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Made-in-Nigeria: FG to review procurement Act

The Federal Government has said it will review the Public Procurement Act to promote the patronage of locally-made products in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this at the press launch of the campaign for the patronage of made-in-Nigeria...

Govt shuns N144b Satellite, Shops for Two New Ones

With over N144 billion ($362 million) spent on its building and more on the construction of ground station infrastructure, the country’s communications satellite is still idle in the ongoing switchover from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) broadcasting. The reason: there is no backup to...

Buhari’ll Resend $30bn Loan Request to Senate, Says Minister

President Muhammadu Buhari will resubmit the request for his administration to borrow $29.96bn from external sources to the Senate despite the setback the borrowing plan suffered at the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to...

No Swap Deals In Release of 21 Chibok Girls- FG

….As FG begins rehabilitation processes The release of 21 Chibok Girls by the Boko Haram through tacit negotiations did not involve any swap deals, either monetary or exchange of detained members of the deadly sect, the Federal Government has said. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja shortly...

FG Says No Decision Yet on Sale of National Assets

...Approves new bill to develop water sector The Federal Executive Council (FEC) is yet to take a decision on whether to resort to the sale of national assets to bail the economy out of recession. Answering questions from State House correspondents at the conclusion of yesterday’s...

Why There Will Be no Dialogue with Shekau on Chibok girls, by Military

• Says he’s mentally unstable, dismisses latest video • Troops kill 22 B’Haram members, four soldiers slain Efforts by the Federal Government to hold talks with Boko Haram on release of the abducted Chibok girls might have hit a brick wall. President Muhammadu Buhari had recently invited...