Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal Government to tackle insecurity in the country rather than engage in endless diversionary accusation. Atiku, in a Democracy Day statement he personally signed which was released by his Media Office,…
FG withdrawal of $1bn from ECA: South South govs demand 13% derivation (SUN)
South South governors want the Federal Government to pay 13 percent derivation (of the $1 billion, sourced from the Excess Crude Account, to fight insurgency,) to oil-producing states of the Federation. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, led the charge when…
Falae, monarch: Akure deserves railway (Nation)
The Deji and paramount ruler of Akure Kingdom in Ondo State, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, Odundun II, and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, have urged the Federal Government to include Akure in the…
FG to begin Ekitigate probe after Fayose’s tenure (Independent)
The Federal Government will begin a comprehensive probe of the Ekitigate scandal in Ekiti State immediately the tenure of Governor Ayodele Fayose ends in October,Daily Independent has learnt. A presidency source who spoke with our correspondent at the weekend said…
It’s legal to marry in Ikoyi registry, says FG (Punch)
The Federal Government has faulted claims by the Lagos State Government that a Federal High Court had shut down the Ikoyi marriage registry, insisting that the report was false. The Ministry of Interior said that the court, presided over by…
FG asks Abuja court to revoke Melaye’s bail (SUN)
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, prayed a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sitting at Maitama, to revoke the bail it granted to Sen. Dino Melaye. Melaye, a senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly,…
Strike: You’ve no right to intimidate, harass doctors, FG tells JOHESU (SUN)
The Federal Government has reminded striking health workers that they lack the right to intimidate and harass other health workers that are not engaged in the strike. President of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr. Ugochukwu Chinaka, raised…
FG pays 14 whistleblowers N439m (Nation)
For helping the federal government rake in N13.8 billion from tax evaders,14 whistle blowers have been rewarded with the sum of N439.276 million. The informants tipped off government on the affected tax evaders ,Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun told reporters yesterday.…
FG reacts to killing of Nigerian diplomat in Sudan (NewTelegraph)
The federal government on Friday condemned the alleged assassination of Habibu Almu, a Nigerian immigration attaché I, in the Nigerian mission in Khartoum, Sudan. According to a statement from Tope Elias-Fatile, the ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson, the federal government…
FG has saved over N200bn by eliminating ghost workers –Osinbajo (Punch)
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the Federal Government has saved more than N200bn after it eliminated ghost workers from the federal civil service. A tweet posted on the verified Twitter handle @AsoRock, revealed that Osinbajo said this during his keynote…
