Tag: FG
FG to auction N150bn bonds on Jan. 30
The Debt Management Office (DMO) says the Federal Government is to auction by subscription N150 billion worth of bonds on…
FG introduces new initiative to grow revenue
The Federal Government on Wednesday introduced the Strategic Revenue Growth Initiative to generate more revenues to finance national development.
FG plans to devalue Naira by April – Adebutu
A sitting House of Representatives, member, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, has alleged that the Federal Government under the leadership of President…
Ekiti monarch hails FG for TraderMoni initiative
The Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, has commended the the Federal Government for empowering common people through…
Strike: NANS appeals to FG to fulfill agreements reached with ASUU
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has appealed to the Federal Government to fulfill agreements reached with the Academic…
FG approves 4 new private universities
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja approved the establishment of four new private universities in Kaduna, Oyo,…
Federal Govt meets Organised Labour again on Wednesday over minimum wage
The Federal Government says the meeting with the Organised Labour to prevent the threat of national industrial action over non…
ASUU set to call off strike after reaching agreement with Federal Govt
Barely last minute change, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is set to call off its lingering strike after…
ASUU to continue dialogue with Federal Govt
The Federal Government and leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are set to continue their negotiation today.
We’re not aware of Federal Govt’s payment of N15.89bn to universities – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has not been briefed on the alleged payment of N15.89 billion…
Nationwide strike: FG to meet Labour over minimum wage Friday
The Federal Government says it will meet with Organised Labour to prevent the threat of national industrial action over non…
SERAP drags Nigerian Govt to UN over failure to end ASUU strike
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an urgent appeal to two UN special rapporteurs, urging them to…
FG to mobilise additional security in Zamfara – Dambazau
The Minister of Interior, Lt.- Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), has assured Nigerians of the Federal Government’s readiness to deploy additional…
Strike: ASUU may not honour further calls by FG – National President
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it may not honour further calls by Federal Government for a meeting…
FG Sukuk bond oversubscribed, receives N132bn for N100bn offer
The Federal Government received over N132 billion subscriptions from 2,073 investors for its N100 billion 7-year 15.74 per cent Sukuk…
Minimum wage: Discard Dec. 31 ultimatum, FG tells Labour
The Federal Government has enjoined the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to discard the Dec. 31 ultimatum issued over lingering disagreement…
Labour gives FG Dec. 31 ultimatum to submit minimum wage report to NASS
The organised labour on Thursday said that the Federal Government has before or on Dec. 31 to send the tripartite…
FG declares Dec 25, 26, Jan 1 public holidays
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th December 2018 and Tuesday Jan. 1, 2019, as public holidays to…
Alleged exam malpractice: FG re-arraigns Adeleke
The Federal Government on Tuesday, re-arraigned Sen. Ademola Adeleke on seven counts amended charges on examination malpractice.
Sure-P: 159 employees drag FG, PLSG to court over unpaid N400m salaries, allowances
Employees under the SURE-P programme, on Monday, dragged the Federal and Plateau Governments before a National Industrial Court sitting in…
Gridlock: Apapa residents, business owners issues 21-day ultimatum to Lagos, FG
Residents and business owners in Apapa area of Lagos have issued a 21-day ultimatum to Federal and Lagos State Governments…
Don’t divert social investment money for campaign, NGO warns FG
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has been warned not to divert the money meant for its Social Investment Programmes…
Your candidate will be defeated roundly in 2019, FG tells Obasanjo
The Federal Government says though it is the constitutional right of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo to support a candidate…
FG issues N100bn sovereign sukuk at 15.7%
The Federal Government has begun the sale of its second tranche 7-year N100 billion sovereign sukuk, the Debt Management Office…
No end in sight: FG, ASUU meeting deadlock again
The meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ended without any conclusion on Tuesday.
FG makes u-turn on no-work-no-pay policy for striking Varsity lecturers
The The Nigeria’s Federal Government on Monday officially made a u-turn on no-work-no-pay policy for striking academic staff of public…
N800b subsidy debt: Fuel scarcity looms as marketers give Govt 7-day ultimatum
Oil marketers on Sunday in Lagos gave the Federal Government seven-day ultimatum to settle outstanding debts totalling N800 billion, failing…
Oil producing states: Stop robbing ‘Peter to pay Paul,’ Akiolu tells FG
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, on Friday called on the Federal Government to stop robbing 'Peter to pay Paul'…
FG declares war on ASUU, orders VCs to enforce no work, no pay rule
The Federal Government has directed Vice Chancellors of the striking public universities and inter-varsity centers in Nigeria to enforce the…
Digital Switch Over: ICPC goofed, FG must investigate
The furore generated by the allegations of ICPC against the Director General, DG of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and…