Tag: FG
Eid-Fitri : FG declares Tuesday, Wednesday public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, June 4 and Wednesday, June 5, as public holidays to mark the Muslim Eid-Fitri…
Photos: FG redeems house pledge to Westerhof after 25 years
The Federal Government on Monday redeemed its pledge to provide a house for Mr Clemence Westerhof, the Technical Adviser that…
FG to release N30bn for digital switch over process – NBC
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says the Federal Government is working on releasing N30 billion to boost the process of…
Oyo, FG fine-tune agreement on proposed N35.9bn Ibadan Inland Dry Port
The Oyo State and the Federal Governments have fine-tuned agreement on the proposed $99,665,626 (N35.9b) Ibadan Inland Dry Port, which…
Tradermoni: FG begins payment of N15,000 to traders
Lanre Babalola Millions of Nigerian petty traders who benefited from the N10,000 tradermoni of the Federal government are in for…
We have credible evidence on plan by PDP to subvert Buhari’s govt – FG
The Federal Government says it has ‘credible evidence” to back up its outcry that the opposition is planning to “sabotage…
British Firm offers FG olive branch over contract dispute
Nigeria stands to lose up to $9 billion worth of its foreign assets following an enforcement application to US and…
Atiku, PDP sabotaging Buhari’s govt
The Federal Government has condemned the increasingly `unpatriotic and desperate’ opposition politics being played by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Nigeria’s unemployment rate to reach 33.5% by 2020 – FG
The Federal Government on Thursday said Nigeria unemployment rate will hit 33.5 per cent by 2020.
Drug trafficking: Zainab Aliyu regains freedom in Saudi Arabia
The Federal Government has secured the release of a Nigerian student, Zainab Habibu, who was detained in Saudi on suspicion…
Federal Govt to develop patients’ safety guide – Adewole
The federal government says it has concluded plans to develop National Patients' Safety Guide.
Atiku to FG: These killings, impunity must stop
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last election, Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal…
End abuse of police powers now, NGIJ urges FG, police boss
The Nigerian Guild of Investigative Journalists, NGIJ has expressed sadness over the re-occurrence of extra-judicial killings by security agencies most…
FG to begin payment of N10.3 bn debt to Agro-dealers this week
The Federal Government will this week commence the payment of the N10.3 billion debt owed Agro-dealers in the country, Alhaji…
Court orders forfeiture of properties linked to Alison-Madueke to FG
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office has secured the interim forfeiture of property linked to a…
Federal Govt offers 2, 3 year savings bonds at 11.27%, 12.27% for April
The Federal Government has offered for subscription two-year savings bond at 11.27 per cent and three-year savings bond at 12.27…
Tinubu to Federal Govt: Stop planned increase in VAT now
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Thursday called on the Federal Government to…
Amaechi Inspects Seme-Krake Joint Border Post in Cotonou
The Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, has inspected the Seme-Krake Joint Border Post (JBP) of Nigeria and the Republic of…
FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N619.85bn as revenues for February
The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris, on Wednesday said the Federal Government shared N619.85 billion, as revenue…
Federal Govt urged to reduce export cost
The Airfreight Stakeholders Forum (ASF) has appealed to the Federal Government to reduce the cost of doing businesses in Nigeria…
Federal Govt cautioned against VAT increment
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on Thursday said the proposed VAT rate increment was unfriendly to the manufacturing sector.…
Stop paying lip service to water provision, FG urges states
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu on Thursday urged state governments to priotitise access to provision of…
FG approves N27.4bn for victims of conflicts, insecurity, flooding
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N27.4 billion as intervention funds for states affected by conflicts, insecurity and…
Why FG must revive cotton farming in Nigeria – KADCCIMA
The Kaduna State Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA) says increasing cotton farming is the first step towards…
Where FG’s diversification effort is yielding most – Perm Sec
Mr Sunday Edet-Akpan, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, says Federal Government’s efforts at diversifying the economy…
FG, UN sign MoU on HIV/AIDS
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on how to decisively…
Health sector: FG battles $10bn annual infrastructure deficit
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Mr Abdullahi Mashi, said that the country’s health sector has an annual deficit…
FG constitutes policies, projects audit c’ttee
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the constitution of the Policies, Programmes and Projects Audit Committee. Mr Olusegun Adekunle, the Permanent…
Polls: FG orders closure of borders
The Minister of Interior Lt.-Gen. (retd) Abdulrahman Dambazau has ordered the closure of borders for the Saturday Governorship and State…
FG hails Usman for winning welterweight UFC belt
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has congratulated US-based Nigerian kick-boxer, Kamaru Usman,…