There is anxiety in government circles over Labour’s plan to go on strike. The action is to push the demand for a new minimum wage. But...
State governors in the country may find themselves at the receiving end of workers’ wrath over their insistence on not paying N30,000 as the new minimum...
Documents from the Debt Management Office (DMO) showed that the Federal Government spent a whopping N2.21 trillion to service domestic debts in the first nine months...
The Federal Government has set aside N2 billion to compensate those dislodged on the Right of Way (RoW) of the Second Niger Bridge, The Nation has...
Militants in the Niger Delta, the oil rich region in Nigeria, has cancelled its ceasefire issued to the Federal Government and the Pan Niger Delta Elders...
The Federal Government has said it is targeting increasing manufacturing exports by $30 billion by 2025 through the development of Special Economic Zones. This was disclosed...
Six months after the Trans-Ramos Pipeline was shut down, the Federal Government, Shell, Total and Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited have lost around $1.5bn (N543bn) in...
The Federal Government has hiked the cost of the Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Aliens Card (Green cards) to $2,000, shocking foreign residents who wished to...
Following mop up exercise conducted by the National Agency for Foods and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to recall codeine syrup in circulation nationwide, pharmaceutical manufacturers...
The Director General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze, has revealed that the Federal Government is facing financial challenges with the Federal Government budgeted Independent Revenue...
Apparently worried by out cries over its growing debt profile, the Federal Government has scaled down on the total Nigerian Treasury bills issued and allotted by...
The Federal Government may have ordered security agencies to begin search of private jets and their passengers as the 2019 campaigns and other electioneering activities begin....
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the new national minimum wage of N30,000 proposed by the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage. The report of the committee...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has assured organised labour in the country that the Federal Government will not restrict their activities but...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the federal government to urgently review its tax policies to block leakages and diversify its revenue base. IMF...
The Federal Government has said it is working on a policy that will put a ceiling to the number of children a mother can have in...
The federal government and international oil companies operating in the country are to calculate and negotiate arrears of contractual obligations to the latter and the benefitting...
Rivers State governor, Nyesome Wike has berated the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for not standing up against acts of intimidation of the judiciary by the Federal...
The Federal Government has increased the gas flare penalty from N10 per thousand standard cubic feet (SCF) of gas to $2 or N612.8 per thousand SCF...
The Federal government has announced a 90-day special window to register new businesses at a reduced rate of N5000 only. The new rate – for the...
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration has put an end to the age-long practice of shady oil deals and non-implementation of public contracts in the country....
For the failure of the Federal Government to rescue or secure the release of Leah Sharibu from Boko Haram captivity after seven months, her mother, Mrs....
The Federal Government’s failure to get the Brass Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Bayelsa State, (which it initiated) on stream, nearly 15 years after, has...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said the Federal Government made N748 billion from taxes and royalties paid by oil and gas companies operating in the...
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has sued the Federal Government alongside Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over failure to disclose the country’s overall expenses and list of delegates...
The Association of Foreign Airlines and Representatives on Monday called on the Federal Government to engage stakeholders in the aviation sector including the domestic airline operators...
Health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) have cried out over the victimisation of their members following Federal Government’s implementation of...
Operators in the Nigerian capital market have continued to express dissatisfaction over the prolonged delay by the federal government in reconstituting the board of the Securities...
In a bid to stem the tide of rice smuggling along Nigeria’s borders, the Federal Government has delivered 50 Toyota Hilux vehicles to the Nigeria Customs...
The Federal Government on Monday said it has taken advantage of the new Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations to give a grant of N37 billion to...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has fulfilled its long-time promise to former Super Eagles Coach, Bonfrere Jo after the Dutch technician led the national team to...
Prolonged approvals from the National Assembly for non-oil export incentives under the revised Export Expansion Grant (EEG) scheme, also known as the Export Credit Certificate has...
The community leaders of Geregu and Ajaokuta in Kogi State, the host communities of Ajaokuta Steel Company have claimed that the firm cannot commence operations unless...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has said that it is unacceptable for the Federal Government not to make provision for petrol subsidy in the 2018 budget. It...
The federal government has dismissed claims made by the Lagos state government about the legality of marriage certificates issued by the Federal Registry, Ikoyi. In a...
The federal government is making plans to pay pensioners who retired in January and February 2017 under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) soon, LEADERSHIP can now...
The Federal Government yesterday bowed to pressure and inaugurated nine Boards appointed amidst barrage of criticism over allegations that many dead people were included in the...
Prospective contractors have intensified race to secure “irrevocable” Letters of Credits (LOCs) from banks as the 2018/2019 crude oil term contracts lifting bids entered critical stage....
The Federal Government has said it will henceforth sanction Deposit Money Banks, exporters and other stakeholders involved in the delay of repatriation of export proceeds. This...
THE Federal Government has waded into the crisis between the Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isah Hamman Misau, APC, Bauchi Central, and Inspector- General of...
Contrary to insinuations that the Federal Government cancelled the work permits of expatriate workers of Intels and its affiliates, government, yesterday, provided evidence to prove that...
There are indications that the federal government may be having difficulties funding the capital component of the N7.44 trillion 2017 Budget as none of the ministries,...
Agencies of the Federal Government have remitted a total of N687.82bn to the Consolidated Revenue Fund in nine years, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission has said in...
A property said to belong to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has been ordered to be temporarily forfeited to the Federal Government. The...
The deadly menace of herdsmen in the country has forced the Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa to call on the Federal Government to do...
If Nigeria is able to bring back the Ajaokuta S teel Industry, the country will be saving at least $3.5 billion spent on importation of steel...
The servicing of Nigeria’s domestic debt gulped N1.23tn in 2016, statistics obtained from the Debt Management Office have revealed. The statistics showed that the highest interest...
Findings have revealed how the Federal Government intends to recoup the $2.9 billion to be spent on the rebuilding of the Abuja Airport runway. To recoup...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered that monies totaling about N34 billion and linked to former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, be forfeited to the...
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed described the rumored death of President Muhammadu Buhari as a “silly thing” does not intend to stop there. He...