Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Friday ordered the temporary forfeiture of 12 landed properties linked to a former Director of Finance...
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olalekan Adegbite, said on Friday the ministry was working with the country’s judiciary to prosecute foreign illegal miners caught...
The Nigerian Consulate in New York said Thursday the first batch of 270 Nigerians stranded in the United States would be evacuated home Saturday. At least...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said on Wednesday the Federal Government had granted a two-month licence fee waiver for terrestrial broadcast stations...
The Federal Government Wednesday decried the continued violation of the new guidelines set up as part of measures to check the spread of COVID-19 in the...
The Nigerian government will extend its embargo on both local and international flights by four weeks as part of measures to contain the spread of the...
The Federal Government said on Thursday it would work to ensure that there were no job losses arising from the extreme effects of the COVID-19 pandemic...
The Federal Government Thursday ordered civil servants throughout the country to resume duties on May 4. The Head of Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan,...
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), Sunday asked the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, to publish the full report of a medical team put together...
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has said that the Federal Government has collaborated with network providers to launch free e-learning for primary and...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Friday the Federal Government would not accept the request to self-isolate in their homes by Nigerians abroad...
The Federal Government Wednesday dismissed reports that it had postponed the resumption of schools in the country till November. The Federal Ministry of Education in a...
The Federal Government Wednesday banned inter-state movement of COVID-19 patients in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this at the Presidential Taskforce...
The Federal Government Tuesday warned Nigerians against patronising uncertified COVID-19 vaccines being hawked in Kano State. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave...
The Minister of Agriculture, Sabo Nanono, said on Monday the Federal Government would soon inaugurate a joint task force to ensure unrestricted movement of farm produce...
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said on Monday the closure of airspace and airports in the country had been extended by two weeks due to...
The Federal Government has reduced the price of NPK fertilizer from N5,500 to N5,000 per 50kg bag in a bid to cushion the effect of the...
The Federal Government on Wednesday said foreigners with valid visitors’ pass as at the time the nation’s airspace was closed to international flights would be granted...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Tuesday described claims of maltreatment of Nigerians in China as half-truths. Several video clips showing some Chinese citizens kicking...
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has said the 500,000 N-Power enrollees across the country would begin getting their monthly entitlements from...
Two payment service providers have been sacked by the Federal Government for delaying the processing of the N20,000 the government approved as palliatives for the COVID-19...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, Monday called for cooperation from all sectors in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in continuation of efforts by the government to find effective means of tackling the coronavirus pandemic...
The Federal Government on Friday cautioned religious leaders against holding Easter services and Friday Jumat in defiance of the stay-at-home directive put in place to check...
The Federal Government on Friday gave food palliative to Lagos State government as part of measures to cushion the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on residents....
The Federal Government on Thursday commenced the disbursement of N20,000 to over 15, 000 indigent residents of Osun State. The residents are some of the beneficiaries...
The Nigerian government said it would close operations at state-owned refineries temporarily as part of plans to obtain funding and a model to upgrade the facilities....
The Federal Government insisted on Wednesday it had not entered into any agreement to give any amount of money to any individual in relation to the...
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The Federal Government said on Tuesday it would adopt a door-to-door voucher distribution system to feed school pupils in the country. The Assistant Director of the...
The Federal Government on Tuesday expressed optimism that the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria would soon end. The government also commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State...
The Federal Government on Tuesday commenced the disbursement of N446.6 million to 22,380 poor and vulnerable households in nine local government areas of Kaduna State under...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Monday the COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the much-hyped social intervention programmes of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and...
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, on Monday reacted to the mounting opposition against health experts expected to arrive from China...
The Nigerian government has granted a tax holiday of up to three years in conformity with the provisions of the Industrial Development Income Tax Act. Termed...
The Minister of Health, Osagie Enahire, disclosed Friday that Nigeria was expecting a medical team from China to aid in the fight against COVID-19. He made...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Monday arraigned four supermarkets and pharmaceutical outlets at the Federal High Court, Abuja, for hiking the prices...
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Saturday charged the Federal Government to print more naira notes in order to save...
The Federal Government on Wednesday proposed the reduction of oil benchmark from $57 to $30 per barrel. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this after...
The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said on Monday, 179 persons had contact with the coronavirus index case. The minister, who disclosed this at a press...
The Federal Government on Monday ordered the total closure of all land borders that were hitherto partially closed. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...
The Federal Government has cancelled the meeting of heads of states and governments of the Chad Basin slated for next week in Abuja. The Minister of...
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency on (NAMA) on Saturday formally notified all foreign airlines operating in the country on the shut down of its airspace. A...
The Federal Ministry of Education on Thursday ordered the immediate closure of tertiary institutions, secondary and primary schools nationwide over the outbreak of the Coronavirus in...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Saturday closed Haufei Restaurant and Mall, a Chinese eatery in Lagos State, for refusing to serve Nigerians....
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnnaya Onu, said on Saturday three more Nigerian scientists had submitted for verification their presumed cure for the deadly...
The Federal Government said on Friday the 93 persons that boarded the same Turkish Airline with the coronavirus index case have not been traced for scrutiny....
The Federal Government said on Saturday Berger/Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway would be opened to motorists on March 1. The Federal Controller of Works,...
The Federal Government on Thursday provided possible reasons why Boko Haram terrorists are now targeting churches and Christians in their murderous campaign in the country. The...
The Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman, said on Thursday the Federal Government has no plan to hand over the electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to a...