Tag: Federal Government
Boko Haram: Roadblock To Amnesty
Boko Haram rejects offer of amnesty by the Federal Government, sticking a pin into the balloon of optimism that its…
Amnesty To Boko Haram?
Nigerians were jolted last Thursday when Abubakar Shekau, the purported leader of Boko Haram in an audio message rejected the…
FG Frustrating Apapa Regeneration Plan —Lagos
The Lagos State Government, southwest Nigeria, has accused the Federal Government of frustrating plans to regenerate Apapa, saying that the…
Why Jonathan Is After Me —Gov Amaechi
Embattled Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has broken his silence and disclosed that President Goodluck Jonathan is witch-hunting him because…
Mixed Reactions Trail Scrapping Of NECO
Parents and students on Wednesday expressed mixed feelings on the alleged scrapping of the National Examination Council (NECO). The Federal…
No Going Back On Oil Subsidy Removal —Jonathan
The President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government has restated its plan to fully deregulate the downstream oil sector, despite the aversion…
Sending The Wrong Signal Against Corruption
The presidential pardon announced for some ex-convicts by the Federal Government on Tuesday has, as usual, elicited various reactions from…
Federal Court Workers On Strike
All federal courts in Nigeria were shut down on Monday following the expiration of a 21-day ultimatum issued the Federal…
Oliha: I’m still waiting for house gift 19 years after
Thompson Oliha, a former Super Eagles midfielder, on Saturday appealed to the Federal Government to fulfill its promise to the…
Senator, FG Disagree Over 3rd Mainland Bridge
Senator Gbenga Ashafa, the lawmaker representing Lagos East Senatorial District and the Federal Government have disagreed over the condition of…
Amnesty Slams Nigerian Police Over Secret Killings
Amnesty International, AI, has slammed the Nigeria Police and the Federal Government over extra-judicial killings in the country, reports the…
NANS Urges FG To Ban Sale Of Handouts
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Kwara Chapter, on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to ban the sale…
Politics Of Nigeria’s Federal Roads
By Ademola Adegbamigbe From the look of things, the Federal Government has a lot on its plate with regard to…
Builder In Nigeria’s Black Book
The Federal Government on Wednesday blacklisted a construction company, EC Oba Industrial Company Limited, over the collapsed Naval Quarters at…
Abdulsalami urges dialogue with Boko Haram
A former Nigerian leader, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Saturday called on the government to engage in dialogue with the Boko…
A plea for seriously-ill Nollywood girl, Ngozi Nwosu
A Nigerian Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, popularly known as ‘Andy’, has urged the Federal Government to assist actress, Ngozi Nwosu,…
TUC backs FG’s plan to buy planes
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has backed the Federal Government’s plan to acquire 30 aircraft to boost domestic…
Nigeria set to buy planes for domestic airlines
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced government’s plan to buy 30 aircraft as part of its plans…
Nigeria needs $3.2billion to pay PHCN workers
Nigeria’s Federal government needs about N500 billion, more than $3billion to pay the full entitlements of electricity workers, to be…
Nigeria launches Lagos-Kano train service
The Federal Government on Friday in Lagos inaugurated the Nigeria Railway Corporation’s Lagos-Kano intercity passenger train services and haulage of…
Recognition For Elvis Chucks
Film director and producer, Elvis Chuks, is the winner of the Nigerian Integrity Film Award, which recently in Lagos. The…
Nigeria To Remain In International Timber Market
The Federal Government will fulfill all necessary protocols to ensure that Nigeria remain in the international timber market, a government…
SSANU Threatens Indefinite Strike
National Vice-President, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Western Zone, Mr Alfred Jimoh, said the union might embark on…
FG, Lagos Sign MOU On Lekki Deep Sea Port
Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s Federal and Lagos State Governments have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) for the construction of a…
FG Committed To Polio Eradication
Minister of State for health, Ali Pate, said in Sokoto on Sunday that the Federal Government was fully committed to…
UN Organ Tasks FG On Slum Development
The youth wing of the United Nation’s City Agency (UN Habitat) has urged the Federal Government to provide social amenities…
Falana To FG: Obey Rule Of Law To Ensure Peace
A Human Rights Activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has advised the Federal Government to embrace the rule of law rather…
Anger Over Loan Burden
The National Assembly raises the red flag over excessive borrowing by states and the federal government With an accumulated debt…
Dangerous and lucrative—The gold rush in Nigeria’s Zamfara
BAGEGA,Zamfara state, Nigeria — Neighboring a hillside laced with gold, parents in this remote village live with an impossible choice:…
No To Increase In Petrol Price
Just like it did at the beginning of this year when it increased the pump price of premium motor spirit…