FG CONDUCTS FEASIBILITY STUDIES ON ENUGU-AWKA-ONITSHA-ABAKALIKI RAILWAY CONNECTION

• * To Spend $3.2bn On Eastern Narrow Gauge Railway, Bonny Deep Sea Port, Railway Industrial Park, P'Harcourt Rehabilitation And Construction Projects

By Juliet Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor) @AuntyJVIN

Nigeria's Minister for Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, said on Tuesday, that the Federal government is presently conducting feasibility studies on the Enugu-Awka-Onitsha-Abakaliki railway connection.

FG DIRECTS TELCOS TO BAR UNLINKED PHONE LINES FROM MAKING CALLS

* Commends Nigerians For Compliance With NIN-SIM Linkage Exercise

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has commended Nigerians and Legal Residents for their support during the exercise to link National Identification Number (NIN) to the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM).

FG EXTENDS NIN-SIM DATA REGISTRATION TO MAY 6, 2021

By JVINN Nwabiani Okafor (Managing Editor/Head, Business & Economy)

Amidst anxiety and public apprehension over the inability to enroll for NIN-SIM Data registration ahead of Tuesday, April 6, 2021, earlier deadline, the Federal Government has extended the deadline given for mobile phone subscribers to link their National Identification Number (NIN) with their SIM registration records till May 6, 2021.

FG GETS INDUSTRY COMMENDATION ON TELECOM POLICIES

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Cross section of participants at the ongoing 10th Edition of the National Council on Communications and Digital Economy, which commenced at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, have commended the Federal Government for its commitment in providing leadership and guide for industry growth.

FG MOVES TO UNLOCK NIGERIA'S INNOVATION ECONOMY, LAUNCHES LANDMARK COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRAMME

By Shedrack Akunna (Science and Technology Reporter)

The Federal Government has intensified efforts to transform Nigeria into a knowledge-driven, innovation-led economy with the unveiling of a comprehensive framework to commercialize research outputs and drive industrial growth.

FG MUST NOT EQUATE NBAIS CERTIFICATE WITH WAEC, NECO, NBTE - 112 Christian Groups

By Our Reporter

A coalition of Christians in Nigeria under the aegis of The National Prayer Altar (TNPA) has called on the Nigerian government to reverse its ratification of the policy equating certificates issued by the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) with WAEC, NECO, NBTE and other standardised examination bodies, describing it as a distortion of the nation's secularity.

FG PARTNERS CANADIAN FIRM, ETHNOMET, TO LAUNCH DIGITAL HEALTHCARE PLATFORM 'NigComHealth'

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

Nigeria Communications Satellite Ltd (NigComSat) in partnership with Ethnomet, a Canadian leading firm in healthcare technology recently launched ‘NigComHealth’, a telemedicine platform that will allow millions of Nigerians to have access to quality healthcare.

FG REMOVES EXCISE DUTY FOR TELECOMS SERVICES

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Federal Government has announced the removal of excise duty for telecom sub-sector of Nigeria's Digital Economy Industry in line with the recommendations of the Committee it constituted to review the applicability of the Duty to the telecom sector which is considered already overburdened with taxation and sundry levies.

FG STRENGHTENS ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM IN THE NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to transparency, accountability, and institutional reform with the formal presentation of the report of the Independent Investigative Panel on alleged misconduct within the Nigerian Correctional Service.

FG SUSPENDS 5% EXCISE DUTY ON TELECOM SERVICES

By Jessica Dogo (Agency News Reporter)

The Federal Government has suspended the implementation of the 5 per cent excise duty charge earlier proposed on telecom services in the country.

FG TASKS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY SECTOR

• * As Osinbajo Commissions Marriot Hotel Lagos

By Micheal Jegede (Abuja)

The Federal Government (FG) has called on operators of the Nigerian hospitality industry to collaborate with the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, NIHOTOUR, in manpower and capacity development to reposition the sector for better service delivery, enhanced performance, and sustainable operations in the sector.

FG THREATENING INTEGRITY OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA......ASUU

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has expressed worries over what it discribed as intentional violation of universities miscellaneous Act laced with an attempt to disrespect the autonomy and freedom of the Ivory Towers.

FG TO ESTABLISH THREE NEW TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH EAST

* As Tinubu Signs Into Law Bills Sponsored By Reps Deputy Speaker, Kalu, For the Schools In Abia And Imo States.

By Suzan Okenwa (National Assembly Correspondent)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed into law two bills establishing a Federal College of Education in Bende, Abia State and another Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Item Bende, in the same Abia State.

FG TO RE-OPEN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AUGUST 4 FOR WAEC CANDIDATES

By Hamid Abdullahi (MDA/Education Reporter)

From Tuesday August 4, 2020, all Secondary Schools in Nigeria will reopen for students of graduating classes to enable them prepare adequately for their West African Examinations, WAEC.

FG URGES CITIZENS TO LINK NIN TO SIM WITHOUT DELAY

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The Federal Government had approved the extension of the NIN-SIM linkage deadline to the 31st of March, 2022.

FG's Covid-19 Vaccination Card: NASARAWA NYSC PROMISES TO KEY INTO PROTOCOLS

• * Tasks Corp Members On Adherence

By David Odama (In Nasarawa State)

Nasarawa directorate of NYSC has promised to key into the federal government directive on operation show your COVID19 vaccination card which will come into effect on December 1, this year.

FG/ASUU TANGO AND JAMB’s DILEMMA

By Bola Bolawole

When everyone had hoped that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would call off its strike, it extended it by a whopping three months, to the consternation and bewilderment of students, parents and concerned citizens alike! The ongoing ASUU strike had started with a four-week warning strike on February 14, 2022. True to its threat that it would roll over the strike if nothing positive came from the Federal Government; ASUU announced an eight-week extension of the strike, as the warning strike lapsed without any positive action by the government.

FIDELITY BANK SPENDS OVER N200 MILLION ON SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT IN BAUCHI STATE

By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)

As part of its social responsibility programme, Fidelity Bank Plc, has spent over two hundred million naira for the renovation of three blocks of six classrooms and provided furniture at the Alhaji Garba Noma Primary School in the Bauchi state capital.

FINALLY, FG ORDERS RE-OPENING OF ALL NIGERIAN SCHOOLS

By Hamid Abdullahi (MDA/Education Reporter)

Amidst conflicting positions about whether or not, the Covid-19 pandemic is currently abating in Nigeria, the Federal Government has ordered the immediate reopening of all schools in Nigeria.

Financial Inclusion: CBN ISSUES GUIDELINES FOR BANK NEUTRAL CASH HUBS OPERATIONS

By Kadiri Abdulrahman

In a bid to ease huge cash management and deepen financial inclusion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines for the operation of the Bank Neutral Cash Hubs (BNCH).