Student loan commences this month – FG
The Federal Government on Wednesday insisted that its Student Loan Scheme is still on track to commence this month. This was as it said students […]
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FG reveals plans to clear two years’ debts owed to NIN enrollment agents
The Federal Government has announced plans to clear the outstanding payment owed to National Identity Number enrollment agents called Front-End Partners in the first quarter […]
Nigeria power firms need $2.5bn capital, new investors to improve electricity supply – FG
According to the federal government, Nigerian energy providers lack the money to provide better power to Nigerians, estimated to be around N2 trillion, or roughly $2.5 billion. According to a Bloomberg story from yesterday, to revitalize the industry—which can hardly provide electricity to its 200 million inhabitants—new investment would be needed. Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Energy, Olu Verheijen, said the companies are over-leveraged and under-capitalised, which has limited their capacity to […]
Degree mills: FG bans 18 foreign varsity campuses
The Federal Government has banned 18 foreign universities operating in Nigeria, describing them as “degree mills,’’ warning Nigerians to avoid enrolling in such institutions. The […]
FG receives $2.25bn support facility loan from Afrexim bank
The Federal Government on Friday received a $2.25b foreign exchange support facility from the African Import-Export Bank. The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, confirmed this […]
Full speech: Nigerian Govt lists Tinubu’s achievements in 2023
Excerpts of a speech by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, at the 2023 end of year World Press Conference in Abuja […]
Transport subsidy: Labour kicks as FG slashes inter-state fares
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced a 50 per cent reduction in transportation costs along 22 interstate routes during the Yuletide season. The Minister of […]
N35,000 wage: You betrayed us – Workers drag FG
The Federal Workers Forum (FWF) has raised an alarm that the N35,000 wage award given to workers by the Federal Government to cushion the effects […]
2023: Only 1.5 households received FG’s N25,000 cash transfer – World Bank confirms
The World Bank says only 1.5 million of the 15 million targeted vulnerable Nigerian households have received the Federal Government’s N25,000 conditional cash transfer. World […]
Labour kicks as FG slashes wage by N100bn
On Wednesday, labour unions denounced the Federal Government for cutting N100 billion from the supplemental budgetary allocation meant for wage awards to federal civil servants, stating that this was not in accordance with their agreement with the government. Data obtained from the newly Revised 2023 Supplementary Budget, indicated that the government swapped the controversial N5bn presidential yacht votes for Navy barges, increased […]
FG owes 600 teachers 23-month arrears – Report
No fewer than 600 teachers in the federal civil service, precisely under the Federal Ministry of Education and the Federal Ministry of Defence, who benefited […]
‘You must provide succour to ease suffering of Nigerians’ – NPAN urges FG
The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, NPAN, has asked the federal government to move speedily with its economic reform programme and provide the much-needed succour to […]
Nationwide strike: ‘You don’t obey court orders – Labour drags FG
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have declared a nationwide strike. As the strike enters its second day, Organised Labour has stated that it has not received any court order from the Federal Government or any of its parties to stop the strike, which started on Tuesday. TUC President Festus Osifo, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday, knocked the government for “perpetually violating” court orders while expecting other institutions […]
FG cautions US, other foreign missions on security advisories
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Malagi, has cautioned the US Mission in Nigeria and other foreign missions in the country against “needless […]
For presidential yacht, vehicles, computers, others, FG outlines budgets of N33bn
Details of expenditure outlined in the N2.176 trillion 2023 supplementary budget for ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) has revealed that the federal government proposed an […]