Tag: Federal Government
Nigeria’s Education Sector In Limbo
Fifty-two years after independence, Nigeria’s education sector seems to be moving backward and plans by the Federal Government to hike…
Flooded Lokoja-Abuja road to be re-opened
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government has ordered the opening of identified bye- passes along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway to give reprieve…
SWF: Court Gives Further Room For Settlement
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The case instituted at the Supreme Court by Nigeria’s 36 states challenging the legality of the…
Nigeria off budget target
With three months left for the expiration of 2012, and another budget proposal due in less than two weeks, Nigeria…
Nigerian governors to sue FG over deductions from account
The Nigeria Governors` Forum (NGF) has said it would return to court to challenge the Federal Government ‘s deductions from…
FG plans to boost cocoa output
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday announced plans to increase cocoa production as parts of its effort to restore the country’s…
States, Federal governments share $1 billion oil money
The Federal, states and local governments on Wednesday shared one billion dollars from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) “to execute…
Nigeria plans N5 trillion budget 2013
Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved a draft budget of N4.929 trillion for the 2013 fiscal year. This was announced by…
Doctors issue strike notice over Lagos colleagues
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to prevail on the Lagos…
Special court for election violence
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja To tackle the problems of violence before, during and after elections in the country, the Federal Government on…
Reps Member Cautions NUPENG On Strike
Peter Akpatasson, a member of the Federal House of Representatives, has called for dialogue between the Federal Government (FG) and…
Atiku Urges Boko Haram leaders to step out for talks
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has urged members of the Boko Haram to seize the opportunity offered for dialogue with the…
Consumers Want FG To Regulate Food Prices
Some consumers across states have urged the Federal Government to establish a price regulatory agency to regulate the prices of…
Now Our Suffering Begins
The sudden removal of the subsidy on premium motor spirit, also known as petrol, by the Petroleum Product Pricing and…
Fight Terrorists Now, Says Oritsejafor
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ayo Oritsejafor, has called on the Federal Government to muster needed…
Give Palliatives Before Fuel Subsidy Removal, FG Told
The Progressive Action Congress (PAC) has urged the Federal Government to provide palliatives before the removal of fuel subsidy. In…
“We Will Fight Corruption To A Standstill” – FG
The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to fight corruption to ensure the success of its transformation programme and restore…
NASSI Tasks FG On Farm Produce Storage
The Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), has called on the Federal Government to design effective storage facilities to…
Osu Asks FG To Punish Ex-Tollgates’ Operators
The Director of Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, Monsignor Gabriel Osu, on Monday, urged the Federal Government to fish out…
Govt Urged To Address Security Problem
NLC President, Abdulwaheed Omar, on Monday in Kaduna called on the Federal Government to urgently resolve the country’s security challenges.…
FG, Achebe And National Honours
Again, Professor Chinua Achebe, Nigerian world acclaimed literary genius, has rejected the offer of a national honour from the federal…
Handing Over Of Bakassi Illegal —Senator-Elect
Basking in his recent victory to the Senate, Prince Bassey Otu, the member representing Odukpani/Calabar Municipality in the House of…
Lagos, FG Head For Showdown Over Tax Slash
The Lagos State and Federal governments are heading for a showdown over plans by the Federal Government to slash the…
Be Patient With INEC, Ribadu Urges Nigerians
Some Nigerians have called on the Federal Government to declare a public holiday to enable civil servants register in the…
Congestion At Ikoyi Passport Office Blamed On Decrepit Machines
The endless queues of applicants seeking to acquire Nigerian passports at the Ikoyi Passport Office, Lagos, have been blamed on…
FG Begins Winding Up Of PHCN
There are strong indications that the Federal Government has commenced the final winding up of the Power Holding Company of…
FG’s Harebrained Decision To Close Schools
The President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government has taken a decision that could cause incalculable damage to our already flaccid educational…
2011: Prophet Abiara Calls For Adequate Security
General Evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide, Prophet (Dr.) S. K. Abiara, has called on the Federal Government to…
FG Earmarks N5bn For Rural Agriculture
The Federal Government has earmarked N5.1 billion for the development of agriculture in rural areas in 12 states in the…
Rape In Kano: Justice Minister RAPS Police
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Rap Mohammed Bello Adoke, has rapped the Police authority for…