Details have emerged on why the Federal Government suspended plan to establish a national carrier named Nigeria Air. The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika,...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerians Universities, SSANU, has accused the Federal Government of insincerity in its dealings with the negotiation team on the new national...
The Federal Government has said the reason why many Nigerians are not feeling the impact of the country’s exit from recession was due to its high...
The Federal Government has sold its 21 percent stake in the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC) to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The...
There are indications that the completion date for the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project has been extended by another one year to accommodate additional work already approved by...
The Federal Government has launched the Trader Moni empowerment programme, aimed at giving collateral free loans to petty traders, with 30,000 beneficiaries in Iwo, Osun State....
The presidency has reacted to an audio reportedly containing the voice of the only Christian girl among the students Boko Haram abducted from Government Girls Secondary...
The Federal Government said it was encouraged by the 2.05 percent growth in the non-oil sector for the second quarter of 2018. It noted that the...
The presidency has resorted to begging the National Assembly to reconvene so as to save the 2019 general elections from running into troubled waters. The Presidency,...
The Federal Government Wednesday said Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki is responsible for delaying the passage of budgets and making federal appointments. The FG stated this...
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria Sunday expressed dissatisfaction over the federal government’s exclusion of Islamic scholars (Ulamas) from the process of deradicalising captured Boko...
The federal government will for the umpteenth time be refusing to honour bail duly granted the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, citing reasons it believes...
The Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, may have deferred the closure of Third Mainland Bridge till Friday,July 27th 2018 to fully sensitise the public,...
The Federal Government said it was ready to introduce a new classification policy into the insurance industry. The policy, which would be implemented through the National...
The Federal Government said it has completed plans to build 10 major truck transit parks across the six geo-political regions of the country. The plan to...
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said the recent Brookings Report that rated Nigeria over India as the new global headquarters of poverty was not a true...
The Federal Government, States and Local Governments of the federation received a total sum of N608.33 billion as allocations in May, the National Bureau of Statistics...
The federal government has launched ‘The National Livestock Transformation Plan’, a plan it says is geared towards permanently solving the farmers-herdsmen clashes in Nigeria. The clashes...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved the rehabilitation and construction of 14 roads in different parts of the country for a total of N185.3 billion....
The Federal Government says it has recovered about N30 billion from the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). The amount was realised from individuals and...
A bid to allow enough recuperating time for both baby and nursing mother, the Federal Government has increased maternity leave for any female member of staff...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has moved to decongest prisons in the country after it disclosed that plans are underway to construct 3000 capacity building in...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the immunity enjoyed by Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers state, is what is shielding him from prosecution...
The federal government Thursday brought a 25-count amended charge against former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki for the second time in 24 hours, but he was...
The federal government has pushed back against suggestions that it has abandoned Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity out of the over 100...
The federal government has removed five top officials of the National Examination Council, NECO, investigations by THISDAY in Minna Niger state has revealed. Those removed were...
Reacting to the recent ban on the importation of cough syrups with codeine, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Tuesday called on the Federal Government to enact...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said the Federal Government has saved over N200bn by eliminating ghost workers from its civil service. According to a tweet...
A coalition of socio-cultural groups in Benue State, comprising Mdgzou U Tiv, Idoma National Forum and Omi’Ngede, have said they are set to drag the Federal...
About two years after the Pension Fund Administrators started funding the Pension Protection Fund meant for financing minimum pension payment to retirees under the Contributory Pension...
A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, has described the recent contract by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, for engineering, procurement, construction,...
The Federal Government is unhappy that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has “escalated eight potential cases against Nigeria”, arguing that contrary to the premise of the...
As controversy continues to trail the release of looters’ list by the Federal Government in the last one week, there are strong indications that government is...
Months after a controversial bill by the National Assembly to further regulate Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria received widespread public backlash and suffered derailment, the federal...
The Federal Government has commenced an investigation into the recent revelation that ahead of the 2015 general elections, a Nigerian billionaire and supporter of former President...
With the dust yet to settle following its first list of alleged looters, the federal government has released a fresh list, while also putting up a...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, has given the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, 48 hours to withdraw his...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the list of alleged looters belonging to its fold, released by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government, saying...
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to a plan that will see airport security personnel begin to bear arms. The Minister of State for Aviation,...
The Federal Government yesterday launched fresh moves to seize looted funds and suspicious assets traced to some former governors, ministers and senators in the United Arab...
The two presidential aircraft, a Falcon 7X executive jet and Hawker 4000, that were advertised for sale in October 2016, have yet to be sold almost...
The federal government and the 11 electricity distribution companies are heading for a collision over the plan by the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing...
The Federal Government, Thursday, set up of a nine-man administrative panel of enquiry into the finances of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). Inaugurating the...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reviewed its minimum wage demand upwards to now stand at “above N56,000” in its latest presentation to the tripartite committee...
The Federal Government says it is planning to increase insurance coverage for the agricultural sector from the current 500,000 farmers to 3.8 million farmers. The Managing...
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmad, Monday said over 300, 000 Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram insurgency were taking refuge in...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights requesting “the urgent intervention of the Bureau...
In what would come to many as a confirmation of the Federal Government’s apparent bias in its handling of the recent killings by herdsmen, the federal...
The Federal Government has approved a new framework geared towards expanding the 33KVA and 11KVA electricity transmission lines in the country. The framework will ensure distribution...
The Federal Government has stated that the media and public commentators have created a “poisoned atmosphere” by their coverage and analysis of the herdsmen crisis through...