The Federal Government said on Tuesday it might consider the adoption of the University Transparency Account System (UTAS) presented by the Academic Staff Union of Universities...
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, appealed to the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU to suspend the six-month industrial action...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday banned commercial activities under the Marine Beach Bridge, Lagos, as rehabilitation works are completed on...
The Federal Government said on Wednesday a section of Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos would be completely closed for three-day repair works. The Federal Controller of...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Gauge. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed...
The deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, has thrown his weight behind the Federal Government’s decision to remove fuel subsidy in the country. Sanusi, who featured...
The British government on Thursday expressed surprise at its Nigerian counterpart’s reaction to the recent move to bring sanity into the country electoral process. The United...
The Federal Government will meet with the organized labour on Thursday to resolve the impasse caused by the recent increase in the pump price of petrol...
The Federal Government, states, and local government councils had shared N682 billion as revenue allocation for the month of August. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance,...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, said on Tuesday the Federal Government had concluded plans to evacuate Nigerian refugees in Diffa, Niger Republic, back home. Zulum stated...
The Federal Government on Monday confirmed the appointment of four new permanent secretaries in the federal civil service. The Director of Information, Office of the Head...
The Federal Government and National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday reached an agreement on some of the issues raised by the health workers. In...
There are fresh doubts over the federal government’s claim of full deregulation of the downstream segment of the petroleum industry with the latest admission by the...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Thursday the Federal Government lacked the financial capacity to pay for fuel subsidy in the...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has told the Federal Government that members of the union will not return to work until all the demands...
The Federal Government on Friday expressed happiness at the acquittal of a Nigerian suspected of drug trafficking, Ibrahim Abubakar Ibrahim, by a Saudi Arabian court. Ibrahim,...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, said on Thursday the Federal Government planned to absorb eligible N-Power beneficiaries into...
Lecturers under the aegis of Congress of University Academics on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to reopen tertiary institutions in the country. CONUA, in a statement...
Following the reported incessant and mysterious killing of Nigerians in Northern Cyprus, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) on Monday warned Nigerians against sending their children...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives on Monday threatened to take legal action against the Federal Government and some of its...
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Biodun Ogunyemi, vowed on Saturday the union would sustain its ongoing industrial action until the Federal...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said on Saturday night the Federal Government had approved the establishment of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has distributed the sum of N676.407 billion for July 2020 federation account revenue to the federal, states and local government...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said on Thursday the Federal Government had started working with global health and research organisations developing COVID-19 vaccines. Ehanire,...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said on Monday the Federal Government may approach the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court for a...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to allow responsible citizens to protect themselves with AK-47 rifles and other weapons in a...
Nigerian states depend on the federal government for over 70 per cent of their survival, raising fears of their stand-alone potential without intervention from the centre,...
The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned six Nigerians and three foreign nationals at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over their alleged involvement in...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said on Tuesday the Federal Government had intervened in the maintenance and rehabilitation of 37 bridges across the...
The Oyo State government on Tuesday released the calendar for the resumption of schools across the state. However, the government cancelled the third term in the...
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) shared a total of N651.18billion as allocations to the three tiers of government and other relevant agencies for the month...
Barely four days to the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for rehabilitation, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr. Olukayode Popoola, said on...
The Federal Government on Sunday explained why the planned evacuation of stranded Nigerians in the United Kingdom was rescheduled. The evacuation flight which was earlier scheduled...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Saturday the evacuation of Nigerians from the United Kingdom had been rescheduled to July 14. Onyeama, who...
The Federal and Lagos State governments on Tuesday announced a traffic management plan towards partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for six months’ maintenance work....
Nigerians living abroad under the aegis of the Nigerian Diaspora COVID-19 Support Group have donated materials to the Federal Government to help in the fight against...
The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it had secured the release of 39 Nigerians arrested for illegally entering Ghana. The released Nigerians according to the...
The Federal Government on Monday extended the Phase II of the relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown by another four weeks. The Chairman of the Presidential Task...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said on Thursday the Federal Government had evacuated 167 Nigerians from South Africa. Onyeama, who disclosed this in a...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, said on Tuesday the Executive Order 10 signed recently by President Muhammadu Buhari would be...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Sunday asked the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, to apologize to Nigerians for “misinforming” them on the mission of the...
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said Wednesday the Federal Government had disbursed the sum of N43,416,000,000.00 ($120.6 million) to 24 states...
Rivers State government on Saturday accused Federal Government of “reckless politicization” of the fight against coronavirus as controversy continued to trail the detention of two pilots...
All working journalists and other media staff in Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been advised to use their...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has postponed the 20th edition of the biennial National Sports Festival billed to hold in Edo state. The Games were scheduled...
The Federal Government has called on Nigerians not to panic because it was “well-equipped to detect and handle any possible case or cases of Coronavirus”. The...
The Federal, state and local governments Wednesday shared a total sum of N702.058 billion from the Federation Account for the month of October, the Federation Accounts...
The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, Thursday disclosed that the five states in the Southeast geopolitical zone had received not...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin Chapter, on Wednesday ordered its members to shun the Federal Government’s attempt to enroll them on the...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has informed that the Federal Government is making moves to decongest prisons in the country. The minister who revealed this...
