The Federal Government is contemplating helping independent fuel marketers finance the installation of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) sales pumps at filling stations nationwide. Naija News reports...
The Federal Government has disclosed plans to deploy 530 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to six states as part of the first phase of the implementation...
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Council on Climate Change has officially endorsed an initiative to address global climate crisis, environmental challenges and improving...
Amidst the ongoing clamour for a substantial increase in the national minimum wage, President Bola Tinubu’s administration announced an increase from ₦30,000 to ₦48,000. However, this...
The federal government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have vowed to fight fake news in Nigeria to a standstill. The Minister of Information...
The Organised Labour has frowned at the Federal Government’s plan to utilise the N19.66 trillion pension funds for infrastructure development. This is contained in a joint...
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared the sum of N1.208 trillion as revenue for April among the Federal Government, states and Local Government Councils...
The acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Chris Maiyaki, says the Federal Government is working to reconstitute the governing councils of universities. According to...
The Federal Government is poised to reconstitute the governing councils of universities across the nation, the acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has called for more support from the European Union (EU) in tackling the security challenges in the country. While speaking at...
The Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria, MDCAN, has lamented the failure of the federal and state governments to issue relevant circular on the increase(harmonisation)...
The federal government has hinted that it will commence workers’ productivity audit from the Ministry of Interior. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who dropped the...
The federal government has announced the plan to tap from locally available funds such as pension and life insurance to develop infrastructure in the country. The...
The Federal Government is set to embark on the construction of 13 new infrastructure projects in the Kano Centre of the National Mass Literacy and Adult...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the constitution of a committee to streamline visa processes...
The federal government has announced plans to start charging helicopter landing levies. This was disclosed in a statement by the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development....
Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and sought for a court injunction to stop Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, Speaker...
The Federal Government is contemplating a supplementary budget to accommodate a proposed increase in the minimum wage, as ongoing negotiations are likely to exceed the allocations...
The federal government has told social platform, TikTok, to moderate its contents to reduce online problems like hate speech, misinformation, and cyberbullying. The Director General of...
The Minister of Environment, Malam Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has said the National Forestry Trust Fund was established to address inadequacy of funds in forestry management. The...
The federal government of Nigeria may start paying workers in the civil service based on their productivity. This was disclosed on Monday by the Director-General of...
The federal government will soon begin the distribution of N100 billion worth of fertilisers donated earlier by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Minister of...
The Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) Gbenga Adebayo has said the telecoms sector should not be a palliative to solve...
Senator Ali Ndume has voiced strong opposition to the newly implemented cybersecurity levy, arguing that it unfairly increases the tax burden on Nigerians without enhancing their...
Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Sokoto Diocese has warned that banditry in Nigeria will continue to escalate if the government does not prioritize youth education. Speaking...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the Nigerian government to develop a more “robust and adequate” framework to combat the escalating issue of cybercrime...
President Bola Tinubu has assured of the preparedness of the Federal Government to partner with states to bring growth and development to their citizens in the...
The Federal Government on Thursday disclosed that it has recaptured many of the inmates who last month fled the Suleja Custodial Centre following the collapse of...
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a suit seeking to stop the Federal Government from securitising the sum of N22.7 trillion Ways and Means...
The Federal Government is considering introducing excise duties in the telecoms, lottery, and gambling industries, alongside increasing the Value Added Tax (VAT) rate. Plans to introduce...
The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has announced the recapture of several inmates who escaped from the Suleja Custodial Centre last month. Naija News recalls...
Top officials in the Federal Government have reacted to a bribery allegation made by Binance Chief Executive Officer, Richard Teng. Naija News recalls that Teng, in...
The federal government has not reconstituted the governing councils of federal universities 11 months after they were dissolved. Recall that President Bola Tinubu in June last...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has commended the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, for affirming that the federal government has no intention of...
The federal government in collaboration with other stakeholders has called for an effective proposal for the global pandemic fund application, and robust health security systems in...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Monday, vowed to act decisively to uphold the integrity of the capital market and protect the interests of all investors....
The federal government has dismissed reports that the federal government is collaborating with other countries to set up a foreign military base in Nigeria. The Minister...
The federal government has refuted claims regarding the establishment of foreign military bases on its soil. Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, categorically...
The Biola Tinubu-led Federal Government has said it is not considering any military base in the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris,...
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has called on the federal government to task the tripartite committee on the national minimum wage to finalise its decision,...
The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has announced that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) will cease funding for any non-performing centre of excellence established...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said no journalist has been incarcerated under the Bola Tinubu administration for practising responsible journalism. Idris...
The federal government has disclosed that it will flush out persons in public and private organisations working with fake certificates. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir...
The federal government has disclosed that Nigerians to receive ₦50,000 each under the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme will be selected randomly and digitally from the list...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the Ministry of Finance yesterday expressed readiness to partner with the Enugu State...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has condemned the killing of a 14-year-old Nigerian, Daniel Anjorin, in the United Kingdom. Hon. Abike Dabiri- Erewa, Chairman/ CEO, Nigerians...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says Nigeria’s inaugural flight to Saudi Arabia for this year’s hajj will take off on May 15, 2024. This...
The ongoing negotiations between the Federal Government and organised labour for a new minimum wage have ended in a deadlock. It will be recalled that President...
The Federal Government has revealed it would stop granting licences to gas companies with no capacity to build pipelines for gas distribution, following the aftermath of...
The organised labour yesterday urged the federal government to increase the minimum wage to N615, 000. It said this was in line with current economic realities...
The Federal Government has assured workers in the country that the implementation of the new national minimum would still take effect from April 1. Mrs Nkeiruka...
Organised labour has given the Federal Government till the end of May to finalise the process of implementing the new national minimum wage for workers. The...
The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, has claimed that the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government is currently applying quasi-subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit,...
The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has urged the Federal Government and the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, to adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Saidu Alkali, on Tuesday flagged off operations on the Port Harcourt-Aba rail line. This development comes after two previous unsuccessful attempts...
The federal government on Tuesday said it would repatriate no fewer than 6000 Nigerian refugees from Chad and Cameroon. The Federal Commissioner of the National Commission...
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 1, as a public holiday to mark this year’s Workers’ Day. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this...
The federal government on Monday expressed commitment to addressing the challenge of malnutrition in the country by leveraging on data from a National Food Consumption and...
The Federal Government has begun the demolition of properties affected by the right of way on the Lagos-Calabar coastal road construction. The Minister of Works, David...
In the last six months of 2023, the Federal Government of Nigeria received an additional N3.8 trillion in what appeared to be a fresh Ways and...
The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has said that environment financing is capital intensive and sought for the mobilisation of more financial inflow for environmental...
The Federal Government has announced that the demolition of buildings encroaching the designated right of way for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road will begin this Saturday. This...
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its dedication to revitalising the textile industry in Nigeria, aiming to empower the cotton, textile, and garment sector to drive employment...
The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has directed the contractors handling sections I-IV of Lokoja-Benin, Obajana Junction-Benin roads in Kogi and Edo states to immediately...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Thursday, warned the Federal Government not to test the patience of workers over delay in the payment of N35,000 wage...
The Federal Government of Nigeria is considering the relocation of inmates from the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre after 119 of them escaped following the destruction...
The Federal Government has commenced the upgrading of 50 selected senior secondary schools across the country. Dr Iyela Ajayi, the Executive Secretary of the National Senior...
The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has decried the delay by federal and state governments in paying the workers’ wage award for March and April 2024. TUC...
The Islamic Orphanage Foundation (IOF) Ilorin, Kwara State, on Sunday, asked the federal and state government as well as the private sectors to give orphans special...
The Africa Youth Growth Foundation (AYGF) has urged the federal government to adopt Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to enable people access health care without financial restraint....
The federal government has thrown its weight behind Computer Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) in the fight against quacks in Information Technology profession. The Minister of...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the commencement of the Consumer Credit Scheme, which aims to increase access to essential goods and services for Nigerians, enabling them...
Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, says the Federal Government plans to increase power generation from 4000 Megawatts to 6000 by the end of 2024 to...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has decried the rate of underage entry into universities, saying there is a plan to reviewing and pegging the...
The Federal Government has ordered that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates less than 18 years. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir...
The federal government is expecting a fresh $2.2 billion single-digit interest loan from the World Bank and another budget support facility from the African Development Bank...
The Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government is set to roll out the first set of critical assets for the deployment and launch of the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)...
The Presidential Amnesty Programme has explained the delay in the payment of March stipends to the ex-Niger Delta Militants. Naija News reports that the administrator of...
The Misereor Dialogue and Partnership Service (DPS) in Nigeria, German Catholic Bishops Conference Organisation for Development Cooperation, has urged the Federal Government, individuals and corporate organisations...
The Federal Government inaugurated a compensation verification committee on Thursday. The committee is tasked with reviewing and settling the claims of landowners affected by the project....
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) says the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination registration number, National Identification Number and Bank Verification Number are major requirements for accessing...
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The Organised Private Sector (OPS) has warned that more than two-thirds of private businesses in Nigeria are at risk of shutting down due to increased operating...
The federal government in collaboration with the Partnership for Eradication of Cancer in Africa (PECA) yesterday introduced OncoSeek, a medical test that can detect nine types...
The federal government has deployed a team of officers to monitor the activities of its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), as part of measures at ensuring...
For Nigeria to achieve food security, food sufficiency and global security in 2024, about 312,000 metric tons of seed are needed, the federal government has said....
Prof. Joseph Utsev, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, has cautioned that 148 local government areas across 31 states are among the highly probable flood...
The Federal Government has commenced the allocation of 8,925 houses to deserving applicants nationwide under the National Housing Programme (NHP). The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry...
The Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has begun disbursement of the N200bn Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme to verified applicants. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris...
The Federal Government has initiated a significant upgrade to the Import Duty Exemption Certificate (IDEC) process by incorporating an electronic monitoring and evaluation framework (M&E). Naija...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says the Federal Government has rescued over 1,000 victims of verified mass abduction across the country without paying...
Organised Labour, comprising the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), has asked the federal government to announce a new minimum wage on...
The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT) is working towards establishing a preventive clinic for cancer in each of the six geopolitical zones of...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has called on Nigerians to report any instances of arbitrary price hikes by businesses. Naija News reports that...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has called for the collective support of all Nigerians to enhance the quality of life across...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Usmanu Danfodiyo University has faulted the federal government for advertising the position of Vice Chancellor of the university...