Subsidy removal: Hardship bites harder as Nigerians await palliatives
Six months after the Federal Government announced the removal of fuel subsidy, the hardship occasioned by that decision is yet…
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FG will be strategic in harnessing energy from each region – Minister, Adelabu
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu said the federal government will be strategic in harnessing the energy peculiar to each…
FG promotes 32,361 paramilitary personnel
The Board of Immigration, Civil Defence, Fire and Correctional Services has approved the promotion of 32,361 personnel from the four…
FG unveils plans for comprehensive reform of NTA, FRCN
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said the Federal Government would implement transformative reforms aimed at restoring…
FG to increase pensions next year
Pensioners may get a raise in their pensions next year, according to the National Salaries, Incomes, and Wages Commission (NSIWC).…
FG promises 1m low-cost houses for poor Nigerians
The Federal Government has said its Renewed Hope Shelter Programme will provide one million low-cost housing units for the vulnerable…
Declare emergency on failed federal road in Anambra – CLO urges FG
The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency in Anambra State over…
Withheld salaries: Uncertainty as ASUU rejects FG’s offer
There is no respite in sight for university workers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who…
‘It’s treasonable’ – FG on allegation of warders colluding with Boko Haram
The Federal Government has described as treasonable claims that prison warders were collaborating with terrorists. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi…
Abbas tasks FG, engineers on synergy for development
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has called for synergy between the government and professional engineers in…
FG frees 37 prison inmates in Rivers
The Federal government through the Ministry of Interior, on Tuesday, freed 37 inmates from the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Custodial…
FG to install N3.23bn explosive, narcotic detection devices in 5 airports
Challenges associated with delays at the nation’s airport terminals may have compelled the Federal Executive Council on Monday to approve…
FG proposes N27trillion budget for 2024
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday, ratified a budgetary proposal of N27 trillion as tentative expenditure for 2024. Barring…
FG to unveil blueprint for rollout of Digital Switch Over – Minister
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday said that the Federal Government would soon unveil a…
Wheat farming: FG warns against selling, diversion of dry season inputs
The Federal Government has warned farmers against selling or diversion of 2023 dry season farming inputs. Minister of Agriculture and…
Invest in policies, strategies to end gender-based violence in Nigeria – NCWS tells FG
The President of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), Hajia Lami Adamu Lau, has appealed to the federal government…
North East govs commence regional meeting, ask FG for rail lines
Governors of the North East states have commenced their regional meeting in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, asking the Federal…
FG to support 250,000 wheat farmers in dry season farming program
The Federal Government is to support between 150,000 to 250,000 farmers with 50 per cent input subsidy to cultivate between…
FG promises contractors fast payment for waste services
The Federal Government has promised waste contractors fast payment for trash services to promote optimal service delivery in the Federal…
Amend Nigerian Constitution to accommodate youths in leadership – Kogi Activist to FG
A renowned activist in Kogi State, Idris Abdul Miliki has called for the amendment of the Nigeria constitution to allow…
FG begins fresh legal frameworks to tame cybercrime
The Federal Government has kick-started the Legal Framework on Cybercrime to combat the evolving challenges occasioned by the menace. The…
Reps vow to investigate N62bn FG HIV/AIDS intervention funds
The House of Representatives has vowed to investigate the utilisation and impact of the N62 billion federal government intervention funds…
FG unveils portal for startup registration
The Federal Government has launched the Startup Support and Engagement Portal. The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr…
FG insists on total reform of Nigeria’s justice system
The Federal Government on Wednesday vowed to ensure the total reformation of the country’s criminal justice system. The Attorney General…
Illegal miners warned to vacate sites as FG revokes 1,633 mining licences
A Coalition of 40 civil society organizations have cautioned those engaged in illegal mining in Nigeria to vacate their sites.…
Shettima reiterates FG’s commitment to welfare of fallen heroes’ families
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to the welfare of the Armed Forces, including the families of…
FG endorses establishment of crèches at markets, workplaces
The Federal Government has endorsed the establishment of crèches at markets and workplaces nationwide to optimise working mothers’ productivity and…
FG revokes 1,633 mining licenses
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, has revoked 1,633 minerals titles previously given to non-complying mining…
Women vital in the quest for economic recovery – FG
The Federal Government has reiterated the importance of women to the growth of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), insisting…
FG collaborating with states to develop vital sectors – Minister
The Federal Government on Monday assured that it is collaborating with states to enhance capacity in the mobilisation of domestic…
40% IGR deduction: SSUCOEN commends FG for cancelling policy
The Senior Staff Union in Colleges of Education, Nigeria (SSUCOEN), has commended the Federal Government for canceling the policy for…
FG resolves passport production crisis in US
The Federal Government has resolved the passport production crisis in the United States. The country’s three Missions in the US…
FG shortlists 18 directors for promotion as Permanent Secretaries
The Federal Government has shortlisted 18 directors in the federal Civil Service for the next stage in the recruitment of…
40% IGR policy: ‘It’s gratifying FG reversed itself’ – Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, has commended the…
‘Develop national soil information system to avoid hunger’- Don warns FG
A professor of Soil Survey and Land Evaluation, Gabriel Akinboye Oluwatosin, has called on the federal government and other stakeholders…
Subsidy removal: FG yet to commence payment of N75,000 palliatives despite receiving $299m World Bank loan
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government has yet to kickstart payment of N75,000 to vulnerable Nigerians, despite the World Bank confirming…
Senate urges FG to upgrade eastern rail line
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to upgrade the eastern rail line from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri, from narrow…
Strike: We’ve shocked FG – Organised labour
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) have said that their decision to embark on a nationwide…
FG Inaugurates Committee on Salt, Kaolin production
The Federal Government has inaugurated a 10- man committee to strengthen the mechanism for full scale and industrial production of…
Nigeria to create jobs with transition into renewable energy – FG
The federal government has stated that the country will create 340,000 jobs with a transition to renewable energy by 2030…
40% IGR remittance: Exclude us or parents will bear consequences – COEASU tells FG
Workers under the umbrella of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, have urged the Federal Government to exclude…
FG vows to probe DisCos’ license extension
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has vowed to investigate the five-year licence extension for the country’s 11 Distribution Companies,…
We’re focusing on alternative sources of generation to improve power – FG
The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, says the Federal Government plans to focus on an alternate source of generation…
FG can’t move citizens out of poverty without empowering women – NSA Ribadu
The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has said the Federal Government is implementing special measures to integrate women into…
Senate probes lopsidedness in recruitments, deployments by FG
The Senate on Tuesday mandated its Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters to carry out a holistic investigation into…
CLO tackles FG, Akwa Ibom govt over delay in release of kidnapped Corp members
The Civil Liberties Organization, CLO, Akwa Ibom State has expressed reservations over efforts by the Federal and Akwa Ibom State…
Nigerians to track implementation of FG projects – Mohammed Idris
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has said Nigerians will soon be able to monitor and track…
Oyebanji restates call on FG to immortalize late Col Adekunle Fajuyi
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has again called on the Federal Government to immortalize a former Military Governor of…
Death of Toddler: Senate urges FG to conduct risk assessment of schools’ infrastructure
The Nigerian Senate on Monday adopted a resolution asking the Federal and State Ministries of Education to immediately conduct a…
Benue govt, FG to partner in building homes to settle displaced indigenes
Benue State Governor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia has said his administration is working in partnership with the Federal Government to…