AGF: 685,000 Workers’Salaries Moved To IPPIS Platform   The Accountant-general of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, on Thursday said the Federal Government had moved the salaries of 685,000 government workers in 480 Ministries, Departments and Agencies to the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System. He said this during...

Agric Ministry Not Involved In N5.8bn North-East Food Supply Says Ogbeh The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Chief Audu Ogbeh, told the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness  that his ministry was not involved in the supply and distribution of the...

IOCs, Government To Invest N1.7tr In Niger Delta   The Ministry of Petroleum Resources has said that about N1.7 trillion will be invested in Niger Delta by the Federal Government, International Oil Companies (IOCs) and others in the next three years. While the Minister of State for...

FG Inaugurates N2.156bn Erosion Project in Osogbo The Federal Government has inaugurated a 10 kilometre channelisation and desilting of flood prone Okomo and Ogbagba rivers in Osogbo, Osun state at a cost of N2.156bn. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who inaugurated the project...

RATTAWU Advocates Cultural Education in Schools The Radio Television Theatre and Arts Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) has advised the Federal Government to include cultural education in the school curriculum. The union said that cultural education would keep students abreast of their cultures from an early...

ECOWAS Predicts 2.1% Growth Rate In 2018 For Nigeria   The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday predicted a growth rate of 2.1% for Nigeria in 2018, as against 1.6% in the previous year. The regional body also said that it would put everything...