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FG commits N42bn to road projects in five Northeast states

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Mu’azu Sambo, says the Federal Government has approved about N42 billion for some road infrastructure in the five...

ASUU to FG: You must return to New Draft Agreement of 2009 FGN/ASUU Renegotiation Committee

As the shutting down of the nation’s public universities enters 186th day, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has stuck to its...

Ex-SGF, Ahmed, kicks against perm secs as sureties for public treasury looters

The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Yayale Ahmed,  has criticised the practice of using Permanent Secretaries as sureties for...

FG’s motorcycle ban will throw 40m Nigerians out of jobs — ACOMORAN

  The ban of commercial motorcycles nationwide being contemplated by the Federal Government will throw out at least 40 million Nigerians into the...

Court orders FG to pay N10m monthly salaries to CJN, N9m to other Supreme Court justices

Judicial officers in the country may now have reasons to smile as the National Industrial Court on Friday ordered the Federal Government to...

Protracted ASUU strike: Issue with unions not as simple as many think, says FG

The issues surrounding the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and three other university-based unions are not as simple...

FG moves to tackle fertilizer scarcity in Nigeria

Farmers in Nigeria would soon begin to have access to fertilizer as Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA)  announces the delivery of 105,000 metric...

774 councils’ autonomy gets judicial stamp as court bars governors from tampering with their funds

A landmark judgment was delivered on Monday in Abuja barring state governors from controlling and disbursing local government funds across the country. Persecondnews...

$148,000 romance scam: FG extradicts Adedunmola Gbadegesin to U.S.

For allegedly defrauding an American woman of over $148,000 in a “romance scam”, a Nigerian, Adedunmola Gbadegesin, has been extradited to the United...

After about 28 months of closure, Buhari govt announces reopening of Idiroko, three other land borders

The 28-month long closure of ldiroko border in Ogun and three other borders came to an end on Friday as President Muhammadu Buhari...

Food inflation: FG releases 40,000 metric tons of grains

To cushion the effect of high food prices in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of 40,000 metric tons of...

Paris Club refunds: 36 states lose $418m suit against FG

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed against the Federal Government by the Attorneys-General of the 36 states...

FG, UNICEF launch digital learning platform for 12m students

The Federal Government, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), and other partners on Thursday launched the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP), a mobile learning platform...

Russia/Ukraine war: FG to release new trade policy

Following the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Federal Government has disclosed that it is working on a new policy on trade with...

Hope of reopening nation’s 91 public universities dashed as ASUU extends strike till May

  The nation’s public universities will remain shut until May this year,  the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared after arising...

FG blames power outage nationwide on low water level at hydro dams 

In spite of the huge investment in gas-powered electricity generation, the Federal Government has blamed the current unstable power supply across the country...