The Federal Government and states have agreed to set up cattle ranches in 10 states — Adamawa, Benue, Ebonyi, Edo, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Oyo, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara to end herders, farmers’ crisis in the country. The 10 states are in…
Echoes from The Nation Agric, food Summit (Nation)
Besides widening the tax net and eliminating leakages in the revenue accruing to it, the Federal Government is banking on the non-oil sector to diversify the economy. Prior to the introduction of diversification policy by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration,…
FG invites Abiola’s family, Soyinka, Tinubu, Nwosu, activists to investiture (Nation)
The federal government last night rolled out the programme for the conferment of national honours on the late Chief Moshood Abiola, winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, his running mate Ambassador Baba Gana Kinbige and the late…
Tackle insecurity instead of blaming others, Atiku tells FG (Punch)
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…