The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the construction and rehabilitation of 10 roads across the country at the sum of N169.74 billion. This was disclosed...
The Federal Executive Council, has approved the sum of N1.4 billion for the design of the Abuja headquarters of the Department for Petroleum Resources, DPR. The...
A total of N50 billion would be required to complete the abandoned National Library building in Abuja, according to the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu....
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday as expected presented the 2019 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly. Buhari presented the budget in the...
Members of the Ekiti All Progressives Congress (APC) are said to express fears over the inability of President Muhammadu Buahri to appoint a replacement for Governor...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the implementation of the no-work-no-pay principle when workers go on strike in the federal public service. Minister of Labour...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved six transaction parties to advise the Federal Government on the issuance of $2.78 billion Eurobonds and other securities in...
The Presidency said Zainab Ahmed would likely be the substantive Minister of Finance. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, confirmed...
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, has dismissed reports that she has resigned her position as a member of the Federal Executive...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved N72.9bn for the reconstruction of the road from Apapa to the toll gate on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Minister of Works,...
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 new Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport terminal under construction is expected to begin operations in October 2018. The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN),...
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 Presidency on Tuesday gave reasons why the weekly Wednesday Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting will not hold this week. According to the Presidency, the usual...
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 Executive Council (FEC) has approved two Executive Orders and five tax policy Amendment Bills as it aims at reducing tax burden on Nigerians and...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) in its meeting on Wednesday gave approval for a sum of N1.365 billion for the procurement of new equipment for the...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced yesterday that it has completed the outstanding audit on its financial statements from the years 2011 to 2016, but...
The management of Dana Air Thursday welcomed the Nigerian government’s decision to carry out a complete audit of its operation. The Federal Government on Wednesday ordered...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the construction of the Ibadan-Kaduna rail project expected to cost $6.7 billion. Its approval came by way of endorsement...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) disclosed Sunday that it had suspended Philomina Chieshe, a staff who claimed N36m was swallowed by a snake in...
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 Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has disclosed the Federal Executive Council (FEC)’s approval of an independent power system for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved contracts on roads, aviation, education transportation and others totaling about N960 billion. The development came following a marathon...
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Usani, has stated that the East- West road in the region was “designed to fail”, as he pushed back on...
The Federal Government revealed Wednesday that it had approved the constitution of Special Mining Surveillance Task Force with the mandate of monitoring and curbing illegal mining...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday summoned his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, and the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, over their...
The Federal Government has Wednesday made known its decision to probe some select agencies of government including the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the...
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over the Wednesday weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa Abuja. President Buhari arrived at the Council Chambers...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved the construction of Mambilla Hydro-Electric Power plant at the sum of 5.792 billion dollars. This was disclosed following the...
A mid-term cabinet reshuffle has topped President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda since his return from the United Kingdom (UK) nine days ago and may have influenced his...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) University of Nigeria, following consideration of the implementation committee’s report...
The Federal Executive Council has approved a national gas policy aimed at reducing Nigeria’s dependence on crude oil by increasing gas exploration and facilities. According to...
The Federal Executive Council during its Wednesday meeting deliberated on the seeming feud involving Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and the Senate. The FEC it was learnt...
Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo just back from the African Union (AU) Summit chaired the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday. The meeting which held...
The ongoing face-off over the 2017 budget, may not be over soon, as the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu...
The Minister of Information and Culture on Wednesday told Nigerians not to be worried over President Muhammadu Buhari’s health because he is in competent hands. Following...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has denied saying that the federal government does not know who will sign the 2017 budget into...
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has taken charge by ‘coordinating’ affairs of government, as he president over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. Osinbajo however, changed...
The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that a cabal is now ruling Nigeria. The party said the health challenge of President...
Even though his aides and media handlers keep telling Nigerians otherwise, it is becoming more obvious that President Muhammadu Buhari may not really be ready to...
The presidency has reacted to calls in some quarters calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office, due to his health issues. Special Adviser to...
Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence at the last two Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, a civil society group, Change the Change Coalition, on Thursday said it...
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has denied saying President Muhammadu will henceforth work from home. The minister was quoted to have told...
Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammad, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is healthy, in town and would be back to his office...
Following the worsening relationship between the executive and legislative arms of government, President Muhammadu Buhari has set up a committee to look into the causes of...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N8 billion for the construction of roads and bridges across 12 states of the federation and the Federal Capital...
N126 billion contracts for 12 roads across eight states of the federation, was on Wednesday approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Acting...
Nigeria’s Federal Government says it has set up a task force on food security to ensure that people will stop selling products that ordinarily should be...
Faced with the challenge of boosting internal revenue for its various development programmes the Federal Government has concluded plans to make rich Nigerians pay more for...