Tag: FG
Nigerian Govt offers 2 savings bonds at 10.48%, 11.48%
The Federal Government on Monday offered for subscription a two-year savings bond at 10.48 per cent and a three-year savings…
Nigerian Govt restates commitment on youth development
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lia Mohammed has restated the commitment of the Federal Government to create the…
Nigeria to reconsider 500% tariff on local beverages
The Federal Government would reconsider the 500 per cent tariff on local beverages, Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and…
ASUU tells Nigerian Govt to review security architecture
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has told the Federal Government to urgently review the security architecture of the…
Nigerian Govt urged to focus on renewable technology
Dr Samuel Adjogbe, Executive Director of Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has called on the federal government and states…
Monarch calls on govt to declare Aug. 20 traditional day
A Traditional Ruler, Oba Kamila Isiba, has urged the Federal Government to declare Aug. 20 annually traditional festival day to…
2nd Niger bridge: Nigerian Govt committed to early completion – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says Federal Government is committed to early completion of the ongoing…
Codeine ban has strengthen our operations – NDLEA
The National Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Command in the FCT says the Federal Government ban on codeine cough syrup and…
Psychiatrist tells Nigeria: Codeine, Tramadol ban not enough
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital (FNPHY), Yaba, Lagos, has taken mental health education to the Ojuelegba…
Nigerian Govt pledges 100℅ air safety implementation
The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has pledged that the Federal Government would ensure full implementation of…
Nigerian Govt urged to establish case management system
The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO), has appealed to the Federal Government to establish a…
Nigerian Govt to rebuild National TB centre
The Federal Government on Monday said it would soon rebuild the Diagnostic Laboratory gutted by fire at the National TB…
Nigerian Govt commended over grazing reserves
A socio-cultural group, Billital Moobe Pastoralists Association of Nigeria, (BILMPAN) has commended the Federal Government on its decision to create…
Ekiti Guber: PDP calls for free and fair election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Federal Government and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that…
Nigerian Govt urged to promote cooking gas usage
The Nigeria Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers Association (NALPGAM) on Monday urged the Federal Government to develop policies to promote the…
FG deploys Intervention Force, helicopters, APCs to quell Plateau mayhem
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has deployed the Police Special Intervention Force to Plateau State to quell mayhem…
Nigeria urged to engage youths in organic agriculture
Dr Olugbenga AdeOluwa, an ecologist, has urged the Federal Government to involve youths in organic agriculture for sustainable agricultural development…
Rice Farmers laud Nigerian Govt’s plans to close border
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) on Friday commended Federal Government for its plans to close Nigeria’s border with…
2018 budget: Nigeria to borrow N1.6 trillion to fund deficit
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, says the Federal Government will borrow N1.6 trillion to…
Nigerian Govt feeds 8.7m school children
Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, says the Federal Government has no fewer than 8.7…
2018 budget: Nigerian Govt promises effective execution
The Federal Government says in spite of the delay in signing the 2018 Appropriation Bill into law, it is determined…
Nigerian Govt recruits 870 teachers into unity colleges
The Federal Ministry of Education said on Thursday that it recruited about 870 teachers into the 104 unity colleges across…
Nigeria spends N643.6bn servicing domestic debt – DMO
The Federal Government spent N643.6 billion on servicing the nation’s domestic debt for January to March, says the Debt Management…
Nigerian Govt urged to ban importation of corn starch
A company, Harvest Feed and Agro Processing Limited (HFAP), has urged the Federal Government to encourage cassava starch producers in…
Rice Farmers commend Nigerian Govt for plans to shut borders
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has commended the Federal Government for its plans to shut Nigeria’s border with…
Nigerian Govt offers N60bn worth of bonds on June 27
The Federal Government has offered for subscription by auction N60 billion worth of bonds in its June 27 auction, the…
CAN to Buhari: Stop implementation of death sentence on 5 Christians
The Christian Association of Nigeria,(CAN) has called on the Federal Government to caution the Adamawa Government against hasty implementation of…
FG loses N100bn on aviation charges – Expert
An aviation expert, Capt. John Ojikutu (retd.) says the Federal Government lost over N100 billion in Ticket Sales Charges (TSC)…
Nigerian Govt approves N185bn for reconstruction of 14 roads
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja approved N185.2billion for the rehabilitation,…
JOHESU begs Nigerian Govt for payment of 2 months salary
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has appealed to the Federal Government to pay its members April and May salary…