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Highlight of the Oronsaye report and recommendations The Federal Executive Council (FEC) led by President Bola Tinubu on Monday, February 26, 2024, directed that the recommendations of the Steve Oronsaye panel on the restructuring and rationalization of Federal agencies, parastatals and commissions should be fully implemented. The panel was set up by the administration of … Read more

Twelve years after The Steve Oronsaye Panel submitted its report on restructuring and rationalizing Federal government parastatal and agencies aimed at cutting down on the cost of governance in Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu gave a nod to the implementation of the report on Monday, February 26, 2024. A committee that will execute the report has been … Read more

Osun State has begun the digitized issuance of state and local government certificates of origin. The announcement was made by Governor Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, in an update about what his administration is doing in the area of Ease of Doing Business. With this development, it is now easy for Osun State … Read more

The decision by Nigeria’s apex bank to relocate five of its departments from Abuja to Lagos in the middle of January 2024 sparked considerable uproar. Some Northern politicians and groups went so far as to threaten that such a move could have political implications for President Bola Tinubu’s second-term ambition. An internal memo obtained by … Read more

Nigeria has produced 25 Ministers of Health since the formation of the first cabinet in 1957 to present. From the appointment of Chief Ayo Rosiji as Nigeria’s first Minister of Health to the incumbent Muhammed Ali Pate, Nigeria’s Ministry of Health is headed by health practitioners except in a few cases when a pharmacist, teacher, … Read more

Every year, billions of Naira find their way from Nigeria’s government accounts into personal accounts of senior officials of Federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). Most of the transactions have vague descriptions, for instance, in a transaction to one Ayodele Elizabeth, the description was not specific, it only says, “…allowances to the Hon Minister”. The name of … Read more

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) unveiled its revamped e-auction platform on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, for interested Nigerians to place bid on the available seized goods. It says italigns with its efficiency and fairness strategic move in the newly enacted Nigeria Customs Service Act, 2023. Auctioning is a way of decongesting the Nigerian ports and warehouses across the country. … Read more