ASUU protest, reiterate call for implementation of agreements with FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reiterated its call on the Federal Government to implement the nine demands…
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Senate urges FG to rehabilitate displaced Omala communities in Kogi East
The Nigerian Senate has adopted a resolution for the rehabilitation of displaced communities in Omala Local Government Council in Kogi…
It’s time to stop financial indiscipline—Peter Obi rebukes FG
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has expressed concern over what he described as the fiscal…
FG congratulates NCC’s Ibietan, other newly elected APRA executives
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has felicitated the newly elected Executive Council of the African Public…
PRP cautions FG against tampering with workers’ savings
The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, has expressed shock at the Federal Government’s announcement to borrow from the pension fund. The…
FG to reconstitute governing councils of universities – NUC
The acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Chris Maiyaki, says the Federal Government is working to reconstitute the…
FG expresses readiness to partner states to bring growth, development to citizens
President Bola Tinubu has assured of the preparedness of the Federal Government to partner with states to bring growth and…
Court dismisses suit seeking to stop FG from securitising N23tn Ways and Means loan
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit seeking to stop the Federal Government from securitising the sum…
FG to upgrade 50 secondary schools
The Federal Government has commenced the upgrading of 50 selected senior secondary schools across the country. Dr Iyela Ajayi, the…
FG, states owing March, April workers’ wage award – TUC
The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has decried the delay by federal and state governments in paying the workers’ wage award…
Ex-NSCDC boss warns FG against merging corps with police
A retired Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Desmond Agu, has warned against moves to convince…
Don’t give admission to candidates less than 18 years – FG warns tertiary institutions
The Federal Government has ordered that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates less than 18 years.…
700 megawatts Zungeru power plant starts testing
Testing has commenced on the 700 megawatts Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Plant ahead of the evaluation of electricity from the facility…
Nigerian Govt launches card for payment, other social services
The Nigerian Federal Government, through the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN…
FG decries penchant for imported products, urges Nigerians to review habit
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji has decried the penchant for imported products, calling on Nigerians to…
FG sets up committee to oversee well-being, health of civil servants
The Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, OHCSF, has inaugurated a 12-member committee for the…
Again, Nigerian govt threatens to deal with fake degree holders
The Federal Government has once again said security agencies will go after individuals with fake university certificates in the country.…
Democracy: Kebbi Gov harps on synergy between FG, states
Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State has said that there is a need for stronger synergy between the federal and…
Recruit more police, security personnel, to combat kidnapping – Group tells FG
Disturbed by the increasing rate of kidnappings in the country, a group under the aegis of the Muslim Media Watch…
Alleged writing of Tribunal judgment: FG begins trial of Victor Ibezim
The Federal Government has opened the trial of a blogger, Victor Ibezim, who alleged that former Works and Housing Minister,…
FG appoints CMDs for FMC Jabi, Yenagoa
The Federal Government has approved the appointment of Chief Medical Directors for Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, and…
Expert warns Nigerian govt against borrowing to finance recurrent expenditure
Secretary of Council to the American Chartered Institute of Management and Leadership, Prof Asiwaju Busari Akande has warned the federal…
Kidnappings: Establish Safe School Response Center — FG tells state governments
The Federal Government has urged state governors to set up Safe School Response Coordination Centres to forestall attacks and kidnappings…
Delta farmers angry over distribution of FG grain palliatives
Farmers in Delta State have protested the distribution of the federal government’s grain palliatives. The farmers hail from Burutu and…
Nigerian govt announces 80 standards for CNG vehicles, others
The Nigerian government has announced 80 new standards that should be strictly adhered to by operators of Compressed Natural Gas…
FG calls for capital punishment on those bypassing metres, vandalising installations
In the face of declining electricity supply nationwide, the federal government has called for capital punishment against anyone involved in…
Accepting grains from Ukraine doesn’t make Nigeria failure – FG to Peter Obi
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has admitted that President Bola Tinubu is having some challenges.…
Tinubu removed subsidy going into ‘private pocket,’ FG still paying for fuel – Yuguda
Former Bauchi State Governor, Isa Yuguda, has said President Bola Tinubu removed the subsidy going into private pockets and not…
Nigerian law enforcement agencies empowered with data centres to tackle insecurity
The Data Collection and Registration Centre, DACORE, set up by the federal government as the epicentre for data collection to…
Direct fuel subsidy savings to real sector – MAN tells FG
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has called on the federal and state governments to direct savings from the fuel…
Support local producers to grow naira – Manufacturers to FG
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, has asked the Federal Government to support local producers to further strengthen the economy and…
Hardship: Nigerian Govt to issue Executive Order to check escalating increase in drug prices
The Nigerian Government is to issue an Executive Order to check the escalating rise in the price of drugs in…
FG, IOM evacuate 147 irregular Nigerian migrants stranded in Libya
The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), successfully repatriated another batch of 147 irregular Nigerian…
FG opens analytical research lab in Yola
The Federal Government has opened an analytical laboratory of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research for the North East zone.…
Nigerian Govt vows to tackle proliferation of fake degree certificates
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has affirmed his administration’s determination to tackle the proliferation of fake degree certificates. This is as…
Nigerian govt directs sealed medicine stores in Kano to relocate
The Federal Government has directed the owners of 1, 321 medicine stores sealed in Kano to relocate to the Coordinated…
Alleged N30bn disbursement: Explain details to Nigerians – Peter Obi tells FG
Mr Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, has asked the Federal Government to reveal details of the alleged disbursement…
Hardship: Nigerian Govt stops exportation of cooking gas
The Federal government has halted cooking gas exportation in a bid to lower the price of the commodity in the…
Soludo denies buying tractors with FG’s palliative funds to cushion hardship
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has denied allegations that he bought some tractors using palliative funds provided by the…
FG taking steps to ameliorate rising cost of staple foods – Information Minister
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris has said the Federal Government is aware of the rising cost…
Insecurity: Ohanaeze backs state police, lauds FG, governors
Apex lgbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, has lauded the Federal Government and state governors for agreeing to the establishment…
Nigerian Govt’ll address Nurses, Midwives concerns – Presidency
The Special Adviser to the President on health, Dr Salma Anas-Kolo, has expressed the Federal Government’s commitment to addressing the…
‘We’ll engage FG to revitalise Delta ports’ – Oborevwori
Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has promised his administration will engage relevant federal government authorities for the revitalisation of all…
FG, Delta Govt disagree over Bedesiegha bridge rehabilitation
The federal and Delta state governments have drawn a battle line over the rehabilitation of the failed Bedesiegha bridge, along…
FG appoints acting Rector for Federal Polytechnic Oko
The Federal Government has appointed Mr Uche Onyegbu as the Acting Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra. This was…
Address economic hardship, insecurity – PRP tells FG
The People’s Redemption Party, PRP, has called on the Federal Government to tackle the economic hardship and worsening security challenges…
FG moves to tackle rising cases of rape, sexual harassment, others in Nigerian schools
The Nigerian Government has initiated moves to effectively tackle rising cases of rape and other forms of gender based violence…
88.4m people in Nigeria living in extreme poverty – FG
The Permanent Secretary, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Temitope Fadeshemi, says 88.4 million people in Nigeria…
Expedite action on whistleblower bill to check corruption – Centre to Nigerian Govt
The Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (CeFTIW) has called on the National Assembly to expedite action and ensure…
FG to complete National Data Fusion Centre for information sharing on insecurity
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to complete the National Data Fusion Centre, NDFC, to enable security agencies to…