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Igbos do not have enough land for ranching as being proposed by the Federal Government, says the South-East Governors. The Federal Government is planning to establish ranches across the country to halt the recent farmers and herdsmen…

The federal government says it is now impossible for recovered looted funds to be re-looted, as mechanisms have been put in place to prevent it. Ladidi Mohammed, the Director, Asset Recovery and Management Unit, Ministry of Justice,…

The Federal Government has increased maternity leave for Nigerian women from three to four months. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed this at the ongoing International Labour Conference (ILC), in…

The World Health Organisation has called on all its member states including Nigeria, to increase taxes on cigarettes to discourage people from tobacco consumption. Also, the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has called for synergy…

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Sunday said that between 2016 and 2017, the Federal Government was able to save the sum of N125bn through reduction in travel allowances, sitting allowances and other recurrent expenditure such…

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, May 1, 2018, as a public holiday to celebrate the 2018 Workers’ Day. The Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Dambazau (Rtd), announced this in a statement on Friday by the…

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has announced that the Honourable Attorney General of Rivers State has been directed to sue the FG and International Oil Companies operating in the state over the soot which has befallen the state.…

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who made a new revelation on the recent move by the Nigeria’s Presidency to stop the Boko Haram insurgency in North-East Nigeria,  told reporters yesterday in Lagos, that FG is in…

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bill proposing the option of wearing of skirts by female members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). This followed the presentation of the lead debate on the general principles of the bill…

Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, says angels of the Lord rescued him from a high court in Abuja after operatives of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) attempted to arrest him. On Thursday, the federal government arraigned…

The federal government has released a statement informing Nigerians how President Buhari should be addressed at formal functions henceforth. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, gave the directive in a…

Students of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, have appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the university authorities to resolve the lingering industrial crisis in the institution. Some of the students told the News…

The Dana Air plane that overshot the runway at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State on Tuesday damaged navigational equipment at the airport, the Federal Government announced on Wednesday. According to the…

Kogi senator, Dino Melaye has taken to his Instagram page to troll the Federal Government after they dragged him to court and charged him with giving false information about an assassination attempt on his life to the police in April 2017.…

The Federal Government, through the National Stakeholders on Prison Reforms has freed 951 inmates across three geo-political zones of the country. The inmates had to meet conditions for release before benefiting from the prison decongestion…