Tag: FG
Belgore, Kalgo others inaugurated as Committee on national honours
The Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja, inaugurated the newly reconstituted Committee on National Honours Award. A statement by the…
Petrol scarcity: DAPPMA urges FG to deregulate downstream sector
The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) has urged the Federal Government to deregulate the downstream sector to ease…
Court orders FG to allow Dasuki access to his lawyers, family
The Federal Government today lost its bid at the Federal High Court Abuja to conduct secret trial of former National…
Saraki bought 3, instead of one FG property allowed by an individual – Witness
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Senate President Bukola Saraki acquired three Federal Government houses using names of different companies and accounts against the…
FG plans on yuan forces dollar rate down – Gwadabe
The President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria, Mr Aminu Gwadabe said the Federal Government’s plan to increase…
El-Zakzaky drags FG, Army to Court, demands N3bn compensation
Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja to seek…
Unlawful Detention: Dasuki floors FG at ECOWAS court
The former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col Muhammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) triumphed at the Economic Community for West African States…
VAT: FG planning to impose more hardship on Nigerians – Fayose
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose, the controversial governor of Ekiti State, on Sunday accused the Federal Government of planning to…
Presidency dismisses Shekarau’s allegations against FG, asks him to stop insulting Nigerians.
The Presidency has dismissed the allegations by former Gov. Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State that the Buhari administration is insensitive…
FG pledges to support to Kano fire victims
The Federal Government on Saturday pledged to assist victims of the Sabon Gari market fire disaster in Kano state. It…
FG to pay the poor, put graduates on payroll
The Nigerian government plans to make cash payments to poor people of about $25 per month to try to ease…
Workers Strikes: FG lost N7.7bn btw 2014 to 2016 – Fashola
Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, stated that the Federal Government lost N7.7 billion from 2014 to…
FCT council polls: FG warns trouble makers
The Federal Government on Thursday warned that it would deal with any troublemaker threatening the peaceful conduct of the April…
FG finally allows Falana meet with Sheikh Zakzaky
The Federal Government of Nigeria has finally allowed the legal team of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known…
FG assures of effective implementation of 2016 budget
The Federal Government on Wednesday assured of effective implementation of the 2016 budget in order to achieve accelerated development in…
FG holds National Summit on Culture and Tourism 27-29 April
The Federal Government will hold a three-day National Summit on Culture and Tourism later in April 2016 in furtherance of…
FG working hard to relieve your pains – Lai Mohammed tells Nigerians
The Federal Government has said it is keenly aware of the difficulties that Nigerians are currently facing over the lingering…
FG sends Chibok parents to verify detained girl
The Nigerian government is sending parents from the Chibok community of northeast Nigeria to neighbouring Cameroon to verify whether a…
FG to hold town hall meeting for herdsmen, farmers
herdsmen Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen Abdulrahman Dambazau, on Wednesday said the Federal Government would hold a town hall meeting between…
FG, states, LGs share N387billion
Nigeria’s finance minister, Kemi Adeosun said N387.7 billion was shared among the federal, states and local governments as revenue for…
AGF calls for strict compliance to government financial regulations
idris The Accountant–General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has urged accountants and finance officers in government establishments, including those in…
FG condemns attack on Power Ministry PS, others by union officials
The Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on Sunday condemned an attack by some protesters on the Permanent Secretary of…
Journalists have nothing to fear from FG – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said journalists in Nigeria have nothing to fear from the…
FG to prioritise reform, re-orientation of police force – Osinbajo
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has promised that the Federal Government would prioritise the reform, re-orientation and re-equipment of…
FG saves N680billion from ‘padded contracts’
Ahmed Abdu, the acting Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) on Friday said that Nigeria saved about N680billion from the…
Don’t endorse ECOWAS trade agreement, MAN tells FG
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has made an appeal to the Federal Government not to endorse the ECOWAS-EU Economic…
Don’t abandon Ocholi’s masterplan, family begs FG, Kogi
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja With a day to the final burial of the Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi (SAN), his…
FG lauds NLNG cooperation
The Federal Government has commended the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company for having 95% of its workforce as Nigerians and…
FG launches N10bn youths entrepreneural support project
The Bank of Industry (BoI) on Thursday formally launched a N10 billion Youths Entrepreneurship Support (YES) project to empower youths…
FG, NLC bid farewell to Ocholi
The Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday extolled the qualities of the late Minister of State…