Tag: FG
Group to FG: Ban importation of shoes
The National Association of Hides and Skin Dealers of Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to ban importation of…
FG, States, LGs share N473.8bn for Oct
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Friday said N473.8 billion was shared among the federal, states and local…
Court dismisses FG’s application on Dasuki
Ayorinde Oluokun A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application of the Federal Government seeking to compel the…
FG must take difficult decisions for Nigeria to survive – Emir of Kano
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness, Mai Martaba, Sarkin Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, Wednesday attributed the current…
MASSOB: Buhari support group laud Igbo leaders on dialogue
The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG), has commended Igbo leaders and Governors of the south-east states for seeking dialogue between…
It’s a shame FG can’t account for Chibok Girls – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has described the inability of the federal government to give account of the over 200…
FG seeks to revoke Dasuki’s bail
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Monday urged a Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke a bail earlier granted to former…
FG charges new Perm Secs to shun corruption
The Federal Government on Saturday in Abuja, charged the newly appointed permanent secretaries to shun corrupt tendencies and offer sound,…
FG donates N40m to victims of Kano bomb blast
The Presidential Victims Support Fund on Friday donated N40 million to the victims of the bomb attack that occurred on…
Fashola the link between Lagos and FG, says Ambode
…vows to uphold good governance Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday described his predecessor and Minister of Works, Power…
Empower trained ex-militants, Okowa tells FG
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has called for urgent empowerment of trained ex-militants so as to re-integrate…
Illegality of stay of proceedings in FG vs Saraki – Femi Falana
By Femi Falana On May 13, 2015, President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill into law. Both…
Apapa Gridlock: Ambode begs FG to deploy Julius Berger to site
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has made a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to urgently mobilize Julius…
EX-NSA Dasuki sues FG over threat to his life
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Sambo Mohammed Dasuki (rtd) has dragged the Federal Government to a Federal…
FG approves Lagos’ $2.4 bn Red Line Rail project
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Federal Government has at last approved the construction of the $2.4 billion Lagos Red Line Rail Project…
FG proposes N8 trillion 2016 budget
The Nigerian government is proposing a budget of 7 to 8 trillion naira for 2016, up from 4.4 trillion this…
FG approves payment of N413bn subsidy claim to oil marketers
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved the immediate payment of N413 billion to oil marketers as outstanding payment for subsidy…
Customs working hard to meet N944bn target, says Hameed Ali
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Colonel Hameed Ali has revealed that the Nigerian Customs Services is working hard to meet the…
FG begins payment of October salaries, says AGF
The office of the Accountant General of the Federation (oAGF) has said that the Federal Government’s workers salaries for October…
TUC wants investigation of N2.7b jumbo pay for NERC board
Eromosele Ebhomele The Trade Union Congress, TUC, of Nigeria on Monday called on the two anti-graft agencies in the country,…
Syndicate defrauds FG N1.2bn, Youth Corper gets N23m
The trial of Ibrahim Ahmed Mazangari, Muhammed Sani Sulaiman, Hajia Fatima Mazangari and Saleh Yerima Tsojon, who allegedly ran a…
Bishop urges FG to fix bad roads
The Anglican Bishop of Niger, Chiedozie Nwokolo, has urged the Federal Government to repair bad roads across the country to…
FG urged to declare state of emergency on cancer
Prof. Francis Durosinmi-Etti, the President, Cancer Education and Advocacy Foundation of Nigeria (CEAFON), has called on the Federal Government to…
Civil War Landmine: FG to settle N100bn damages suit out of court
The Federal Government has agreed to settle out of court, a case filed against her, alleging breach of fundamental rights…
FRC, Stanbic IBTC stand-off: Shareholders seek FG’s intervention
Shareholders of Stanbic IBTC on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to intervene in the altercation between the bank and…
Buhari inaugurates committee for reconstitution of FG parastatals, agencies
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday inaugurated a Presidential Committee on the reconstitution of Federal Government Boards of Parastatals, Agencies and…
FG, ECOWAS to establish Centre for Disease Control
Federal Government in collaboration with the ECOWAS has concluded plans to establish the Regional Centre for Disease Control with headquarters…
FG withdraws forgery charges against LEADERSHIP newspapers journalists
The Federal Government has withdrawn the the alleged forgery of Presidential Bromide case filed against two journalists working with LEADERSHIP…
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Counsel’s death stalls hearing in human rights case
The death of Mr Abudulfatai Bello, lead counsel to Registered Trustees of Jama’a Foundation, has stalled hearing in the case…
Independence Day bombings: Chain Okah, FG tells court
The Federal Government on Tuesday asked Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja, to put the alleged…