Tag: FG
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The Federal Government has withdrawn the the alleged forgery of Presidential Bromide case filed against two journalists working with LEADERSHIP…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
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…
APC to PDP:FG won’t micromanage anti-corruption agencies
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the Buhari administration will not micro-manage the anti-corruption agencies, hence it is wrong…
Grande Oakbridge boss seeks FG, State Govts’ support for private schools
Paul Iyoghojie The Executive Director of Grande Oakbridge Montessori School, Lekki, Eti-Osa LG Area of Lagos State, Mrs. Hannah Royeke…
FG to sanction DISCOs over installation of substandard electricity equipment
The Federal Government on Sunday said it would sanction any distribution company that engaged in installation of sub-standard electricity equipment…
Ebola: FG says deceased student free from pathogenic viruses
The Federal Ministry of Health has said that the student, who died of suspected fresh case of Ebola Virus Disease…
Ebola: FG says deceased student free from pathogenic viruses
The Federal Ministry of Health has said that the student who died of suspected fresh case of Ebola Virus Disease…
FG assures of improved electricity supply
The Ministry of Power has said that it was working hard on its responsibility to improve electricity supply in the…
FG tells Oshiomhole’s committee to probe foreign currency earning agencies
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria Federal government on Thursday asked the Governor Adams Oshiomhole led ad hoc committee on remittances by the…
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FG to adopt IPSAS accrual-based accounting
The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris has said that Federal Government would adopt International Public Sector Accounting Standards…
FG receives final EU election report, pledges free, fair electoral system
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said it is the duty of President Muhammadu Buhari administration to guarantee…
FG, States, LGs should invest in agriculture – CADA
Owali Ilem, former Chairman of Cross River Commercial Agriculture Development Association (CADA), on Sunday urged all tiers of government to…
Place special tax on luxury goods, NLC tells FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday in Abuja advised the Federal Government to levy special tax on imported luxury…
FG receives last batch of Ebola Rescue Mission team
The Federal Ministry of Health on Tuesday received the last batch of Nigeria’s Ebola rescue teams from Sierra Leone and…
FG declares October 1 public holiday
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1 public holiday to mark Nigeria’s 55th Independence celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry…
FG committed to press freedom—Adeshina
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina, has assured media practitioners of the Federal Government’s…
Implement police reform report, NOPRIN tells FG
Eromosele Ebhomele The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, NOPRIN, a network of 49 civil society organisations spread across the…
PDP fully moves against FG’s anti-corruption battle – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of openly launching a counter-offensive against the determined efforts of the…