Tag: FG
FG encouraging judges corruption – Adamu
Marwan Adamu, the president of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suggested that the Federal Government led by President…
Create grazing reserves for cattle rearers, VC urges FG
The Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, has advised the Federal Government to create grazing reserves nationwide…
FG to hold National Summit on Culture, Tourism
The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture will hold a National Summit on Culture and Tourism next month in an…
ASUU decries FG’s paltry allocation to universities in 2016 budget
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Tuesday picked holes in allocation to tertiary institutions in the…
Lawmaker begs FG to repair Badagry roads
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Setonji David, on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government to repair the failed portions on the…
FG to clear N20bn pension arrears
Mrs Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, the Director-General, National Pension Commission (PenCom), on Friday said the Federal Government would soon clear about N20…
FG, Lagos move to enforce occupational safety compliance
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Federal and Lagos State governments have vowed to enforce occupational safety and health compliance at work places…
Marilyn Ogar, ex-DSS spokesperson sues FG
Marilyn Ogar, the former spokesperson of the Department of State Services (DSS) has dragged Federal Government to the National Industrial…
ECOWAS Court adjourns death row case against FG
The Community Court of Justice (ECOWAS Court) on Wednesday adjourned till March 14 a case filed by Nnenna Obi, a…
Ngige tasks IOM to support FG skill development efforts
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has urged the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), to support the…
No resurgence of Boko Haram – FG
The Federal Government has said the recent spate of attacks by Boko Haram is not an indication of any resurgence…
FG to end Amnesty Programme, says Boroh
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Brigadier General Paul Boroh (rtd), the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta and Presidential Amnesty…
Terror: FG, global agencies complete assessment mission in Northeast
The Federal Government, the World Bank, European Union, and the United Nations have concluded a two-week recovery and assessment mission…
UNAIDS charges FG to scale-up funding for HIV/AIDS
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has charged Nigeria’s Federal Government to scale-up local funding to…
AGF declares over 97% compliance in TSA enrollment
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris has said that the implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) is highly…
FG admits errors in 2016 budget, perpetrators face punishment
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Ministry of Budget and National Planning on Tuesday said the errors in the 2016 Budget were due…
Nnamdi Kanu: FG seeks court protection for witnesses
The Federal Government on Tuesday asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to allow the trial of Nnamdi Kanu,…
Funds spent on FG projects by states should be refunded – Saraki
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday said the red chamber would support for states’ governments agitation for refund…
Don’t sack workers, FG begs oil companies
Following alleged plan by major oil companies to lay off 10,000 workers due to the dwindling price of crude in…
Begin fresh probe on Ekiti guber election, Group tells FG
The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM), on Wednesday, urged the Federal Government to commence a new probe…
Airline operators appeal to FG on Forex restriction
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to rescind its decision to restrict supply…
FG to save $1bn as NNPC ends crude oil swap
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu,…
FG’s $25b infrastructural fund receiving positive interests – Osinbajo
The plan of the federal government to raise a $25 billion Infrastructural Fund from the global community and establish long…
Jonathan bought substandard weapons to fight terror war – FG
The Federal Government has said whatever weapons that were procured by the Goodluck Jonathan Administration for the military to prosecute…
CBT will force govts to equip public schools – Lecturer
An educationist, Mr Ishaya Tabat, on Monday said that the decision by the National Examinations Council (NECO) to adopt Computer-Based…
Ban importation of foreign fabrics, Textile Industry tells FG
Zamfara Textile industry on Sunday urged the Federal Government to ban import of foreign fabrics to revive the nation’s ailing…
Don’t cancel Nigerian Maritime University, SNG tells FG
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Save Nigeria Group, SNG, based in Warri, Delta state has urged the Federal Government not to cancel…
FG fixes Feb. 2 for confab on financial fraud
The Federal Government will hold a stakeholders’ conference on Financial Fraud, Cyber Crime and Cross-border Crimes on February 2 and…
Probe demolition of Artists’ Village, Soyinka tells FG
Following last Saturday’s demolition of the Artists’ Village at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has…
FG to make N66.1bn from stamp duty in 2016
The Federal Government is targeting an additional N66.1 billion revenue in 2016 from an imposed stamp duty of N50 on…