After years of delay, the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, the National Board for Technical Education, and polytechnic stakeholders, endorsed the establishment of a National Polytechnics Commission on Wednesday to enhance academic standards in these institutions. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sani Gwarzo, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education, … Read more
The Federal Government has anticipated receiving roughly $1 billion from the export of leather goods by 2025, according to Prof. Mohammed Yakubu, Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST). Eko Hot Blog reports that he claimed that this year, Nigerian exports of leather goods totalled $800 million. EDITOR’S … Read more
The Federal Government has paid S496m in final settlement of Ajaokuta contractual dispute EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government and a foreign investor, Global Steel Group, have resolved their long-running legal dispute over the Ajaokuta Steel Mill and associated businesses, according to Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Justice Minister Abubakar Malami. … Read more
The Federal Government has launched public projects’ tracking websites EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government yesterday launched the Presidential Delivery Tracks (PDT) and Central Delivery Coordinating Unit (CDCU) websites to track government projects across the country. The move was meant to improve public projects’ monitoring. EDITOR’S PICK JUST IN: … Read more
Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami has revealed the federal government stand on Ekweremadu’s court case EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government declared Wednesday that it would not get involved in the current trial being held by a London court against a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu EDITOR’S PICK Petrol Subsidy … Read more
The Federal Government, yesterday, revoked the operating license granted Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, for Oil Mining Lease 11, in Ogoni land and transferred the operatorship of the assets to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and its upstream subsidiary, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC. In a letter dated, March 1, 2019, with Reference … Read more