Nigerian states depend on the federal government for over 70 per cent of their survival, raising fears of their stand-alone potential without intervention from the centre,...
The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned six Nigerians and three foreign nationals at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over their alleged involvement in...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said on Tuesday the Federal Government had intervened in the maintenance and rehabilitation of 37 bridges across the...
The Oyo State government on Tuesday released the calendar for the resumption of schools across the state. However, the government cancelled the third term in the...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared a total of N651.18billion as allocations to the three tiers of government and other relevant agencies for the month...
Barely four days to the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for rehabilitation, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr. Olukayode Popoola, said on...
The Federal Government on Sunday explained why the planned evacuation of stranded Nigerians in the United Kingdom was rescheduled. The evacuation flight which was earlier scheduled...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Saturday the evacuation of Nigerians from the United Kingdom had been rescheduled to July 14. Onyeama, who...
The Federal and Lagos State governments on Tuesday announced a traffic management plan towards partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for six months’ maintenance work....
Nigerians living abroad under the aegis of the Nigerian Diaspora COVID-19 Support Group have donated materials to the Federal Government to help in the fight against...
The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it had secured the release of 39 Nigerians arrested for illegally entering Ghana. The released Nigerians according to the...
The Federal Government on Monday extended the Phase II of the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown by another four weeks. The Chairman of the Presidential Task...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Thursday the Federal Government had evacuated 167 Nigerians from South Africa. Onyeama, who disclosed this in a...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said on Tuesday the Executive Order 10 signed recently by President Muhammadu Buhari would be...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Sunday asked the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, to apologize to Nigerians for “misinforming” them on the mission of the...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said Wednesday the Federal Government had disbursed the sum of N43,416,000,000.00 ($120.6 million) to 24 states...
Rivers State government on Saturday accused Federal Government of “reckless politicization” of the fight against coronavirus as controversy continued to trail the detention of two pilots...
All working journalists and other media staff in Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been advised to use their...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has postponed the 20th edition of the biennial National Sports Festival billed to hold in Edo state. The Games were scheduled...
The Federal Government has called on Nigerians not to panic because it was “well-equipped to detect and handle any possible case or cases of Coronavirus”. The...
The Federal, state and local governments Wednesday shared a total sum of N702.058 billion from the Federation Account for the month of October, the Federation Accounts...
The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, Thursday disclosed that the five states in the Southeast geopolitical zone had received not...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin Chapter, on Wednesday ordered its members to shun the Federal Government’s attempt to enroll them on the...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has informed that the Federal Government is making moves to decongest prisons in the country. The minister who revealed this...
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, Wednesday said the Federal Government had scheduled a high-level meeting for the full implementation of the new...
The government of Bayelsa State has accused the Nigerian Government of making illegal deduction of N450 billion from its monthly allocations over the last 13 years....
Emerging reports on Monday say parents of students at Queens College, Yaba, Lagos are scrambling to retrieve their wards from the school over speculations that there...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday said the Federal Government was in discussions with the National Pension Commission for operators of the Contributory Pension Scheme to provide...
The Federal Government on Thursday said it would reconstitute a new committee to begin fresh negotiations for the full implementation of the new national minimum wage...
It is a common knowledge that the Ijaw Youths Council recently issued a release which among other remarks stated that; if the government should reintroduce what...
R&B singer turned politician, Banky W has described the continued detention of the convener of the ‘RevolutionNow’ movement, Omoyele Sowore, by the Department of State Security...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, said that the Federal Government had spent N5tn on the power sector despite privatisation, six years ago. He also said no...
Following disagreements in the implementation of the new minimum wage, labour leaders and Federal Government officials are expected to meet between Thursday and Friday to unlock...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court is set to hear an application by the Federal Fovernment, have the ‘RevolutionNow’ convener, Omoyele Sowore detained for 20...
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Saturday, hinted of plans by the Nigerian Government to set up industrial clusters in nine states...
A total sum of N740.88 billion was shared among the Federal, states and Local government on Thursday as federal allocation for August. This was disclosed in...
Some Niger Delta militants under the auspices of 21st Century Youths for Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, on Monday, read riot act to the Federal...
The Federal Government has disbursed about N15 billion to health insurance agencies of some states in the country. The disbursement, which commenced on Tuesday, was the...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has heaped the blame of violent attacks on Nigerians and the looting of their property in South Africa, on...
The Nigerian Government has denied knowledge of South African Government closing down its foreign missions in Nigeria. Media reports on Thursday had quoted the South African...
The President Muhammadu Buhari led government has enumerated some of the measures taken in response to xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other foreigners in South Africa....
The reconstruction of portions of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway stretching from the end of Berger Bus Stop to Kara Cattle Market, would be completed by the second...
Justice Nkeonye Maha of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed September 11 to hear a motion filed by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly...
The Nigerian Government on Friday alleged, among others, that the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, was bundled back to the country because...
Some leadership traits that were useful in the past might not be so today, because we are facing a situation that is totally different from the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday advised the Federal Government to adopt diplomacy in dealing with continued protest of members of the Islamic Movement in...
The immediate past Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the ultimatum issued by Coalition of Northern Groups to the Federal Government, South East governors...
The Federal Government has launched a probe into how a former Central Bank Governor connived with two serving ministers in the present administration to rip off...
In an effort to end the ragging crisis between herdsmen and farmers, the Federal government said it has begun the process to create a radio station...
Youths of Igbo extraction has vowed to resist plans by the Federal Government to close down the Enugu International Airport. It would be recalled that the...