Tag: FG
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…
FG to save N4bn on annual travel costs of government officials
The Federal Ministry of Finance says it has concluded plans to save the country over N4 billion through discounted airfares…
Dasuki drags FG to ECOWAS court over unlawful detention
Nigeria’s former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki has dragged the Federal Government to Economic Community of West…
We will deal ruthlessly with pipeline vandals, power saboteurs – FG
The Federal Government has warned that it will deal ruthlessly with those engaged in pipeline vandalism and the sabotage of…
Power Outage: FG apologizes to Nigerians, blames sabotage, vandalization
The Federal Government has blamed the prevailing power situation in the country on gas failure as well as sabotage and…
FG seeks cost-effective means of addressing malnutrition
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, has stated that the Federal Government will seek new ways and…
Sack IGP over Rivers killings, APC tells FG
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt arase The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday called for the sack of the Inspector General of…
Another 11,000 ghost workers on FG payroll
Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun has turned a ghost catcher as she revealed another fresh 11,000 suspected ghost workers being…
FG grants automatic employment to children of late Ocholi, inaugurates 13-man burial committee
The Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja announced automatic employment to two of the four children of the late Minister…
FG will not import food for govt’s school feeding programme – Osinbajo
As President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration proceeds with its social investment programmes, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has disclosed…
FG to end importation of PMS in 18 months – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said Federal Government planned to end importation of Premium Motor Spirit…
MTN dealing with NCC not FG, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has stated that the federal government is not dealing directly with leading telecommunication outfit, MTN,…