Tag: Federal Government
JUST IN: FG declares Friday, Monday public holiday for Eid el-Fitr
Aregbesola called on all Muslims to imbibe and practice the virtues of kindness, love, tolerance, peace, self-denial, sacrifice and good…
FG must take measures to address massacre of 134 people in Benue – Peter Obi
More than 134 people have been gruesomely murdered by Fulani herdsmen in the villages in Benue State in the last…
151 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya
According to Musa, the evacuees who included 71 female, 54 male, 14 children and 13 infants are expected to arrive…
Nigeria reports 12.9 million cyber attacks during presidential election
According to the minister, 6.9 million attacks were reported on election day alone.
Ekiti joins states suing FG, CBN over Naira crisis
The statement said the suit, with the number SC/CV/162/2023, had Attorneys General of Kaduna State, Kogi State and Zamfara State…
Naira redesign: Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara battle FG at Supreme Court
The Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) redesign Naira policy has been causing chaos in the country with the masses suffering…
Sylva wrong, government should fix prices of petroleum products – Falana
However, contrary to the Chief Sylva's claim, the Federal Government is legally obligated by the combined effect of section 4…
FG drops important information on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
This led the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Umar Bakare, to suspend work and supervise the removal…
FG frustrating development efforts of state govts – Edo deputy governor
Philip Shaibu said federal government policies have been frustrating efforts of the state government to provide regular power supply to…
MDAs owes FG N5.2 trillion
According to him, the debt came to the spotlight from data aggregated from ongoing debt aggregation efforts from more than…
Group cautions FG against removal of sex education from curriculum
NFF insists that the Minister and NERDC should in the interest of Nigeria and its Public health, quickly reverse the…
Pro-rata salaries: FG treating us like casual workers – ASUU
The union stated that it suspended its eight-month strike on 14th October 2022, in obedience to the order of the…
Court orders FG to pay N500m to Nnamdi Kanu, return him to Kenya
Justice E . N Anyadike, who presided the case stated that the extradition of Kanu from Kenya without recourse to…
JUST IN: Kanu sues FG, seeks release from detention, N100bn compensation
The Court of Appeal, discharged Mazi Nnamdi Kanu of the charges brought against him and consequently, prohibits the FGN from…
There are gains in FG, States, and Private Sector synergy – Osinbajo
Effective collaboration between Federal and State Governments with the private sector is a sure catalyst for boosting economic growth, economic…
Breaking: Appeal Court acquits, discharges Nnamdi Kanu of terrorism charges
According to the court, laws were meant to be obeyed and that the Federal Government had no reason to have…
Anambra Govt says flood impact monumental, seeks FG’s help
Dr Onyekachukwu Ibezim, Anambra Deputy Governor, said this while crying out that the ongoing flooding in parts of the state…
Digital infrastructure critical for growing Nigeria’s digital economy
Stakeholders in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are, however, concerned over issues that may obstruct the projected growth.
Battle begins in suit by FG to use court to end ASUU strike
The federal government, by way of referral is praying the court to order ASUU to resume academic activities, amongst other…
Lagos announces diversion on Kara Bridge as FG begins repair of expansion joint
This is in reference to the notification received from the Federal Ministry of Works on the ongoing reconstruction works along…
JUST IN: Court rejects FG’s request to extradite Abba Kyari to U.S.
The US government had requested for Kyari’s extradition to face trial before the court where Hushpuppi had already been convicted…
FG succumbs to bandits, orders closure of unity colleges
Nigerian government on Monday ordered closure of all Federal Government Colleges (FGCs) in Abuja following security threats by bandits who…
Petrol price remains N165 per litre – FG insists
Ukoha said the conflict between Russia and Ukraine had led to an increment in the cost of Automotive Gas Oil…
ASUU strike: Senate will bring back FG/ASUU to negotiation table – Lawan
Responding, the Senate President expressed unhappiness about the turn of events, recalling that the Senate had intervened in the FG-ASUU…
Senate to Buhari: Send fighter jets to flush out terrorists from hideouts
The lawmaker recalled that, “on Sunday, 31st January, 2022, gunmen struck Ruwan Godiya a Community in Faskari Local Government Area…
Why FG refused to release Nnamdi Kanu – IPOB
Emma Powerful, IPOB's spokesman, in a statement said the group was aware that the Federal Government had been lobbying the…
Breaking: FG suspends planned petrol subsidy removal
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, had planned a nationwide protest on the planned subsidy removal on 27 January.
Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer slams new charge as joke taken too far
The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), in the amended charge, increased the counts against Kanu from seven…
FG pays N16.67bn accrued pension rights
Tthe federal government had earlier settled all arrears of accrued pension rights payments to the verified and enrolled retirees up…
Court stops FG from deducting $418M from 36 states’ accounts
Lawyer Okutekpa argued that the states were not party to any contract resulting in such debts. “That is why we…