MINISTRY OF ARTS AND CULTURE PROJECTS ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS CONTRIBUTION TO GDP IN 2030
The Minister of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa has hinted of plans by her ministry to boost the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with a princely sum of one hundred billion dollars by 2030.
MINISTER OF STEEL SHUAIBU AUDU URGES MUSLIMS TO PRAY FOR UNITY AND PROGRESS OF NIGERIA
The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu, has urged the Muslim Ummah to use the ongoing Ramadan to pray for a more united and progressive Nigeria.
US SUPREME COURT CHIEF SUPPORTS TRUMP’S ADMINISTRATION TO FREEZE FOREIGN AID
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily supported the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid payments, as the administration faces a midnight deadline to pay contractors.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROVES 758 BILLION NAIRA BOND TO SETTLE PENSION LIABILITIES
The National Pension Commission, PenCom, has announced that a ₦758 billion Federal Government bond has been approved to settle outstanding pension liabilities under the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS.
FCCPC ORDERS MULTICHOICE NIGERIA TO MAINTAIN CURRENT SUBSCRIPTION PRICES UNTIL INVESTIGATION IS CONCLUDED
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has directed MultiChoice Nigeria to maintain its current subscription prices for DStv and GOtv services until the ongoing investigation into its proposed price hike is concluded.
NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH ALERTS ON EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, has called for heightened vigilance, screening in febrile patients, and increased funding to combat the growing threat of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, particularly viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) and drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).
FCCPC LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO HIGH COST OF DRUG PRICES
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has launched an inquiry into the high cost and variation of drug prices in Nigeria’s pharmaceutical and healthcare sector. This move is in line with the Commission’s mandate to promote fair business practices and safeguard consumer interests, as empowered by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018.
ROMANIAN FAR-RIGHT CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY TAKEN FOR QUESTIONING
Far-right populist Calin Georgescu has been detained by police as part of an inquiry by prosecutors into election campaign fraud after he came from nowhere to win the first round of last year’s presidential election.
TRADERS SUE NAFDAC AND SON OVER ONITSHA DRUG MARKET CLOSURE
Four traders at Ogbo Ogwu Bridge Head Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, have dragged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, the NAFDAC Zonal Director, South-East, Dr Martins Iluyomade and the Anambra State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to a Federal High Court sitting in Awka, over unlawful interference in their fundamental human rights.
NERC DIRECTS ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES TO REFUND CUSTOMERS FOR METERS PURCHASE UNDER MAP
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed all electricity distribution companies to publish the refunds made to customers who purchased meters under the Meter Asset Providers (MAP) scheme.