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FG unveils national sexual offenders’ register

  In a move to clamp down on offenders, Nigeria’s first national sexual offenders’ register has been launched with the database of those...

FG committed to improving the lives of children in Nigeria – Agba

  Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has pledged federal government’s support to the save-the-children initiative.  ...

FG to NCC: Pare down data prices of service providers 

In response to demands by Nigerians, the Federal government has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to work out modalities towards reducing the...

Pinnick’s corruption charges: FG backtracks, withdraws charges

  The Federal Government on Tuesday backtracked on the prosecution of Amaju Pinnick and and others as it withdrew the corruption charges filed...

National Airline: FG says Arik Air ‘ not an option’

  The Federal Government on Wednesday dismissed calls that Arik Air be converted into a national carrier rather than establishing a new one....

Nigeria’s border closure: Falana asks FG to mull over re-opening

  … warns of regional retaliation against Nigeria   By Kunle AKINSOLA About 66 days after Nigeria closed its borders with neighbouring countries,...

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Migratory herders: Enforce border closure to shut out foreign herders, Ortom tells FG

    Outraged by the incessancy of violent attacks on Benue communities by herdsmen, Gov. Samuel Ortom, has urged the Federal Government to...

At last, FG, labour agree on minimum wage per cent increase

  After days of negotiations and marathon meetings, the Federal Government and the organised labour on Thursday evening reached an agreement over the...

Minimum wage: FG gets 2-week ultimatum as unions threaten strike

  The Federal Government has been given two weeks to implement the new minimum wage of N30, 000 or risk a nationwide strike....

Education in parlous state, overhaul it, Pastor Bakare tells FG

  The founder of Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has called on the Buhari administration to overhaul the nation’s education system....

New Minimum Wage: FG Backtracks, Says Can’t Meet Labour’s Demand

By Kunle Akinsola   Citing dwindling economy, the Nigerian Government says it cannot meet the demands of workers for the percentage for the...

FG in fresh $2.5bn World Bank loan deal

  Indications have emerged that the Nigerian Government is negotiating another World Bank loan to the tune of $2.5 billion after it took...

FG, Labour talks on minimum wage end in deadlock as threat of strike rises

The Federal Government and the labour unions on Monday failed to reach an agreement on consequential adjustment on the N30,000 minimum wage. The...

Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Mohsen Araki’s phone call with Zakzaky in India angered FG

Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohsen Araki looked to have sparked a potentially damaging row with Nigeria on Friday after speaking with Sheikh Zakzaky over...

FG may increase VAT to fund new national minimum wage- Minister 

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, has said that the Federal Government is considering increasing Value Added Tax (VAT),...

SERAP drags FG, states to ECOWAS Court over ‘attacks on journalists, bloggers’

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government and state governments to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over “the...