Tag: Federal Government
FG approves N40bn loan for Lagos State Govt.
The Federal Government has approved a N40 billion loan facility for Lagos State Government for the development of infrastructure and…
Just Before The Proposed HND/B.Sc Parity
By Steven Anu’ Adesemoye The news of the inauguration of a committee by the Federal Government to bridge the gap…
Clark Asks FG To Revoke Tompolo, Dokubo’s Contracts
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to revoke the multi-billion naira…
FG invests N1.6trn on 600 public enterprises – BPE
Benjamin Dikki, Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), said the Federal Government invested N1.6 trillion to create 600…
FG Asks Court To Sack Defected Lawmakers
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja The federal government through the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke SAN,…
FG’s N200bn Nollywood fund boosts movie production
The Association of Movie Producers in Nigeria (AMP) said on Monday that the Federal Government’s N200 billion Nollywood intervention fund…
APC To FG: Account For Huge Monthly Allocations
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the Federal Government to account for the huge budgetary allocation it receives monthly…
Increase tax on tobacco products – Union tells FG
The Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN), in collaboration with the Nigerian Tobacco Control Research Group, on Saturday,…
Nigerian doctors issue strike warning
Nigeria health sector is set for fresh crisis as the National Association of Resident Doctors(NARD) on Tuesday indicated its intention…
Nigerians must unite with FG against terrorism – Maku
Labaran Maku, Minister of Information, on Sunday in Abuja called on Nigerians to stand united with the Federal Government in…
Long-term foreign help needed to stop Boko Haram
Nigeria needs foreign help to defeat Boko Haram, a senior intelligence source told AFP on Friday, as the country’s top…
FG extends east-west road by 23 kilometres
The Federal Government has added 23 kilometres to the 338-kilometre East-West dual-carriage way. The road, originally billed to terminate in…
Jos Blast: FG to settle victims’ medical bills
The Federal Government has pledged to bear the hospital bills of victims of Tuesday’s twin bomb explosions in Jos. A…
Boko Haram should dialogue with FG – Akume
Former Governor of Benue, Senator George Akume, has appealed to the members of the Boko Haram sect to drop their…
National Confab, Revenue Allocation And Lagos Special Status
By Tayo Ogunbiyi & Tope Ojo Before a selected group of Nigerians came together in Abuja to discuss salient issues…
No Plan To Jack Up Fuel Price, Says Jonathan
Eromosele Ebhomele & with agency report President Goodluck Jonathan said in Abuja on Sunday that the Federal Government had no…
Free Those Schoolgirls
It is over one week since over 200 school girls were taken hostage by Boko Haram, yet all we hear…
Musiliu Obanikoro Endangers The Nigerian Army
By Joe Igbokwe The only reason why the former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, former President of Georgia,…
ASUP Strike: Wike Is Distracted, Says Asomugha
National President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP Chibuzo Asomugha, has stated that the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyeson Wike,…
Time To Seek Alternative Power Sources
Despite the ongoing reforms in the electricity sector, power supply is yet to improve. The distribution companies (Discos) in particular…
Nigeria moves against tobacco firms with new law
Nigeria’s federal government signified its intention to tighten the noose on tobacco companies operating in Nigeria with the proposal for…
GDP Rebasing: Raise Per Capita Income, World Bank Tells FG
The World Bank has urged the Federal Government to strive to raise its citizens’ per capita income to justify the…
NHRC’s Verdict On Extra-Judicial Killing
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, hit the bull’s eye when it declared Monday that eight squatters killed in Abuja…
FG commercialises NTA; rejects merger of EFCC and ICPC
The Federal Government has rejected the recommendation for the merger of EFCC, ICPC and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).…
Judge Orders FG To Pay Sanusi N50m Damages
Akin Kuponiyi Reprieve came the way of suspended Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Thursday, as a Federal High Court…
Privatisation Of Refineries: Need To Follow Due Process
Since the idea of privatising the refineries in the country was mooted, it has been generating serious debates. Many are…
FG Stops Fashola’s Housing Project With Soldiers
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Federal Government has stopped the Ilubirin Foreshore Housing Project being embarked upon by Governor Babatunde Fashola. Governor…
End Polytechnic Strike, Parents Beg FG
Some concerned parents in Abakaliki have appealed to the Federal Government to end the protracted strike by the academic staff…
FG sets up committee to handle NIS recruitment
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the composition and mandate of the Special Presidential Committee to assist in re-staging the aborted…
Sanusi Spent Money Recklessly, FG Insists
Akin Kuponiyi The Federal Government on Friday told a Federal High Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, that the tenure of…