The Presidential Committee on Fiscal policy and tax reforms has proposed an upward review of the 7.5% value-added tax (VAT) rate. Punch reports that the chairman...
The Federal government has denied claims made by the CEO of Binance, Richard Teng, that some unknown persons, claiming to be agents of Nigerian officials, demanded...
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 denied reports claiming it is in talks with some foreign countries to set up foreign military bases in the country. In...
The Federal Government has complained about Nigerians who still defecate in public, saying despite just a year left to the deadline to end the practice, about...
The Federal Government has approved a substantial increase in salary ranging from 25% to 35% for civil servants across various consolidated salary structures. This augmentation...
The Port-Harcourt-Aba railway has been opened for operation by the federal government following the completion of its rehabilitation, which forms part of the ongoing work at...
The Federal Government had declared Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Workers’ Day. Nigeria’s Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo...
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to stop the controversial Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project as...
The federal government has been chided by a federal high court in Abuja for not diligently prosecuting, Tukur Mamu, publisher of Desert Herald newspaper over alleged...
Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment on Friday, April 26, announced the federal government’s plan to set up a $10 billion diaspora fund to...
The federal government has revoked 924 dormant licences across four sectors in the mining industry. Minister of Solid Minerals Developments, Dele Alake who made the...
The Federal government has suspended Dana Airline operations over concerns surrounding the safety and financial viability of their operations. The suspension comes barely 24 hours after...
The Federal Government says it will soon commence the loan disbursement process for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and manufacturers under the Presidential N200 billion...
The federal government has directed that candidates who are less than 18 years old should not be offered admission into tertiary institutions. The Minister of...
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited have denied reports claiming that petroleum subsidy has been reinstated by the...
Minister of aviation and aerospace, Festus Keyamo has said that the federal government will be going after illegal flights and non-certified personnel. Appearing on a...
The Federal Government said an average of N3,000 will be charged per toll gate when the Lagos-Calabar coastal road is completed. Nigeria’s Minister of Works...
The Federal Government has officially designated Thursday, April 11th, 2024 as an extra public holiday in observance of this year’s Eid-El-Fitr celebration. The Ministry of...
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, 9th, and Wednesday, 10th April 2024, as Public Holidays to mark Eid-el-Fitr Celebration. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo,...
The Federal Government has said that only a small segment of the consumers will be affected by the recent electricity hike. Speaking at a press...
Education Minister Tahir Mamman has said that security agencies will soon be directed to go after individuals with fake university certificates in the country. Speaking...
The Federal Government on Tuesday, April 2, said 2 million Almajiri children have been removed from the streets and enrolled in schools to acquire...
Residents of Okuama community in Delta State are appealing for help from the federal and state government after fleeing to a forest following the killing of...
The sum of N90 billion has allegedly been released by the federal government to subsidise the 2024 pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A...
Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung has accused the Federal government of having a hand in the ‘escape’’ of fleeing Binance Boss, Nadeem Anjarwala. LIB had...
The Federal Government has declared Friday, 29th March, and Monday, 1st of April 2024 as public holidays to mark the 2024 Good Friday and Easter Monday...
Traditional Religion Worshippers’ Association have urged both the Federal and State Governments to make traditional religious knowledge (TRK) a subject to be taught in schools. ...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the unemployment situation in the country is responsible for the growing activities of bandits and kidnappers. Speaking at a function in...
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev. Fr. Matthew Kukah, has urged the federal government to interrogate persons who claim to have close ties...
Minister of information and orientation, Mohammed Idris has said that controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has been invited for questioning over his comments on the activities...
The Federal government today March 25 arraigned one Chike Ibezim for allegedly defaming former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. Ibezim is one of three...
The Federal Government has filed criminal charges against Binance at the Federal High Court Abuja. In the lawsuit designated as FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, the Federal government implicated the...
The Federal Government on Monday, March 25, initiated proceedings against Binance, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange platform over tax evasion. The charges were filed at the Federal...
The federal government has arraigned the leader of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group, Bello Bodejo, before a federal high court sitting in Abuja on charges...
President of the Association of Foreign Airlines and Representatives in Nigeria, AFARN, Mr Kingsley Nwokeoma, has asked the federal government to show evidence that the Central...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has placed a temporary ban on all public funded international trips for all federal government officials at all levels, for an initial...
The Federal Government says it has uncovered the identity of 15 entities – consisting of nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms –...
The Federal Government is in talks with the World Bank to complete the processes of obtaining over $1bn in loans to address Internally Displaced Persons and...
The Scripture Union Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government and lawmakers to resist the pressure of legalising lesbianism and bi-sexualism The union’s National Chairman, Wilfred...
The federal ministry of power has been ordered by a high court sitting in Minna, Niger state’s capital, to pay N1.1 trillion as compensation to Samboro...
Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono has said that the student loan scheme was only postponed for a couple of weeks and...
The federal government has said that it won’t be paying any ransom to kidnappers. Addressing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at Aso...
The Federal Government has postponed the launch of the Nigerian Students Loan Scheme indefinitely. Akintunde Sawyer, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund...
The Federal Government has commenced the probe of private universities established in the last 15 years. The move was made following an investigative report...
Health workers seeking jobs abroad have been directed by the federal government to resign before leaving the country. Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa,...
The federal government has suspended the $10,000 and $15,000 expatriate levy imposed on employers. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the National President,...
The Federal Government has threatened to revoke the licences of power Distribution Companies over epileptic power supply across the country. The Minister of Power, Adebayo...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 6, advised the federal government to show mercy to deserving inmates so as to decongest correctional centres across Nigeria....
The Federal government has said that accepting grains from Ukraine does not make Nigeria a failed country. LIB had reported that Ukraine donated 25,000 tons of...
The Federal Government and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have warned that stiff penalties will be meted on any Nigerian found to have employed underage househelps,...
Activist, Deji Adeyanju, has called for the sack of the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu. In a post shared on Facebook, Adeyanju said the Minister...
The Federal Government of Nigeria slams a $10 billion fine against Binance, a cryptocurrency trading platform, amidst allegations of worsening the country’s FX crisis. Bayo Onanuga,...
The federal government has slammed a $10 billion fine on crypto trading platform, Binance, over allegations of influencing the country’s forex crisis. The special adviser...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has debunked a news report of a so-called coup scare in the country, stressing that the report...
Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s spokesperson, Eseme Eyiboh has said that his principal’s claim of Governors receiving N30 billion from the Federal Government to cushion the effects...
Senator Ali Ndume has said the federal government is not losing out from the naira depreciation against the dollar, but rather gaining more revenue to fund...
The Nigerian government has initiated its plan to block cryptocurrency trading platforms such as Binance, OctaFX, Coinbase and others in a bid to avert what it...
The Presidential candidate of the Labour party in the 2023 Presidential election, Peter Obi, has urged the Federal government to stop the ‘arbitrary and ever-increasing customs...
The federal government has said that it would be clamping down on civil servants leaking documents classified as sensitive to the public. Head of Civil...
The Federal Government says it has uncovered 32 routes through which food items are smuggled out of Nigeria. Vice President Kashim Shettima disclosed this while...