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President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has extended the mandate of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 until March 2021.He gave the approval at a meeting with members of the task force at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.At the meeting, President BUHARI received the end-of-year report of the task force led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), BOSS MUSTAPHA.He noted that the mandate of the PTF...

The United States lawmakers have agreed to a roughly 900 billion dollars package of pandemic aid, including money for businesses and unemployment programmes.The money is set to accompany a bigger 1.4 trillion dollars spending bill to fund government operations over the next nine months.The House of Representatives and the Senate are expected to vote on the package today before it will be signed into law by President DONALD TRUMP.The new pa...

The Ogun State Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, KIKELOMO LONGE, has said the government would upgrade its industrial service centre at Onijanganjangan, Abeokuta in 2021, to promote the use of indigenous technology and boost the industrialization of the state.LONGE disclosed this while defending her ministry’s budget proposal before the State House of Assembly Committee on Finance and Appropriation.She said the centre required urgent im...

The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, SUNDAY DARE has said the Federal Government remains committed to addressing youth unemployment and restiveness through well-coordinated initiatives.DARE said President MUHAMMADU BUHARI’s administration have consistently initiated programmes targeted towards entrepreneurial development and employability of the youths.According to him, the ministry has introduced a Digital Skill, Entrepreneurship, Employabi...

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President MUHAMMADU BUHARI, FEMI ADESINA, has urged Nigerians to continue to exercise patience with the Federal Government especially with regards to issues of insecurity in the country.The President’s media aide made the appeal during an appearance on a monitored programme in Abuja.According to ADESINA, security is not something that a timeline can be put on; rather it is an ongoing issue that needs to constantly be reviewed....

The National Assembly has announced that it would hold an emergency session on Monday next week to consider and pass the 2021 Appropriation Bill before proceeding on its Christmas and New Year break on the same day.The President of the Senate, AHMAD LAWAN, who announced the development at plenary today, said the delay was to accommodate fresh demands from the executive arm of government regarding the fiscal document.LAWAN told his colleagues that the Parlia...

The House of Representatives has asked the National Communications Commission to extend the 31st December deadline issued to sim card owners to submit their National Identification Numbers to their network providers to prevent blocking.The motion was moved during plenary by the House Minority Leader, NDUDI ELUMELU.According to the lawmaker, two weeks is too short for 200 million Nigerians to conclude the process....

Nigeria’s inflation has increased for the 15th consecutive month to 14.89% in November 2020, from 14.23% in October.The report which was released by the National Bureau of Statistics also shows a spike in food inflation which jumped to 18.30% in November from 17.38% the previous month, while core inflation declined to 11.05%.The statistics office attributes the rise in the food index to increases in prices of major food commodities including potatoes,...

The Senate has summoned the Minister of Defence, the service chiefs, and heads of the Nigerian Police Force and the Department of State Service over the unending insecurity situation in the country.The resolution followed a motion moved by Senator BELLO MANDIYA from Katsina State on the abduction of about 330 students of a secondary school in the state recently by unknown bandits.The red chamber also urged President MUHAMMADU BUHARI, to implement the report...

The House of Representatives has passed a resolution mandating the Minister of State for Labour FESTUS KEYAMO, to suspend action on the planned January 2021 implementation of the Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government.The Reps passed the resolution, saying the programme will not be implemented until a comprehensive list of beneficiaries from the Nigerian directorate of employment is made available.Under the programme, 774,000 people are ex...