Tag: FG
Minimum wage: Court orders FG, labour to submit report on negotiations
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, in Abuja, has ordered both the Federal Government and the organised labour to submit…
Nigerian Govt committed to reducing housing deficit – Minister
Malam Suleiman Zarma, the Minister of State II for Power, Works and Housing, says the Federal Government is committed to…
Google restates commitment to digitally connect Nigerians
Google, a Search Engine company, on Thursday, commended the efforts of Federal Government through the National Information Technology Development Agency…
Minimum Wage: FG clarifies President Buhari’s position on Ama Pepple’s Report
The Federal Government says President Muhammadu Buhari will study the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National…
USDA goofed on Nigeria’s rice importation – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has dismissed reports by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Market and Trade indicating an…
$55m crude oil shipment: Nigeria closes case in suit against Agip
The Federal Government (FG) on Tuesday closed its case at a Federal High Court Lagos, in a 55 million dollars…
Nigerian Govt to improve remuneration for teachers, other workers
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that a comprehensive policy for improved remuneration for teachers and all public servants is being…
SDGs: Delta wants Nigerian Govt to pay N600m counterpart fund
Delta Government has called on Federal Government to pay its counterpart fund for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals…
$55m Crude Oil shipment: FG closes case in suit against Agip
The Federal Government (FG) on Tuesday closed its case at a Federal High Court Lagos, in a 55 million dollars…
UATH hails Labour, Nigerian Govt over strike suspension
The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) Gwagwalada, Abuja, has commended the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for suspending its proposed…
Nigerian Govt feeds pupils with 6m eggs, 594 cows weekly
Mrs Maryam Uwais, Special Adviser to the president on National Social Welfare Programme on Monday says Federal Government feeds pupils…
FG, Labour lock in emergency meeting to avert strike
The meeting of the tripartite committee on new minimum wage is currently ongoing in Abuja to avert Tuesday's nationwide strike…
FG, Labour must work together to avert nationwide strike – Saraki
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has appealed to both the Federal Government and the leadership of…
Nigerian Govt urged to install tremor detective in mining sites
Alhaji Sani Shehu, the President, Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN), has appealed to the Federal Government to install sensors that…
Labour insists on strike on Tuesday, shuns meeting with FG
The Organised Labour on Sunday shunned a meeting called by the Federal Government as part of efforts to stop the nationwide…
FG will no longer bear cost of service charge for TSA payments – AGF
Henceforth, the Federal Government will no longer bear the service charge cost on all payments to its Ministries, Departments and…
Nigerian Govt reassures safe release of Leah Sharibu
The Federal Government on Thursday reassured Nigerians that it was doing its best to ensure safe release of Leah Sharibu,…
Nigerian Govt to pay N71bn outstanding counterpart fund to UBEC
The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, has said that the Federal Government would pay N71.29…
Electricity workers, CSOs to FG: Don’t renew BEDC operational licence
Members of the Edo State Civil Organisations and National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), have demanded that the Federal Government…
Nigerian Govt urged to review power contract agreements
Some stakeholders in the power sector have urged the Federal Government to review the power contracts agreement with the owners…
Nigerian Govt urges governors to use ecological funds judiciously
The Federal Government on Wednesday urged state governments to judiciously use ecological funds to complement its efforts in addressing the…
Minimum Wage: FG can’t accept governors’ N22,500 offer
Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, on Wednesday said the Federal Government cannot accept the N22,500 minimum…
NLC stages protest over FG’s ‘No Work No Pay’
The President of the Joint Public Negotiating Council Comrade, Abdulrafiu Adeniji on Tuesday led a protest over the federal government's…
Boko Haram: FG releases report on alleged deplorable condition of troops
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja released a report on investigation into alleged deplorable conditions of the troops involved…
Nigerian Govt has no plan to review pump price – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has no plan to review pump prices of petroleum products, especially Premium…
FG, States yet to agree on new Minimum Wage
The Federal Government and State governors are yet to agree on a common figure as the minimum wage.
FG’s unpaid N650bn subsidy arrears is affecting our operations – Marketers
Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) on Sunday said the unpaid subsidy arrears of over N650 billion by the…
FG tasks logistics institute on Lagos port gridlock
The Federal Government on Sunday tasked the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Nigeria (CILTN) to evolve practicable solutions to…
FG involves miners in N5bn intervention fund
The Miners Association of Nigeria says the Federal Government has agreed to involve its executives in the disbursement of the…
Gas: FG will boost production by 3.4bn standard cubic feet in 2020 – Kachikwu
The Federal Government would deliver about 3.4 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day to bridge the medium-term supply…