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Favour Ishember, Abuja The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr Nyesom Wike, has sounded the alarm about the intricate security and health challenges facing Abuja, stressing the need for coordinated national support to effectively address them. While defending the FCT’s budget before Senators in Abuja at the National Assembly Complex,Wike highlighted the territory’s

Karen Singh | Published 4 weeks ago Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi stated that while there may be a decline in HIV testing following the funding cuts by the United States’ President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Pepfar), the country’s HIV/Aids programme is not collapsing. This comes after Reuters reported this week that data from

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The building safety minister has said “all possible options” are being looked at to help the trouble-hit Building Safety Regulator ( BSR ) fulfil its functions, and has met with developers to hear their concerns. Alex Norris said his department acknowledged that delays to high-rise projects were being caused by problems in processing planning applications

Minister of state for employment Alison McGovern MP A government minister has urged construction firms to get involved with an expanded initiative aimed at tackling youth unemployment via funded training. Employment minister Alison McGovern said a revamped recruitment programme – the Sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) – is being scaled up to help address a

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to implementing continuous reforms to improve business operations in Nigeria. Mr Tunji-Ojo made this assurance while addressing journalists on Tuesday in Lagos after a closed-door interactive session with representatives from the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) and other stakeholders from the private sector.

 Jumoke Oduwole, minister for industry, trade and investment, says President Bola Tinubu’s foreign trips have accumulated $50.8 billion in proposed investments. Oduwole spoke on Tuesday during the ministerial press briefing held in Abuja. The minister, citing statistics that Nigeria’s economy needs about $50 billion to be steady in terms of foreign exchange (FX), said the

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Economy and Planning, Faisal Al-Ibrahim Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Economy and Planning, Faisal Al-Ibrahim, stated that investments in Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure sector are expected to reach nearly $1 trillion by 2030, Saudi Gazette reported. Such expectation is based on clear economic objectives and long-term private-sector strategies. Speaking at the Public Investment