Tag: Federal Government
FG acquires equipment to fight insurgents
The Federal Government has purchased new equipment to strengthen the capability of Nigerian military and security agents in the fight…
Empowering Nigerians our top priority – FG
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Emeka Wogu, on Tuesday said the empowerment of Nigerians in an equitable manner remained…
FG approves N25bn for project implementation in 250 LGAs
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) says the Federal Government has approved N25 billion in 250 Local Government Areas (LGAs) for…
FG Asks Southern States to stop registration of Northerners
The Federal Government has directed states, especially in the Southern part of the country to stop any planned registration of…
Is Boko Haram Gaining The Upperhand?
An unchallenged attack by Boko Haram on Friday in Damboa, which left over 100 people dead and sacked scores from…
Ezekwesili released by SSS, travels abroad
Oby Ezekwesili, #BringBackOurGirls campaigner who was detained by the State Security Service (SSS) early Monday has been released and was…
Maternity leave: Emulate Lagos, Odumakin tells FG, states
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, has urged the Federal Government and other states to emulate Lagos…
Fashola visits Apapa again, decries FGs insensitivity
In a bid to find a lasting solution to the traffic gridlock in Apapa as a result of fuel and…
FG to assist victims’ of Edo flood disaster
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Saturday promised Federal Government’s financial assistance to victims’ of Sunday’s flood disaster in…
Boost electricity supply, FG tells power companies
The Federal Government has urged private power firms to explore the use of embedded power generation to boost power supply,…
FG explains purpose of 1b dollar loan
The Federal Government has clarified that the one billion dollar loan it is seeking is not only to prosecute the…
Lawyers justify JUSUN strike, tell govt. to obey court order
Lawyers in the FCT said on Thursday that the ongoing strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) was…
NAFDAC Ordered To Pay FG N1.4b
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) on Wednesday directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to…
FG appeals to NMA to suspend strike
The ministers of health, employment, labour and productivity in Abuja on Monday appealed to the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to…
FG sets up Boko Haram Victims Support Fund
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Government on Monday announced the constitution of a Committee on Victims Support Fund “to mobilise resources…
The Fate Of Indigent OAU Students
Since last month, Nigeria’s premier tertiary institution, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, was shut following a protest by students…
Light Rail Project: Lawyer sues FG
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Wednesday 9 July fixed 16 July for ruling in a suit filed by…
FG to battle smuggling, cross border crimes
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it would take comprehensive action against smuggling and other cross-border crimes. Labaran Maku, Minister…
FG’s Letter: Striking doctors to meet Monday
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) would meet Monday to discuss over the letter it received from the Federal Government over…
Sanusi Withdraws Law Suit Against Jonathan
The Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Lamido Sanusi, has dropped the suit…
OAU students seek FG intervention over shut down
The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Students’ Union on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to direct the management of the…
APC Raises The Alarm Over Threat To Amaechi’s Life
Okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt The All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Chapter, has strongly condemned the reported threat to the life…
‘Blame FG For Power Failure’
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Public Accounts (State), Bolaji Yusuf Ayinla, has…
Revise automotive policy, Tokunbo dealers beg FG
Chief Sunday Akibo, founder and former President, United Berger Motor Dealer Association, on Tuesday said the new automotive policy would…
FG develops 30-year infrastructure Master plan
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday considered the final draft of the National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan (NIIMP) meant…
SURE-P to spend N268.37bn on infrastructure
The Federal Government would spend N268.37 billion on infrastructure in the country in 2014 under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment…
FG releases N200bn as capital vote
The Federal Government in Abuja on Thursday announced the release of N200 billion for the execution of capital projects for…
Time To End ASUP Strike
Almost one year after the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, went on strike to press home their demands for…
Students Appeal To FG On ASUP Demands
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government to attend to the demands of…
Jigawa gets 6 rice trading centers
The Jigawa chapter of the Rice Dealers Association of Nigeria, on Friday, said it had concluded arrangements to establish six…