Tag: Federal Government
FG, Boko Haram And The Sanctity Of Life
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The concept of the sanctity of life is anchored on the sacred nature of life, and the…
APC urges FG to say truth about fuel scarcity
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the federal government to level up with Nigerians on the reasons for the…
Fashola To FG: Where Is $20b Oil Money?
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has called on the Federal Government to immediately tell the nation what…
ASUU And FG’s Insincerity
On 3 December, 2013, while the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, was biting hard on students…
ASUU: FG foot-dragging on executing MOU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed concern over what it called foot-dragging in the implementation of the…
ASUP to discuss FG’s proposal
Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has expressed dissatisfaction with the Federal Government’s proposal to the union. ASUP President…
Supreme Court orders Mohammed Abacha’s trial for theft
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme court in a unanimous decision Friday morning ordered Mohammed Abacha, son of late former…
Nigeria to issue N90bn bonds next week
Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) says it will on 15 January auction N90 billion worth of Federal Government bonds which…
Niger Delta ex-militants to gulp N63b in new budget
Nigeria’s Federal Government will spend N63.28 billion on Niger Delta former militants in 2014, figures in the new budget reveal.…
Budgets: States Should Be Transparent
A budget expresses strategic plans of business units, organizations, activities or events in measurable terms. It is an important concept…
Odi people protest over unpaid N38b compensation
The people of Odi in Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa, on Friday protested against the against non-payment of N37.6billion…
FGN-ASUU Agreement 2013
The FGN-ASUU agreement brokered by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress. Please download the three-page document here.…
Lingering ASUU Crisis
By Fola Lawal It is now five good months that the crisis between ASUU and the Federal Government has refused…
Nigeria approves $1.3 billion Deep Sea Port project
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s federal government on Wednesday formally approved the construction of a Deep Sea port in Lekki, Lagos Stae…
ASUU: FG Orders Varsities Open
The Federal Government has directed vice-chancellors of all Federal universities currently on strike to immediately re-open for academic and allied…
Boko Haram: FG charges Deeper Life Church attackers
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday filed a six count charge against suspected Boko Haram member, Mr.…
Nigeria consoles families of slain polio vaccinators with cash gifts
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigeria’s government has donated N3 million each to family members of the 10 health workers that were assassinated…
Lagos urges FG declare emergency in transportation
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has asked Nigeria’s Federal Government to declare a national emergency on the state of…
PHCN Workers Threaten Showdown
Thousands of disengaged workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, have threatened a showdown with the Federal Government,…
Nigerian Government Deaf And Dumb —ASUU
Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has condemned the attitude of the Federal Government towards the strike action embarked…
FG Launches $150m World Bank Education Project
The Federal Government on Friday launched the State Education Programme Investment Project (SEPIP) with Ekiti, Anambra and Bauchi as the…
Tuesday, Wednesday declared Sallah holiday
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday declared October 15 and October 16 as public holiday to commemorate the muslim festival of…
Outrage Over Ban On Tokunbo Cars
Nigerians have decried the Federal Government’s ban on the importation of fairly used cars, popularly known as tokunbo cars, into…
Lawyer Sues FG, ASUU Over Strike
A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Daniel Onwe, has dragged the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, before…
Atiku carpets FG over threats to arrest dissenters
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticized the silence of the government over the rumors and threats of certain members…
Strike: NUT Gives FG, ASUU 2 Weeks Ultimatum
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Thursday gave a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff…
FG Declares Free Treatment For Dog Bite Victims
The Federal Government has declared free treatment in all tertiary hospitals in the country for dog bite victims, the Minister…
FG to buy 30 buses for Federal civil servants
The Nigeria federal government on Wednesday approved the purchase of 30 33-seater buses for transportation of civil servants in the…
FG delays funds to states, says Governor Amosun
An indication that Nigeria’s Federal Government may be having financial stress, despite denials, has been given by Governor Ibikunle Amosun…
Outrage Over Presidency’s N682m Gold Plated iPhones
Criticisms have continued to trail the alleged order for 53 gold-plated iPhones 5S mobile handsets by the Federal Government of…