Tag: Federal Government
FG to offer skills training to 1000 women IDPs
The Federal Government has concluded plans to offer skills training to 1,000 women displaced by conflicts in the country, Minister…
Fear grips FAAN workers as FG sacks GMs, directors
There was palpable anxiety at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Wednesday over the alleged sack and demotion…
FG to register poor, vulnerable persons
The Federal Government is to open a register for the poor and vulnerable persons, Hajia Maryam Uwais, Special Adviser to…
FG floats N25bn loan scheme for transportation
The Federal Government has set up N25 billion revolving loan scheme for transport companies in the country to access funds…
Build more technical institutions, Eleganza boss tells FG
The Chairman of Eleganza Group of Companies, Alhaji Abdulrasaq Okoya, has appealed to the Federal Government to build more technical…
FG replies critics of “Change Begins with Me’’ campaign
The Federal Government says the implementation of the national reorientation campaign “Change Begins with Me’’ started from the leadership, contrary…
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Nigeria sues Agip, Total for $635m over undeclared cargoes
Cash strapped Nigeria’s Federal Government is demanding $635 million from two multinational oil companies, Agip and Total for undeclared crude…
Ex-minister forfeits N4.8b Abuja houses to FG
Detectives have been deployed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, in the ongoing probe of former Minister of Petroleum…
FG owes Egbin Power Station N86bn
Mr Dallas Peavey, the Chief Executive Officer, Egbin Power Plc, has said that the company is highly constrained by more…
FG dismisses report on importation of ‘poisonous’ rice
The Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja dismissed social media reports linking it and Dangote group with a plan to…
FG to launch “Change Begins with Me” campaign
In a bid to entrench the values of accountability, integrity and inculcate positive attitudinal change in Nigerians, the Federal Government…
ASUU decries reduction of budgetary allocation to education
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried the reduction of the Federal Government’s allocation to the education sector…
FG to reintroduce civic, hygiene education in schools
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the Federal Government may reintroduce civic and hygiene education in primary…
FG launches rail transportation of livestock
The Federal Government on Thursday said an annual trade value of N850 billion to N950 billion was expected to be…
Federal Govt reinstates 91 sacked cocoa research institute staff
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Federal Government has reinstated 91 staff of the Cocoa Research Institute, CRIN, unjustifiably sacked in 2004 by…
FG to create 758,500 jobs through agriculture
The Federal Government says it will create jobs for over 758,500 youths across the country under the Youth Employment in…
FG to replicate RUFIN programme nationwide
The Federal Government has expressed its determination to replicate the Rural Institution Building Programme across the country. Mr Appeh Auta,…
At last, Niger Delta Avengers agree to dialogue
At last, the militant Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) have agreed to dialogue with the federal government to resolve the lingering…
Niger Delta Avengers to dialogue with FG- Agiri
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has collectively and willingly agreed to dialogue with the Federal Government to resolve the lingering…
FG bans PTA levies in Unity colleges
The Federal Government has banned the collection of development levies by Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) in the 104 unity colleges across…
FG releases N420m to revitalise health centres nationwide
The Federal Government has released N420 million to each of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to revitalise…
Prison break: Kogi governor insists on FG investigation
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has asked the Federal Government to set up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate…
Govt reminds workers of no-work-no-pay rule
With workers of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) set for a fresh strike over the non-payment of April and May…
Austerity Measures: Buhari bans conference bags, T-shirts at workshops
The Federal Government has banned the procurement and distribution of conference bags, T-shirts and other souvenirs at events such as…
FG, militants dialogue useless without Ijaw leaders – Clark
The Ijaw national leader Chief Edwin Clark said on Saturday that any dialogue between the Federal Government and militants in…
14 companies partners FG on $1.75bn solar power project
The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja signed a Front-Runner Solar Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) worth 1.75 billion dollars with…
Arms scandal report not doctored – FG
The Federal Government has said there is no truth in the insinuation that the report of the Presidential Committee on…
FG reviews cost profiles of revenue generating agencies
The Federal Government said on Thursday that it had commenced the review of the cost profile of all its revenue…
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FG, oil workers’ meeting ends in deadlock
The meeting between the Federal Government and oil workers unions in Abuja on Monday ended in deadlock and would continue…
Bombing of oil installations in Niger Delta to end soon- NSCDC Boss
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said on Thursday that the dialogue approach adopted by the Federal Government…