Tag: FG
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…
FG to establish French Language clinics in 104 unity schools
The Federal Government says it is working toward establishing French Language Clinics in the 104 Unity Schools in the country.…
FG, states, LGs get more money to share
eosun The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Tuesday in Abuja said that N387.8 billion was shared among the…
N22.7b Fraud: FG widens criminal charge against Tompolo
The Federal Government has widened the criminal charge against the former Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo…
FG to unveil Northeast peace building assessment programme
In furtherance of Federal Government’s determination to rebuild and rehabilitate the North-East, it is now set to launch a Recovery…
Lai Mohammed hails global endorsement of anti-corruption fight
The Federal Government has hailed the global endorsement of its anti-corruption fight, calling it an incentive to continue apace with…
FG hails global endorsement of fight against corruption
The Federal Government has hailed the global endorsement of its anti-corruption fight, calling it an incentive to continue apace with…
NLC to FG: Tell Nigerians how you will revive economy
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Sunday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital advised the Federal Government tell Nigerians through mapped out…
Onaiyekan to FG: If you want people to change, involve the church
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has called for synergy between the Federal Government and religious institutions to…
Top civil servants sacked over employment racketeering
Some top officials of the Civil Service have been dismissed by the Federal Government for extorting money from 400 applicants…