Tag: FG
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…
Labour union lauds FG on recovery of stolen funds
The Nigeria Labour Congress NLC has commended the Nigerian government for rendering a transparent account of the recoveries it has…
FG, Niger Delta Avengers begin dialogue
Nigeria will start a dialogue with the Niger Delta Avengers militant group which has been claiming a string of attacks,…
FG to build 6 science, technology museums
The Federal Government says it will build a Science and Technology museum in each of the six geo-political zones of…
FG to make Nigerians buy made-in-Nigeria products
The Federal Government says it intends to make Nigerians look inwards by buying products, especially vehicles made in the country.…
FG set to reclaim lands damaged by mining activities
The Federal Government says it has made provisions in the 2016 budget to help communities reclaim lands damaged by open…
FG, NLC meet to determine minimum wage
The Federal Government has constituted a 16-man committee to address issues that necessitated the three-day strike called by the Nigerian…
FAAC: FG, states, LGs share N281.5billion
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has disclosed in Abuja that N1.5 billion, being excess bank charges, was recovered…
FG declares May 30 public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 30 as a public holiday to celebrate the 2016 Democracy Day. Retired Lt.-Gen.…
Onanuga to head NAN as FG appoints MDs for information parastatals
The Federal Government has appointed the Chief Executives of six information-related parastatals under the Ministry of Information and Culture. The…
Motorists praise FG as queues disappear from filing stations
Some Motorists on Tuesday praised the Federal Government over the deregulation of petroleum downstream petroleum secretor, describing it as a…
FG set to battle future flooding- Minister
Mrs. Amina Mohammed, Minister of Environment has said that mechanisms to respond to the future incidence of flooding in the…
Benue, Ebonyi agree boundary truce, get FG commendation
Dr Mohammed Ahmed, the Director-General, National Boundary Commission (NBC), has commended the governments of Benue and Ebonyi states for achieving…