Tag: Federal Government
Sokoto State Govt. diversifies, trains 79 local miners
In line with Federal Government diversification policy and in order to boost employment opportunity among the youths, Sokoto state government…
Federal Govt arraigns IGP accuser, Senator Isah Misau in court
The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja, the senator…
Federal government ordered to pay N18m to 3 women for violation of rights
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ordered the Nigerian government to pay 18 million Naira as compensation to three…
Federal Govt Denies Alleged Injection of Monkey Pox Virus
The Federal Government has described as fake and sinister the report that the outbreak of Monkey Pox in some parts…
Agricultural job creation programme for youths to begins soon – Emefiele
The Federal Government has commenced steps to ensure quick commencement of the Federal Government’s agricultural initiative to provide jobs for…
Deziani: Federal Government advised to follow due process
A member of the National Assembly, Sen. Stella Oduah, has urged the Federal Government to follow due process in investigating…
Federal Govt Targets 2.5% Economic Growth By 2018
With Nigeria’s economy out of recession, the Federal Government is now targeting 2.5 per cent economic growth by the last…
ASUU to suspend strike after reaching agreement with govt
Worried students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria can now heave a sigh of relief as the striking university lecturers have…
Save our lives, resolve doctors’ demands, patients urge Federal Govt
Some patients affected by the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the resident doctors across the country have appealed to…
Diezani Alison-Madueke loses N7.6bn loot finally to Federal Govt
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the final forfeiture of a sum of N7,646,700,000 loot by a former…
Pensioners to smile soon
The Acting Director-General of National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar, on Wednesday said the Federal Government had begun modalities…
Federal Govt, States, LGs share N652b in July
A total of N652 billion was shared among the Federal Government, States and Local Governments in July, the Accountant General…
Oyakhilome decries delay in payment of pension
Mr Fidelis Oyakhilome, the President of Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (ARPON), on Friday urged the Federal Government…
United Nations commends Nigeria on SDGs
Efforts of the Federal Government to effectively domesticate and implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) got a big boost in…
Reps urge Nigerian Government to improve healthcare service in prisons
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Federal Government to provide quality healthcare services for prison inmates across the…
Federal Government And The Abuja Airport
The announcement by the Minister of State for Aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika, that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in…
FG Clears N54 Billion Pension Backlog
Concerned about the plight of pensioners who retired under the Contributory Pension Scheme without being paid, the Federal Government has…
Tax evasion: FG goes after Nigerian billionaires
The Federal Government says it will soon clampdown on Nigerian millionaires and billionaires who evade payment of tax.
Civil Servants Threaten To Shut Down Buhari Govt Over Unpaid Allowances
Public Servants under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) have threatened to shut down the…
Pay-off all workers before concession – Railway union
Mr Huseini Abdul, the Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Railway Workers, Northern District has appealed to the Federal Government to…
Ghost Workers: FG wants BVN in MFB to verify 27,000 police salary accounts
The Federal Government has charged the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to extend the Bank Verification Number (BVN) to account…
Fashola Frustrating Construction Of Lagos Airport Road – Ambode
Ambode on Wednesday lamented that Fashola is frustrating the state government’s plan to reconstruct the Murtala Muhammed International, MMI, Airport…
Stay away from US for now , FG warns Nigerians
The Federal Government has warned Nigerians who have no compelling or urgent reason to travel to the US to postpone…
FG targets 30,000 mega watts by 2030
Committed to creating the enabling environment to promote investment in the Nigerian energy sector, the FG, with the support of…
Evacuate Nigerians in South Africa, TUC urges FG
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to put modalities in place to evacuate Nigerians…
FG evacuates 41 Nigerian girls from Mali, arrests 6 suspected human traffickers
The Federal Government on Monday evacuated 41 Nigerian girls who were trafficked to Mali for forced labour and sexual exploitation.
Ex-Customs Boss, Dikko, Loses 17 Exotic Vehicles to FG
Justice S.M Shuaibu of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna on Friday gave an interim order, forfeiting the seventeen…
Diversion of N388.304bn Loan: SERAP Asks FG To Prosecute States
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government to go to court over the alleged diversion of…
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Terrorists plan to attack banks, prisons, FG alerts Nigerians
The Federal Government has alerted Nigerians to the plan by a Boko Haram affiliate, Muslim Brotherhood Cell in Kogi State,…
FG holds Town Hall meeting for North-Central Feb. 6
The Federal Government will on February 6 hold a Town Hall meeting in Ilorin for stakeholders in the North-Central. The…