Alleged Forgery: FG Files Fresh Charge Against Ozekhome
In the charge filed before the FCT High Court sitting in Abuja, Ozekhome and Ponfa Useni, also known as Tali Shani, are listed as the defendants in the criminal suit.…
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Lawmakers question agric minister on whereabout of 2,000 FG tractors
Isaac Samuel The National Assembly on Tuesday questioned the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, over the whereabouts of 2,000 tractors launched by the…
Celebrating ASUU-FG’s Historic Reset with Caveats
By Farooq A. Kperogi After sixteen years of stalemate, serial strikes and ritualized brinkmanship, the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have finally signed a renegotiated…
FG dismisses claims of religious genocide, says terrorism targets all Nigerians
Isaac Samuel The Federal Government has dismissed recent reports by some international platforms and online commentators alleging that terrorists operating in Nigeria are waging a systematic genocide against Christians. In…
PENGASSAN and Dangote Refinery: Time for FG to act decisively
By ETIM ETIM By asking members to proceed on industrial action and disconnect gas supply to Dangote Refinery, PENGASSAN has eventually revealed its ulterior motives as a destructive force in…
FG puts 2024 budget performance at 80% as Reps raise concerns
Isaac Samuel The Federal Government Wednesday declared that the performance of the 2024 budget has reached about 80 per cent, with critical projects still underway across the country. Minister of…
El-Rufai alleges FG paying bandits to halt killings
Isaac Samuel Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has accused the Federal Government of making payments to bandits in a bid to stop them from killing Nigerians. The former governor…
Tertiary loan scheme: Another FG’s ploy to divert attention- ASUU
Comfort Isaac The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has described the Federal Government’s Tertiary Institution Staff Support Loan Scheme, TISSLS, as yet another antics to divert attention from signing…
Akwa Ibom: EFCC hands over recovered N100M draft to FG
Comfort Isaac The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal Directorate has handed over the sum of One Hundred Million Naira (N100,000,000) draft to the Federal Ministry of Solid…
Call SPFL to order – Host communities beg Akwa Ibom, FG
Comfort Isaac Host communities of Sterling Petrochemical and Fertilizer Limited, SPFL, in Akwa Ibom State, under the aegis of Mboho Ikot Abasi, have appealed to Governor Umo Eno and the…
FG: Nigeria Heading toward zero export of crude oil, zero import of refined petrol
The Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Economic Affairs, Dr. Tope Fasua, has hinted that Nigeria is heading toward achieving zero export of crude oil and zero import…
FG DECLARES TUESDAY, 15 JULY, 2025 PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN HONOUR OF LATE FORMER PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR PRESS STATEMENT FG DECLARES TUESDAY, 15 JULY, 2025 PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN HONOUR OF LATE FORMER PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI In futherance to the seven days of National mourning…
FG Pegs Public Interest Entities Annual Dues at ₦25 million
The federal government has directed the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) to peg the annual dues payable by private sector’s Public Interest Entities (PIEs) at ₦25 million. The federal…
LCCI Commends FG’s Enactments of Tax Laws
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) has commended the federal government on the enactments of four tax laws that were signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
FG vows crackdown on election riggers ahead of bye-elections, Anambra poll
Isaac Samuel Ahead of the August bye-elections and the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State, National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has warned political actors that there would…
FG Urges ECOWAS to Foster Growth of Private Sector, Free Market Economy
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has called on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to foster the growth of the private sector and the free-market…
Sugar Tax: FG Advised to Target Balanced Fiscal Approach, Not 1200% Increase
The ThinkBusiness Africa has advised the federal government to evolve a balanced approach for Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) that should prioritise enforcement of existing regulations than focusing on increasing the tax…
NESG Tasks FG on Digital Economy Resilience Analytics Tools to Counter Cyber Threats
The Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Dr. Tayo Aduloju, has declared that “Nigeria urgently requires a new digital economy resilience analytics tool to support institutional preparedness”…
NECA Tells FG to Realign its Multiple Reform Policies
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the federal government to realign its reforms policies to avoid hurting the growth of the private sector. The Director General of…
NECA Welcomes FG’s Relaunch of National Talent Export Programme
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has commended the federal government for relaunching the National Talent Export Programme (NATEP) with the target of creating one million jobs in five years…
NIRSAL Prepares Livestock Farmers to Tap Into FG’s $2.5bn Deal
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending (NISRAL), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development, has launched a Feedlot Management Training Program (FMTP) to prepare operators…
Victims of Ponzi Investments Schemes to lose their money to FG
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned that victims of Ponzi investment schemes and other forms of unregistered and unregulated investments would lose their money to the federal government…
FG Making Heavy Investments to Develop Metrology Services in Nigeria
The Director General/Chief Executive, Standards Organisation (SON) Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke, has disclosed that the federal government is making heavy investments toward the development metrology services in Nigeria. Okeke disclosed…
FG: Revised National Employment Policy Will Engender Productive, Employment Intensive Growth
The federal government has declared that the revised National Employment Policy (NEP) would create an enabling environment for productive and employment intensive growth in Nigeria. This was made known in…
MAN: FG’s “Nigeria First” Procurement Policy Directive Will Boost GDP by 56%, Reduce unemployment by 37%
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria’s new public procurement policy directive that emphasised patronage of Made-in-Nigeria goods and services. MAN also said that…
FG to Establish Textile Development Board, Approves $90bn Agribusiness, Livestock’s Development Plan
The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the establishment of a Cotton, Textile and Garment Development Board (CTGDB) to regulate activities in the sector. The CTGDB would be domiciled in…
FG Partners BoI to Revive Nigerian Cotton, Textile, Garment Sector
The Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Enoh, announced on Wednesday that the federal government is partnering with the Bank of Industry (BoI) and other stakeholders to revive the…
NECA Commends FG for Appointment of Substantive NHIA’s Chairman
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has commended the Federal Government for the appointment of a substantive Chairman for the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). Speaking in Lagos, the Director…