The rank of the Niger Delta militants has been split over the demands to make from the federal government ahead of planned negotiation talks. One of...
The Taraba State government has said that is not part of an agreement by states to donate land for the Federal Government’s programme for grazing reserves....
In what would turn out to be a third financial bailout, the Federal Government, on Saturday said it is finalizing a conditional Budget Support Facility for...
Another crisis may be brewing in the ever restive Niger Delta, as militants numbering over 600, Friday, demanded that the Federal Government reclaim the ceded Bakassi...
The end may not yet be in sight in the renewed militancy in the Niger Delta, as a new group, Ultimate Warriors, has emerged. The group,...
The Federal Government has kick-started activities that will lead up to the employment of about 500,000 direct teachers. The government says it will start taking applications...
The Federal government has established a National Rice and Wheat Task Force to set up targets that will yield comprehensible and self-evident results in rice and...
The Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) has approved the appointment of Mrs Florence Anyanwu as acting Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF). FCSC ina statement on Tuesday...
After pleas would not work, the Federal government has threatened to sanction financial institutions, and telecommunications companies that sack employees. One of such sanctions would be...
In spite of pleas by the Federal Government to financial establishments recently not to lay off staff, the Management of Skye Bank plc on Monday sent...
By Joseph Edgar . . . Ok congratulations for the recovery of the loot. $9 billion they said and with the current exchange rate meaning that...
There are indications that the Federal Government is yet to decide whether to prosecute looters of the recovered funds and assets that were published at the...
The Federal Government is set to review the existing pension scheme in line with the provisions of the enabling law, the Minister of Labour and Employment,...
Federal Government has again emphasized the need for ease of doing business in the country just as President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the formation of a...
The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) on Sunday released a statement over the invasion of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta state by troops of the Nigerian army in...
The Federal Government is set to receive £300 million stolen from Nigeria and hidden in jersey, a Channel Island nation. This was disclosed by the Minister...
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has announced that six Nigerian states are currently fighting the spread...
Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama on Thursday stated that the Federal Government has no plans to shut down any of its embassies and high commissions as...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved 30% tax incentives for Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote to enable him construct Lokoja-Obajana-Ilorin road. The Obajana factory...
The planned nationwide strike action called by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has run into trouble, as a faction of the labour union led by Comrade Joe...
In a desperate move to avert the proposed strike by labour unions in the country over the new price of petrol, the federal government yesterday sent...
In a desperate move to avert the proposed strike by labour unions in the country over the new price of petrol, the federal government yesterday sent...
The rank of the labour unions in the country has been split in two over the new pump price for Premium motor spirit, also known as...
NANS vows to occupy Nigeria next week over new petrol price Students are warming up to stage a protest against the new pump price of petrol,...
The Federal Government has concluded plans to privatize the nation’s refineries within the next 12 months, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has...
A boost is coming the way of local miners as the Federal Government has concluded plans to give intervention funds to the sector. Giving this hint...
The second Niger Bridge has been a long drawn out project inherited by a number of previous administrations, but remains largely on the drawing board. However,...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) says that the Federal Government is responsible for the attacks, killings, raping, maiming of Nigerians and other residents, and...
Although provision was not made for subsidy in the 2016 budget, it has been discovered that the federal government is presently subsidising Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)...
It seems the Federal Government has learnt its lesson over the impasse created by the 2016 budget and the fact that the late submission of the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, have jointly proposed and presented N56,000 as the new minimum wage to the...
Although Nigeria is the 12th largest iron ore resource country in the world and the second largest in Africa, about 70% of the deposits are yet...
Governor Olusegun Mimiko has called on the Revenue Mobilization Fiscal Allocation Commission (RMFAC) and the Federal Government, to take a look at the revenue allocation formula...
The Federal Government has assured creditors to state governments that the debt repayments due to the States’ creditors will be fully paid. A statement from the...
The dwindling revenue of the country became noticeable on Thursday as the Federal Government, states and local governments in the country shared a paltry N299.7 bn...
Following the decision of the Federal Government to deliver 1,120 trucks of fuel( approximately 36 million litres of fuel) in the country, last week, the government...
The Federal Government has denied that President Muhammadu Buhari signed a currency swap deal with the Chinese government during his recent trip to China. This was...
The trial of a former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, suffered another setback on Wednesday, as his detention since December 2015, has been cited as...
Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has taken his opposition to the $2 billion loan the Federal Government is negotiating with the Chinese government a...
Lagos lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called on the Federal Government to jettison the idea of taking loan from anywhere in the world, saying the country...
The N350billion bailout for the economy being proposed by the Federal Government will be allocated strictly after carrying out a need-based analysis. The Federal Government had...
Former Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr Kingsley Kuku has been served with a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and fraudulent...
The federal government on Wednesday revealed that it will unveil a new national Aviation policy for the country within the next two weeks. This was made...
The federal government (FG) spent an average of N7 billion on travels each month for the period 2012 to 2014 making it the largest single expenditure...
In its efforts to turn Nigeria into an industrial giant, the Federal Government has called on the Organised Private Sector to proffer new ideas that would...
By Ali Smart The cost-cutting measures being adopted by the Federal Government may save the country over N12b in revenue, Ripples has learnt. One of such...
By Okey Ndibe Occasionally it becomes one’s fortune to read a statement that so closely captures one’s thinking about an issue. When that happens, one is...
in from Ali Smart . . . The federal government has approved the establishment of an Efficiency Unit (E-UNIT) in the Federal Ministry of Finance to...
By Olumide Olaoluwa … Worried that some former ministers with corruption cases have been travelling overseas with diplomatic immunity, the federal government has ordered 21 former...
Considering the economic effect it will have on the nation’s economy, the Federal Government has receded its earlier decision to close the sea borders for the...
