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FG welcomes envoys’ support for Northeast rehabilitation
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has welcomed the offer of support from Ambassadors from several nations who are based in…
Lawmaker to FG: Take Lassa Fever awareness campaign to villages
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A call has gone to the Federal Government to urgently to take awareness campaign against Lassa fever to…
FG to inaugurate National Lassa Fever Action committee – Minister
The Federal Government is to inaugurate a National Lassa Fever Action Committee in view of the outbreak of Lassa fever…
Control influx of substandard IT products, NCS tells FG
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) on Friday appealed to the Federal Government to help control the importation of substandard Information…
How FG, World Bank reduced road crashes – FRSC
Boboye Oyeyemi, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has attributed the reduction in Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) in 2015…
Expert commends FG’s decision to halt sale of dollars to BDCs
An economic expert, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, on Wednesday commended the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) plan to stop the sale…
FG owes agro dealers N73bn, forces member to sleep inside church
Agro Dealers Association of Nigeria has threatened that its members will boycott the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme after it…
NECA hails FG on removal of fuel subsidy
The Organised Private Sector, under the umbrella of Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), on Saturday commended the Federal Government for…
FG to introduce death insurance for soldiers fighting insurgency
The Minister of Defence, retired Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, said on Friday that the Federal Government would introduce insurance package for…
FG moves to rake in more revenue, block leakages
Nigeria’s cabinet, the Federal Executive Council first meeting for 2016 held on Wednesday was devoted to discussions on how rake…
Oshiomhole to FG: establish labour unemployment centres
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has called on the Federal Government to establish labour unemployment centres across the federation.…
Create rape crisis centres, female lawyers tell FG
Some female lawyers in Abuja have advised the Federal Government to create rape crisis centres, counselling service and other victims…
FG will create 1m jobs in 2016 — Osinbajo
The Federal Government will create no fewer than one million direct jobs in 2016, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo,…
FG to create jobs for youths in agriculture, solid minerals, teaching —Buhari
The Federal Government will explore the potential in agriculture, solid minerals and teaching in solving the unemployment challenge confronting the…
Tackle injustice, ignorance, EX-AIG tells FG
A retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Alhaji Bashir Albasu, has called on the Federal Government led by President…
Nnewi explosion: FG to provide medical items for victims
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday said the Federal Government would provide medical items to aid the speedy…
Involve us in recruitment of 5,000 teachers, NUT tells FG
The Lagos Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), has called on the Federal Government to carry teachers along…
Remove fuel subsidy totally, RMAFC tells FG
The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has urged the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy because it had…
FG to develop national transportation masterplan – Amaechi
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it was in the process of developing a national transportation master plan that would…
Nigerians set to have ‘single identification numbers’
The Federal Government has directed all agencies capturing the biometrics of Nigerians to urgently aggregate their records so as to…
ISIS figures on Boko Haram attacks, killings a hoax – FG
The Federal Government has described as a hoax the figures being bandied by ISIS concerning the number of attacks carried…
FG will exploit full potentials of tourism sector to diversify economy – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has underscored the commitment of the present administration towards exploiting the…
FG issues security alert, says Boko Haram plans abductions for ransom
The Federal Government warned on Friday that Boko Haram terrorists, who have been beaten and put on the run by…
Lagos State website hacked, Shi’ites leave message for FG
The official website of the Lagos state, http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/, has been hacked and a message was left for the federal government…
FG discloses what’s left of Abacha’s loot
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, on Thursday reported to the National Economic Council (NEC) that the balance…
Shi’ite Muslims reject FG’s probe, demands Zakzaky’s release
Shi’ite Muslims in Nigeria have rejected a panel set up by the government to investigate a military crackdown in which…
FG will encourage use of recycled materials – Environment Minister
The Minister of Environment, Mrs Amina Mohammed on Tuesday promised to encourage use of recycled materials in the country. Mohammed…
FG cautions against violent protests in Nigeria
The Federal Government has cautioned individuals or groups planning to embark on any demonstrations or processions to ensure that they…
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FG to peg fuel price at N97 per litre
Petrol price in Nigeria will go up in the new year going by official disclosure that over N1 trillion had…
FG inaugurates FISH to address civil servants housing needs
Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federal (HOS), says Federal Government is poised to address…