Business @ Kano Airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said that the underutilisation of the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano is linked insecurity, which has also affected socio economic…
- 19 Dec 2012
Lawmakers Okay Governments Borrowing Spree
The House of Representatives yesterday approved plans by state governments and the federal government to borrow $7.9 billion from international creditors after what seemed like initial disapproval by…
- 9 Jan 2020
NITEL, MTEL Pensioners Get N842m from PTAD
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has paid one-month pension arrears of N842.8 million to pensioners of the defunct NITEL/Mtel in December, 2019. Dr. Chioma Ejikeme, executive…
- 21 Dec 2009
Reps Query NTA over Under 17 World Cup Contract
Musa Usman Magawatta, director general, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), has come under the hammer of federal lawmakers who have queried the DG for allegedly ignoring due process in awarding…
- 11 Jul 2019
Reps Probe Recruitment, Extortion Scandals @ CBN, Others
House of Representatives said it will investigate the alleged clandestine recruitment process in Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Central Bank of…
- 17 Dec 2013
NDIC to Advance Insured Deposits Pending Claims Processing
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is considering an advance payment of insured deposits once the licence of any insured institution is withdrawn by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This…
- 26 Feb 2015
Reps Back Controversial Internet, Phone Spy Programme
The needlessly controversial bill on interception of electronic communication sponsored by the Federal Government yesterday passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The so-called…
- 8 Jul 2021
LCCI Says New Postal Bill will Jeopardize Investments in Courier Industry
Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has described the provisions of the Nigerian Postal Services Bill 2021 as an impediment to sustainable investment in the courier industry. The Nigerian…
- 20 Oct 2014
Osita Chidoka ... The Midas Touch
"Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders say, if a child washes his hands he could eat with kings" - Chinua Achebe, T hings Fall Apart Emeka Anyaoko,…
- 17 Feb 2016
Mba, Sacked NBC DG, Others were PDP Saboteurs- FG
Chief John Odigie- Oyegun, national chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday said the sacked heads of government agencies and parastatals were saboteurs. The APC chairman, who led some…
- 9 Aug 2014
FG Declares National Emergency over Ebola
Nigeria’s war on Ebola moved a notch higher yesterday as President Goodluck Jonathan proclaimed a national emergency to control and contain the spread of the …
- 12 May 2013
Stakeholders Assess Impact of Banking Reforms on Courier Sector
Stakeholders in the country’s aviation sector have said that the biggest headache facing the industry is the hemorrhaging revenue earnings occasioned by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Universal…
- 5 Jun 2014
Reps Ask NCAA to Return N255m Bulletproof Cars
The House of Representatives has mandated the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to return the controversial bulletproof cars bought for the use of Stella Oduah, former minister of…