The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has disclosed that it will suspend its agitation if the federal government sets a date to hold a referendum on the secession of the south-east region. Recall stakeholders have been clamoring for the…
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Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, said that Twitter, the social media platform banned by the Federal Government of Nigerian in June 2021, has agreed to conditions laid out by the government to lift the ban.…
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FG Asks Grade Level 12 Civil Servants And Others To Resume Work At Their Offices From December 1
The Federal Government has directed civil servants on Grade Level 12 and below to resume duties on Wednesday, December 1. The civil servants were on March 4 asked to stay back and work from home as part of measures…
The Federal government says it has lifted restrictions on Emirates Airlines. The airline was suspended in Nigeria by the Federal government ten months ago following disagreements over the COVID-19 travel requirements on Nigerian passengers. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika,…
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Ex-Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, Loses Bid To Recover $40m Jewellery Forfeited To FG
The court of appeal, Lagos division has dismissed an appeal filed by former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, challenging the forfeiture of her $40million worth of jewellery to the federal government. The jewellery, categorised into 33 sets which…
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FG Will Replace Fuel Subsidy With N5,000 Transport Grant For 40m Poor Nigerians – Zainab Ahmed
Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, has said that the FG will remove fuel subsidies by 2022 and replace them with N5000 monthly transportation grant to the poorest Nigerians. Speaking Tuesday, Nov. 23, at…
The Federal government is set to lose N90 million as the Nigerian Railway workers begin a three-day warning strike today November 18. The workers began the strike action today November 18. They are demanding among other things…
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FG Considering Out-of-Court Settlement On VAT Tussle – Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed
Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed has revealed that the federal government is considering political paths to resolve the ongoing value-added tax (VAT) tussle. Zainab revealed this during an interview on Channels Television. The Minister who noted that…
The Nigerian government has said that it has disbursed over N58billion to Nigerians in the past two months under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT). Halima Shehu, National Coordinator of Household Uplifting Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer (HUP – CCT),…
Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has announced that the federal government will commence sale of houses under the National Mass Housing Programme from N7.2 million naira. Fashola revealed this on Friday November 12, during the…
The Federal Government has raised the cost of both single-phase and three-phase electricity meters beginning from November 15, 2021. According to a circular dated November 11, 2021, and issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, the price of a single-phase…
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It’s Safe And Intact — FG Debunks Rumour of Third Mainland Bridge “Opening Up” And “Shaking”
The federal government has debunked rumor of the Third Mainland Bridge “opening up” and “shaking”. Boade Akinola, spokesperson of the federal ministry of works who countered the claim via a statement released on Tuesday November 9, said Olukayode Popoola, the federal…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has remitted N3.51 billion to the Federal Government as the surplus generated from the conduct of the board’s 2021Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement issued by the examination body and signed…
An amended seven-count charge has been filed by the federal government against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. The fresh charges border on treasonable felony and terrorism…
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Twitter Ban: Recommendations For Twitter Will Apply To All Social Media Platforms – FG
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s minister of information and culture, says the recommendations to lift the ban on Twitter in Nigeria will apply to all social media platforms in the country. The minister said this on Monday, October 18, when he…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has budgeted an estimated N104bn on purchasing generators, fuelling and servicing them for Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the FG. This is contained in the 2022 budget proposal which has yet to be approved by the…
As Nigerians worry about the rising debt profile of the country, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said the Federal government will ensure the payment of foreign debts before settling other obligations. The…
The federal government has mandated civil servants to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha who disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday, October 13, said beginning from December 1, civil servants…
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FG Waging Full Scale War Against IPOB Members And Journalists And Has Continued To Treat So Called Bandits With Kid Glove – Falana
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has accused the federal government of treating bandits with kid gloves while waging a war on Shiites, journalists and IPOB members. Falana in a statement released on Sunday, October 3, said bandits are not different…
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Anti-Open Grazing Law: FG Backs Fulani Herdsmen Planned Suit Against South Governors
Moves by herdsmen to sue southern governors over the anti-open grazing bill they recently signed into law, has gotten a support from the federal government. Special Assistant (Media) to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr…