Aluta News The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says Nigerians will have to pay for the new multipurpose national Identity card due to limited government revenue. The Head of Card Management Services at NIMC, Dr Peter Iwegbu, said this at a two-day roundtable organised for journalists in Lagos. He saidContinue Reading
Aluta News Gov. Muhammed Bago of Niger says the five billion dollars Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Niger Foods and Uttam Sucrotech International Ltd. will transform the economy of the state. Bago said this during the signing of the MoU by the Niger Foods and Uttam Sucrotech InternationalContinue Reading
Aluta News Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has registered 11,000 traders and artisans in Apo Mechanic Village for relocation to the permanent site in Wasa District, Abuja. Chief Felix Obuah, Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), stated this during a meeting with stakeholders in Abuja on Thursday. Obuah explained thatContinue Reading
Aluta News The Osun Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it has arrested 645 persons for drug offences and secured 127 convictions. The State Commandant, Mr Nnadi Chidi, made this known on Thursday during his address at a workshop on Drug Abuse Prevention organised for OsunContinue Reading
Aluta News Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf of Kano State has handed over 76 minors discharged and acquitted by a Federal High Court in Abuja to their parents in Kano. The teenagers had been detained in connection with the EndBadGovernance protests in August 2024. Handing over the minors on Thursday at MuhammadContinue Reading
Aluta News The National Economic Council (NEC), on Thursday ratified the Board of Directors of the Nigeria Sovereign Wealth Investment Authority (NSIA). The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Abubakar Bagudu, made this known while briefing newsmen at the end of NEC chaired by the Vice-President Kashim Shettima, atContinue Reading
Aluta News The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared N1.411 trillion among the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils (LGCs) for October. This is according to a communiqué from FAAC made available by Mr Bawa Mokwa, the Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant-General of theContinue Reading
Aluta News The Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area, Enugu State, Dr Eric Odo, has faulted negative online media reports on his recent appointment of Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) on Agriculture to boost food production. Odo told newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday that the appointment of SSAs on Agriculture, specificallyContinue Reading
Aluta News Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo has launched the construction of first flyover bridge at Ramat Park, Benin, as part of immediate efforts to reduce traffic congestion in the city. Performing the ground-breaking ceremony on Tuesday, Okpebholo said his administration would also construct two more flyover bridges at DawsonContinue Reading
Aluta News The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has approved the implementation of N70 national minimum wage for workers of the FCT Administration. The acting Head of Civil Service in the FCT, Mrs Grace Adayilo, who announced this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday,Continue Reading
