Tag: FG
FG To Spend N485 Trillion On Infrastructure Master Plan
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has announced that the federal government…
FG assures of total eradication of wild polio virus
The Federal Government has expressed optimism that with the impressive gains recorded in the fight against the wild polio virus…
Ogun Employs 430 Teachers Laid Off By FG
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Government has offered employment to 430 teachers recently laid off by the Federal Government. The…
FG awards N272m contract for Abuja light rail
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved a N272 million contract for consultancy services for the feasibility study and conceptual design…
FAAC: FG, states, councils share N593.33bn for October
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Tuesday announced that federal, states and local governments had shared…
Strike by health workers unnecessary, unjustifiable – FG
The Federal Government says the planned strike by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) is unjustifiable, unnecessary and unfortunate. The…
FG attracted $7bn investment in cement sector – Aganga
Olusegun Aganga, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, on Friday said the Federal Government has attracted new private sector investment…
FG approves N77bn credit to boost irrigation nationwide
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved the use of the $495 million (about N77 billion) credit it secured from the…
Boko Haram: FG urges religious leaders to pray for Nigeria
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Sen. Bala Mohammed, on Wednesday urged religious leaders to pray for Nigeria to…
FG anti-insurgency efforts satisfactory, says National Council of State
The National Council of State on Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the ongoing efforts of the nation’s security agents toward combating…
FG concerned over states refusal to adopt Child Rights Act
The Federal Government on Monday expressed concern at the refusal of many of the states across the country to adopt…
NUPENG, PENGASSAN gives FG 14 days ultimatum
Two industrial unions in the oil and gas sector on Friday gave the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to intervene…
FG to host conference on infrastructure development
The Federal Government in collaboration with the private sector will hold a public policy conference on “Infrastructure Development In Africa…
Chibok girls: Negotiations ongoing with Boko Haram, says FG
The Federal Government on Tuesday said negotiations were still ongoing between it and the Boko Haram sect on the abducted…
FG May Sack Workers, Says Okonjo-Iweala
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Government may be forced to embark on cost cutting measures like retrenching workers in some of…
FG’s poor funding won’t stop me from developing Rivers – Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Despite poor funding to states by the Federal Government, Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria…
FG, States, share N603.5bn in Sept
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda,on Wednesday announced that Federal, States and Local Governments shared N603.5 billion…
Okonjo-Iweala: FG pumps $14.1bn to support real sector
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says the Federal Government has moblised 14.1 billion dollars to support the real…
FG hopes ‘deal’ with Boko Haram improves image in West
Nigeria’s disputed claim to have brokered a ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram and release deal for more than 200 kidnapped…
Stay away from Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Fashola Warns FG
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state has warned the Federal Government to stay away from the Lagos-Badagry Expressway…
Senator cautions FG on ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram
Sen. Ahmed Zannah, representing Borno Central Senatorial District, on Sunday, advised the Federal Government to trade with caution in implementing…
Kano residents commend FG over Boko Haram ceasefire agreement
Residents of Kano have commended the Federal Government for the ceasefire agreement it reached with members of the Boko Haram…
Anxious wait for Chibok girls after Boko Haram ‘deal’
Relatives of Nigeria’s kidnapped schoolgirls on Saturday dared voice cautious hope of seeing the teenagers finally freed after officials claimed…
FG to upgrade cottage hospital in Jonathan’s town
The Bayelsa state government owned Cottage hospital at Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of the State, has been taken…
Alamieyeseigha’s son: Jonathan values some Nigerians over others – Keyamo
Eromosele Ebhomele Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo has taken a swipe at the Nigerian government over the swiftness with…
APC tells FG, ‘Cash-for-arms deal in South Africa is shady’
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the PDP-led Federal Government for its insulting and disingenuous explanation aimed at deceiving…
APC To FG: Explain Dokubo’s Role In N9.3m Arms Scandal
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to explain to Nigerians what Mujaheed Asari Dokubo, was doing…
Monarchs urge states to replicate FG’s agric transformation agenda
Traditional rulers in Nigeria have called on state governments to replicate Federal Government’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda in their various states…
FG begs Boko Haram sponsors to stop funding them
The Federal Government has appealed to financiers of the Boko Haram insurgents to desist from sponsoring the terrorists and surrender…
Mutiny: Anglican Primate appeals to FG to spare soldiers
The Primate of Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has appealed to the Federal Government to spare…