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53EducationUNILAG Visitation Panel: FG Denies Reports Of Indictment On Management
The Federal Government has denied reports that a Presidential University Visitation Panel has indicted the management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), on allegations of misappropriation of funds and maladministration. The Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Mr Sunny Echeono, denied the claims on Monday at a news conference...
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101PoliticsNigeria’s Resolve To Remain One Is Unshakable – FG
The Federal Government says Nigeria’s resolve to remain as one indivisible entity is unshakable, in spite of the various challenges facing the nation. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this on Monday in Abuja at the opening of the ‘Nigeria at 60 Photo Exhibition’ with the theme “60...
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70NewsThings Fall Apart: Negotiations Fail As FG, NARD Head Back To Court
The negotiation and possible settlement, between the Federal Government – through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, and the Nigerian Resident Doctors (NARD), has failed. Both parties had told the vacation judge at the National industrial court, Justice Bashar Alkali, on 15th September, that they were set to negotiate and...
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32News‘We Are Not Unmindful Of The Anxiety:’ FG Promises To Restore Twitter
The Federal Government has again pledged to restore Twitter services in the country, hundred days after the tech giant was banned in Nigeria. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House reporters after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. He said...
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63NewsJOHESU Faults Composition Of FG’S Health Sector Reform Committee
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has rejected the composition of the National Health Reforms Committee approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. It criticised the Federal Government for ignoring all other health professionals to be included in the committee headed by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. The union stated this...
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62PoliticsMove To Amend VAT Law To Favour FG Will Fail, Says Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Friday described the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) by state governments as a settled deal. He believes those resisting the collection of VAT by states in place of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) would fail, despite the court order directing parties in...
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87PoliticsFG begins payment of outstanding allowances to14,021 N-Power enrollees in 1st,2nd batches
ABUJA -THE federal government, Friday, announced that it has commenced payment of outstanding allowances to 14,021 N-Power enrollees in the first and second batches, otherwise known as batches A and B. Government explained that the development followed the overcoming of payment system challenges faced by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs,...
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N-POWER: FG commences payment of outstanding arrears to beneficiaries
The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development says it has commenced the payment of arrears of stipends for batches A and B of the 2016 and 2018 volunteers of the N-Power programme nationwide. This is contained in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Alhaji...
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61PoliticsCourt orders FG to pay Igboho N20billion
An Oyo state High Court sitting in Ibadan, Friday ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay the sum of N20billion to Chief Sunday Adeyemo also known as Igbogo as damages for the invasion of his residence. Details Shortly…
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78PoliticsFG Ready To Listen To Bandits, Settle Them Without Cost – Minister
The Federal Government is willing to listen to repentant bandits and settle them without cost in a bid to find a lasting solution to the security threats in the north-west and north-central regions of the country. Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi, stated this on Tuesday in an interview on Channels...
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135PoliticsRivers govt drags FG to Supreme Court over VAT
Rivers State, through its Attorney-General, has gone to the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal that ordered it to maintain status quo on the collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, pending the determination of an appeal that was lodged by the Federal Inland Revenue...
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36NewsKonga signs MoU with FG on job creation
Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has been hailed by the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare as a digital platform with immense capacity to help re-write Nigeria’s unemployment narrative. He made this known during the signing of a landmark partnership between Konga and the Ministry aimed...
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FG says strict Covid-19 protocol by UAE government targeted at Nigerians
The Federal Government has expressed displeasure at the adoption of double standards by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the enforcement of its strict Covid-19 protocol for visitors which they alleged is targeted at Nigerians. The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on Covid-19 said that UAE prevented Nigerians from travelling directly...
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128NewsKogi Jailbreak: Soldier, Policeman Killed, Two NCoS Officials Missing – FG
Two security operatives were killed when gunmen invaded the Kabba Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kogi State, authorities have said. Similarly, two officers of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), have not been accounted for, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, Sola Fasure, disclosed in a statement on Monday. The...
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43Business
FG to use space technology to boost agriculture – NASRDA
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has announced that it will implement space technology techniques to boost Nigeria’s agricultural production. This was disclosed by Dr. Rakiya Babamaaji, the Head, Natural Resources Management Division of NASRDA, on Monday at Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The...