Tag: Federal Government
Electricity Tariff Increase
The Federal Government recently announced that it will increase electricity tariffs every year. Under the Multi-Year Tariff Order, MYTO, regime,…
Declare State Of Emergency In Varsities —Aturu
The Federal Government should shut all universities in Nigeria and declare a state of emergency to avoid a total collapse…
FG Should Meet ASUU’s Demands
As the ongoing strike that has paralysed academic activities in the nation’s public universities enters day 60, there is urgent…
Nigeria orders underwater inspection of Lagos bridge
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday approved a N290.745 million contract for a comprehensive underwater inspection of the state…
Nigeria Targets 750k Jobs In Agriculture
The federal government has targeted to generate a total of 750,000 job through the proposed ‘Nagropreneur programme’ that would be…
Nigeria to commission 7 power plants, approves 5 roads
The Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, said on Wednesday that seven power plants and 150 new sub-stations built across…
UI, OAU To Award Degrees In Trado Medicine Practice
The Federal Government has certified some federal universities to award degree certificates in traditional medicine practice. The National President, National…
ASUU Strike: No Retreat, No Surrender —President
Ahead of today’s meeting with the Federal Government, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge,…
ASUU Strike: 45 Days After…
When the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, declared a nationwide strike on 2 July, 2013 to press home their…
Parents Urge FG To End ASUU Strike
The founder, National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN), Alhaji Babs Animasaun, on behalf of parents, has urged the Federal Government…
ASUU Strike: One Too Many
Once again, the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, and the Federal Government have reached an impasse as the…
ASUU, Federal Government for talks Monday
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, will meet on Monday with ASUU to…
Much Ado About Oil Theft
All the cacophony about oil theft in the Niger Delta and the setting up of a panel to probe the…
Ex-Eagles Want NFF Board Sacked
Some ex-internationals Wednesday at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos staged a peaceful protest asking the Federal Government and the National…
Varsity Students Appeal To FG To Settle With ASUU
Students of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), have appealed to the Federal Government to settle its differences with the Academic Staff…
Doctors Begin Warning Strike
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday embarked on a warning strike over poor funding of residency training…
FG Urged To Support Drug War
The Federal Government should support the war against drug trafficking in Nigeria by providing more funding for the National Drug…
Providing Employment Through Skill Acquisition
By Babatunde Adegunju Until adequate skill acquisition programmes for youths complement the Federal Government’s efforts in the area of employment…
Amaechi vows to lead protest against Police chief, FG
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers State has vowed that he is just waiting for an…
Senate Considers Proposal To Rename UNILAG
The Senate has given a hint that it would consider a proposal by the federal government to rename the University…
‘FG Must Compensate Boko Haram Victims’
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has called on the Federal Government to set up machinery for compensating the victims…
Still On The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Last year, when the Federal Government terminated the concessionary agreement it entered with Bi-Courtney Limited (the Concessionaire)…
FG Releases N1bn To Revive Adult Education
Mr Nyeson Wike, the Minister of State for Education, on Tuesday said the Federal Government has released N1 billion as…
Profligacy Unlimited
A report of the Senate Committee on Public Accounts reveals how the Federal Government has since 2002 doled out over…
Alleged Forgery: FG trims counts against journalists
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Federal government on Tuesday intensified effort in the trial of Leadership newspapers’ journalists as it…
FG Has Not Scrapped JAMB, NECO —Wike
The Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, said on Thursday that the Federal Government had not scrapped the…
NBA, Others Back 10-Year Jail Term For Pension Thieves
Some prominent lawyers on Thursday backed the proposal by the Federal Government to enact a law with a provision of…
Muslim Women Cry Out Over MEND’s Threat
Muslim women have cried out to Nigeria’s Federal Government to put security measures in place to protect the lives of…
Stop Oil Theft Now!
The rising incidence of oil theft, pipeline vandalism and other economic sabotage undermining oil production in the Niger Delta betray…
Failed Peace Efforts
Past and present efforts to reconcile Boko Haram with the Federal Government remain a mirage Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in…