The former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, on Friday questioned the approval of $1.5 billion for the renovation of the Port Harcourt refinery by the Federal...
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva,...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to deploy police officers on non-essential duties to protect schools from armed bandits in the...
The Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PRESCOM) has revealed its mandate to train 150 ex-militants who surrendered their weapons in 2018 in Calabar...
The Federal Government has assured the management and staff of the National Theatre in Lagos that there would be no job losses in the establishment within...
The Federal Government has congratulated Nigerian Afrobeat superstars, Burna Boy and Wizkid for their success at the 63rd Grammy Awards edition. The Federal Government revealed that...
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has said that narrow gauge rail lines were not inferior to the standard gauge lines. He made this clarification...
National Security Adviser, Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd.), has stated that the Federal Government will never negotiate with terrorists and other criminals terrorising the country. Monguno explained...
The Federal Government is working towards the establishment of specialised courts and judicial divisions that will focus on sexual and gender-based violence (GBV), Malami revealed. The...
The Federal Government on Saturday dismissed the report that it budgeted N10.6 billion for the transportation of the COVID-19 vaccines to the 36 states and the...
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Government to pay over N53 million to a German, Mr. Martin Gegenheimer, for unlawful arrest and detention....
The Federal Government on Wednesday extended the work-from-home directive to civil servants till the end of this month. The government had earlier this year ordered civil...
The Federal Government has announced a complete ban on mining activities in Zamfara, declaring the state as a “no-fly zone’’. The National Security Adviser (NSO), retired...
The Federal Government has stated that it is considering initiating an “Uber” like mobile Ambulances scheme that will provide emergency medical services to Nigerians. The Minister...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said on Thursday the Federal Government would prepare a supplementary budget to take care of the...
The Federal Government will soon begin the trial of 5,000 suspected Boko Haram fighters held in various detention centres across the country. The Director-General of the...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to lift the embargo on employment into Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs). This followed the adoption...
A former Head of State, Gen. Abdulasalmi Abubakar (retd), on Wednesday warned the Federal Government against negotiating with the Boko Haram terrorists and armed bandits in...
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) said on Friday the Nigerian government has officially declared war on Igboland with the military operation in the forests of...
The Federal Government and the non-teaching staff of Nigerian universities will resume their meeting on Thursday. The meeting between the two parties held earlier this month...
The Federal Government has ordered the closure of an Abuja-based laboratory for issuing fake COVID-19 results to international passengers. The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease...
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Sunday the Federal Government has budgeted $1.9billion for the Kano-Maradi (Niger Republic) rail project. The minister, who disclosed...
The Federal Government has lifted the suspension earlier placed on Emirates Airlines flights in Nigeria. The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa...
The Federal Government on Wednesday granted provisional licences to 20 new private universities in the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this to State...
The Federal Government on Tuesday met with the university workers in Abuja. The workers under the aegis of Joint Action Committee had last month embarked on...
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Tuesday implored the Federal Government to explore all available options to protect Fulani communities in the Southern part of Nigeria....
The Federal Government on Tuesday confirmed the discovery of forfeited assets in 25 different locations in the country. The assets include landed properties, plants, machinery, vehicles,...
The Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu, said on Monday the Federal Government was looking at the possibility of suspending flight...
The Federal Government has extended phase three of the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown by one month. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19,...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Monday the Federal Government has released N10 billion to support local production of COVID-19 vaccines in the...
The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services on Saturday urged the Federal Government to postpone the resumption of schools across the country by...
The Federal Government on Thursday updated the guidelines for the reopening of schools across the country. The government had earlier on Thursday gave schools the go-ahead...
The Federal Government on Thursday gave schools across the country the go-ahead to reopen for academic activities on January 18. The Director of Press in the...
The United Nations on Tuesday advised the Nigerian government to impose a restriction on movement in a bid to check the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Governors of the 36 states in the country have challenged the Federal Government to expedite actions on local production of COVID-19 vaccines. The Ekiti State governor,...
The Federal Government said on Tuesday 100 returnees would be sanctioned for failing to undergo the compulsory COVID-19 test after returning to the country. The Chairman...
The Federal Government on Tuesday ruled out the imposition of a fresh lockdown in Nigeria following confirmation of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Tuesday explained why the Federal Government has not banned flights from the United Kingdom over the mutated...
The Nigerian government may be forced to impose a fresh lockdown following the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. The Plateau State governor, Simon...
The Nigerian government has ordered the mobile telecommunication operators (telcos) to block all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) without valid National Identification Numbers (NINs) after December 30....
The Nigerian government has approved a five-year nutrition action plan that would guide the implementation of interventions and programmes aimed at addressing the problems of hunger...
The Nigerian government on Monday demanded a transparent process for the selection of judges and prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Attorney-General of the...
The Federal Government on Saturday brought back to Nigeria, a 35-year-old nurse, Omowunmi Rhoda Aladeboyeje, from Egypt. Aladeboyeje, a mother of four, was allegedly trafficked to...
The Federal Government has extended its support to bus drivers, commercial motorcyclists, and other classes of people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic under its Economic Sustainability...
The Federal Government on Wednesday threatened to sanction any electricity distribution company (DisCo) or its representatives selling electricity meters or asking Nigerians to pay money to...
The House of Representatives has tasked the federal government of Nigeria to review the salaries, allowances and welfare of doctors in Nigeria to end brain drain...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday charged local broadcast stations to always take the lead in presenting authentic narrative on national...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Wednesday the Federal Government has reached out to its British counterpart over the threat by the country’s...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday commended members of the British Parliament for standing on the side of ordinary Nigerians during last month’s #EndSARS protests...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday expressed concern over fresh plans by the Federal Government to secure an additional $1.2 billion loan from the Brazilian...
