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President Tinubu Presides Over 18th FEC Meeting at Aso Villa

President Bola Tinubu is presiding over the 18th Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Aso Chambers of the State House in Abuja. This marks the first FEC session in six weeks, following the President’s recent diplomatic engagements in Equatorial Guinea, China, and the United Kingdom. The meeting commenced at 12:25 p.m. with only 21 […]

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BREAKING: Tinubu Presides Over FEC Meeting at Aso Villa

President Bola Tinubu is currently leading a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Attending the meeting alongside the ministers are Vice President Kashim Shettima, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) George Akume, Chief of Staff to the President Femi Gbajabiamila, National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, and Head […]

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BREAKING: Federal Govt Assigns Special Duties to Six State Governors

The Federal Government, through the National Economic Council (NEC), has approved the appointment of six state governors as members of the Board of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC). The appointed governors represent each of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and hail from Borno, Katsina, Imo, Ekiti, Kwara, and Akwa Ibom States. In […]

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Cabinet Meeting: FEC Set to Receive Minimum Wage Report Tuesday

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) is expected to receive the report of the Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage on Tuesday, barring any changes. This report follows the committee’s meeting on June 7, 2024, where the federal government proposed a minimum wage of ₦62,000, causing a split with the Organised Labour, which is demanding ₦250,000. Organised […]

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FEC: Fed Govt Approves 30-Day Implementation Of MoU With Labor

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) granted approval on Wednesday for a 30-day implementation plan of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Federal Government and Organized Labor. In addition, the government is taking measures to prevent external interference in union activities by outside entities. This development followed a meeting between the Minister of Labour and […]

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FEC Meetings Will Now Hold Every Monday – President Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has approved the conduct of the federal executive council (FEC) weekly meeting to be held every Monday. The weekly FEC meeting which is presided over by the president and attended by cabinet members as well as other top aides to the president is always held every Wednesday. Mohammed Idris, minister of information […]

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Delay In FEC Meetings Raises Concerns About Governance Under Tinubu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has yet to reconvene the Federal Executive Council (FEC) 44 days after the inaugural cabinet session on August 28, prompting questions about its potential impact on governance in Nigeria. The Federal Executive Council, chaired by the president, plays a crucial role as the cabinet of the Federal Government of Nigeria, functioning […]

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Withdrawal Of Resignation Letters By Former Ministers Is Illegal

At the last Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari directed all Ministers and other political appointees who aspire to contest for elective offices in the 2023 General Elections to resign their appointments. In compliance with the directive, nine Ministers resigned their appointments. The nine former Ministers are Rotimi Amaechi, […]

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JUST IN: Nine Ministers Seeking 2023 Elective Positions Resign

Nine ministers seeking elective positions in the 2023 elections have tendered their resignations. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, after a valedictory held for the outgoing members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the State House in Abuja. He said that ten ministers in total are leaving. Nine […]

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Probe Buhari’s Super Rich Ministers Now, PDP Charges EFCC

Reacting to what it called ‘belated’ sack of ministers in Buhari’s cabinet yesterday, the South West People’s Democratic Party, PDP has called on the anti-graft agency, the EFCC to probe the source of stupendous wealth of the disgraced ministers immediately. The charge was contained in a press statement signed by the Zonal Publicity Secretary of […]