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FG denies closing Shagamu end of Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The Federal Government has denied closing the Shagamu end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as being speculated by the populace. This…
Lagos , FG move to relocate Ikoyi Prisons over pollution
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos and Federal Governments are in talks over the relocation of the Ikoyi Prisons built in 1955…
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Recession: FG must stop lamenting, proffer solution to economy-Oshiomhole
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Wednesday challenged the Nigerian government to stop lamenting over the parlous state of…
Artist urges government to set up art residency
A visual artist, Nkang Ini-Dan, the Chief Executive Officer, “Brother art Productions’’, has urged government at all levels to set…
Manufacturers urge FG to boost textile industry
The Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association (NTMA) has urged the Federal Government to channel proceeds from Textile Development Levy to boost…
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$15m saga: ‘FG must prosecute Patience Jonathan now’
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of…
Soyinka can’t represent us in dialogue with FG-Avengers
The Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, says Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka cannot represent them in the proposed dialogue with the…
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Lagos@50: FG, States must not allow our cultural heritage to die-Ooni
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi at the weekend charged Nigeria’s Federal and State Governments not to…
FG, Lagos brainstorm on tackling crime
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Federal and Lagos State Governments are brainstorming on how to tackle rising wave of crime in the…
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Breaking News: FG Approves Lagos’ ownership of 4 oil wells, Disproves 1 other
The Federal Government on Wednesday says four of the five oil wells discovered in Lagos truly belongs to the state…
NHRC’s report: FG must investigate, prosecute indicted culprits-CACOL
The Coalition against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, has lauded the National Human Right Commission, NHRC, for revealing the perpetrators behind the…
We’re doing everything possible to secure release of Chibok girls-FG
The Federal Government says it is doing everything possible to secure the release of the Chibok girls and put an…
Deregulation: FG saves N1.4 trillion on subsidy payment
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Federal Government says it has saved N1.4 trillion which could have been paid as subsidy to oil…
Lagos, FG partner on affordable housing for federal, state civil servants
The Lagos State Government and the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation on Thursday commenced talks on…
Afenifere warns FG to stop prioritising religion over economy
The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has warned the federal government of Nigeria against its policy of subsidising pilgrimage and priritising…
Lagos-Ibadan expressway: FG appeals for patience
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has appealed for patience, orderliness and the cooperation of motorists…
SERAP sues FG over failure to name suspected looters
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Federal Government over failure to release the names of suspected…
Eid el-Fitr: FG extends public holiday to Thursday
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, July 5, and Thursday, July 7, as public holidays to mark the Eid el-Fitr…
Avengers denies ceasefire truce with FG
The Niger Delta Avengers militant group that has claimed responsibility for attacks on oil and gas facilities in Nigeria’s southern…
FG shuns warnings, repairs pipelines damaged by militants
The Federal Government have started the repairs of the damaged pipelines in the oil-rich region which were destroyed by the…
FG alerts Nigerians to ISIS indoctrination mobile app targeting children
The Federal Government has alerted Nigerians to the existence of a newly-launched mobile application developed by the Islamic State of…
Lawmaker admonishes FG to apply wisdom in dealing with Niger Delta crisis
Rep. Leo Ogor, the Minority Leader, House of Representatives, has urged the Federal Government to listen to the grievances of…
FG job portal registers 403,000 applicants in 36 hours
The jobs portal of the Federal Government, “n-power.gov.ng,” has recorded over 403,000 successful registrations, since it opened for submissions on…
MEND names 7-member team to dialogue with FG
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Monday, announced a seven-member team, led by Mr Odein…
How to end Niger Delta crisis – SERAP
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Federal Government to “stand up to powerful oil companies that have…
FG promises to immortalise Keshi
The Federal Government has promised to seek ways to immortalise the late Stephen Keshi, the Minister of Youth and Sports,…
FG to launch home-grown school feeding programme
*VP Osinbajo, Governors to review Strategic Plan Tomorrow Nigeria’s first national Home Grown School Feeding programme which would affect about…
FG commences recruitment of 500,000 graduates
*Non-graduates’ training programmes also open for additional 100,000 young Nigerians In what is the first roll out of its N500bn…
FG will tackle challenges of mass transportation – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government will…
FG, Niger Delta governors agree to tackle militants
The federal government and governments of the Niger Delta states have agreed to develop a common and united strategy to…