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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…
FG owes states N522bn for road maintenance
The National Economic Council(NEC) on Thursday confirmed that 13 states of the Federation had complied with the requirements for the…
Osinbajo lauds NIPPS, pledges FG’s support
Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS)…
Pension Scam: EFCC arraigns 4 for defrauding FG of N1.2bn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 arraigned four persons before Justice Abubakar Talba of…
FG plans zero-based budgeting for 2016, says Osinbajo
The Federal Government is planning to use a zero-based budgeting format for its 2016 budget planning, the Vice President of…
FG negotiating with Boko Haram over Chibok girls, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari told members of the Nigerian community in France under the aegis Nigerian in Diaspora Organisation that his…
FG moves to pay arrears of salaries, allowances to workers
Federal Government on Tuesday ordered its Ministries, Departments and Agencies to compile the names of all public service employees who…
ICPC arrests lawyer for allegedly defrauding FG of N928m
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said it arrested a lawyer, Mr Adeola Adeyanju, for…
ICPC saved FG N100bn in 2014
Mr Ekpo Nta, the Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says the commission saved the…
FG to review employment, promotions in NIMASA
The Federal Ministry of Transport will review employment, placements and promotions in Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) since…
Cross River seeks inclusion in FG’s list of flood prone states
The Cross River Government has expressed dismay that it was not listed by the Federal Government among states likely to…
FG moves to end EU ban on beans exportation
The Federal Government has begun to put in place measures to ensure that the European Union (EU) lifts the suspension…
Red Cross tasks FG on proliferation of small arms, dangerous chemicals
The Nigeria Red Cross Society has urged the Federal Government to check the proliferation of small arms, which have heightened…
Obiano to FG: complete Zik Mausoleum
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has appealed to the Federal Government to complete Zik’s Mausoleum and Library Complex in Onitsha…
Beware, armed robbers disguise as ATM users at night, FG warns
The Federal Government on Wednesday warned Nigerians to be vigilant when withdrawing money from Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, especially at…
Nollywood: Pastor tasks FG on piracy
The Senior Pastor, Champions Royal Assembly, Kubwa, Abuja, Joshua Iginla, has urged the Federal Government to combat piracy in the…
FG to implement changes in Foreign Service delivery
The Federal Government said it had concluded plans to implement changes in the delivery of its foreign services to promote…
FG reaffirms commitment to eradicating vaccine preventable diseases
The Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Health, Mr. Linus Awute, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to tackling…
Group wants FG to probe alleged Centenary City project scam
The Nigerian Unemployed Youth Vanguard (NUYV), an NGO, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the alleged fraud perpetrated…
FG approves N400m for students on foreign scholarship
The Federal Government has approved N400 million for the payment of upkeep allowances of Nigerian students on foreign scholarships. The…
EU supports FG on budgeting, strategic planning
The European Union (EU), has organised a training workshop on strategic planning, budgeting and medium term expenditure framework (MTEF), and…
Economist To FG: invest in agriculture
Prof Cletus Agu, Head, Department of Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in Enugu State, has urged the Federal Government to…
Why FG suspended Comptroller General of Immigration – Femi Adesina
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Femi Adesina, the special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has disclosed that the Comptroller General of…
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FG suspends Comptroller-General of Immigration
David Paradang, the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service has been suspended from office by the Federal Government with immediate…