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Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog Schools will begin to teach science subjects in indigenous languages – FG The Federal Government has said that the teaching of science subjects and mathematics in indigenous languages in primary and secondary […] Read More >> Schools will begin to … Read more via...

You’ve failed —PDP By Emmanuel Elebeke and Davies Iheamnachor The Federal Government yesterday said that the search for the missing 110 Dapchi schoolgirls, who were abducted from the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State, had been extended to the...

The Federal Government has commenced investigation into the accident involving an airline operated by Dana Airline. The investigation is being carried out by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). AIB under the Federal Ministry of Transportation is set up to investigate any civil aircraft...

The Federal Government has directed Dr Ganji Bello, Director-General, National Population Commission (NPC) to resume work on Monday, Jan. 29. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, gave the directive on Thursday at an intervention meeting on the industrial dispute which … via...

President Buhari deliberating with Finance Minister, CBN Governor, Budget Minister and his Chief of Staff, Adeosun, Emefiele, Udo Udoma and Kyari respectively It is true that governments all over the world continually argue for and indeed deploy public expenditure to put their GDP on a desired...

Federal Government doing next to nothing – Nigerian Doctor shares Thread on Lassa Fever | #Trending 22.01.2018 at 9:22 pm By BellaNaija.com Leave a Comment A medical doctor on Twitter @DebonairDoctor has lamented the neglect of the welfare of doctors in the country by the Federal Government. The...

By Davidson Iriekpen A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday permanently forfeited Flat 7B situated at No. 16, Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, where the sum of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000, totaling N13 billion, was discovered on April 12, 2017 to the federal government. The court...

The Federal Government has concluded plans to create more than one million jobs across the country through egg production, processing and marketing under the National Egg Production (NEGPRO) scheme. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Chief Audu Ogbeh, who disclosed this...

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening met behind close doors with the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. The meeting which was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja was called to discuss the...

THE federal government, 36 states and the 774 local government shared N6.2 trillion as statutory allocation funds in 2017. Money Vanguard analysis of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) monthly disbursement report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the...

Between October 2016 and September 2017, the federation account received a total inflow of N908.9bn in Value Added Tax receipts from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics have revealed. An analysis of the VAT report obtained from the …...

The Federal Government on Tuesday said that about N100bn had been discovered as tax revenue shortfalls by contractors between 2012 and 2017. The figure was given by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, in a statement issued by her Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Mr. … via...

Vehicles for Atiku, others to gulp N.21bn From: Kemi Yesufu, Abuja The Federal Government, in 2017, paid out a sum of N40 million in lieu of purchase of vehicles for former Heads of State and presidents, it has emerged. According to the financial report submitted by the Secretary to … via The...

From Uche Usim, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has revealed that the Federal Government targets to generate at least 7,500 jobs through the Voluntary Asset Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). Adeosun stated this in a report on the activities of the ministry in the last two...

The Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has lamented that the association has been infiltrated with quack filling stations operators and have therefore urged the Department of Petroleum Resources’ (DPR) to begin demolition of such filling stations immediately. The Chairman...

According to Punch, the Department of Petroleum Resources, has sealed over 62 petrol stations across the country. The petrol stations were shut down due to varying acts of malpractices, including selling the Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, far above the N145 official price...

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Justice Sector Reforms, Mrs. Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu has revealed how the federal government plans to spend the $321 million stolen by late Head of State, Sani Abacha, which was recovered from Switzerland. According to her, the funds will be...

The Federal On Saturday confirmed the release of the final tranche of the Paris Club refund to 27 state governments. The Director, Home Finance, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs Siyanbola Olubunmi, confirmed the release of the fund to the 27 states while speaking at the end of the Federation...

Security experts have warned that Nigeria is sitting on a time bomb as the African Union alerted recently that over 6,000 Africans who fought for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq could soon be returning to the continent. According to the experts, the returning fighters pose a major security...

Federal Government of Nigeria has appointed Dr. Abdul Zubair as the acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to replace the suspended Mr Mounir H. Gwarzo with immediate effect. Zubair until Sunday, was the Director in charge of External Relations in the...