China Grants Nigeria $500M Loan for Kano-Lagos Railway
A special delegation from the Chinese government led by Deputy Chief Inspector of China EXIM Bank - Mr Yi Zong Hua, has promised that...
Nigeria MDGs Colloborates with States on Projects
The Federal Government through the Office of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is colloborating with some stakeholders on implementation of some MDG programmes and projects at...
Oil Communities to Own Petroleum Assets
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, H. Odein Ajumogobia has lauded the federal government for taking a bold step towards involving the...
Infrastructure Concession to Create More Employment – VP Jonathan
The Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has said that the key element of Federal Government’s concession of infrastructure is to create employment to...
After Universities, Pay Rise for Polytechnics and COE
The Federal Government has re-affirmed its promise to amicably resolve the demand for pay rise by Unions in Polytechnics and Colleges of Education sub-sector...
Federation Account: Beneficiaries Received N4.17tr and $5.5bn in 2009
The sum of N4.174 trillion and $5.5 billion were distributed from the Federation Account and Foreign Excess Crude Account respectively among the three tiers of...
President Yar’Adua is Alive and Talking
Against the background of rumours on the purported death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Saudia Arabia where he...
FG Bans Retail of Bulk Lubricants from January 1, 2010
…To Accelerate Development of Cooking Gas Market Against the backdrop of the federal Government’s renewed policy of repositioning...
Anambra Proposes N67bn for 2010 Budget
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has presented a budget proposal of N67 billion for the 2010 fiscal year to the State House of...
Kano Proposes N110bn for Budget 2010
KANO state governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau has presented a proposed budget 2010 to the state House of Assembly totalling N110, 304,351,479 which is made...
Kaduna Proposes N196.7bn for 2010 Budget
Governor Mohammed Namadi Sambo of Kaduna State has presented a budget proposal of the sum of N196.7 billion to the state House Assembly for...
Yobe Proposes N62.42b for 2010 Budget
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State has presented N62.42 billion as Budget for 2010 to the State's House of Assembly, with the Ministry of...
Maryam Babangida passes on at 61 in US
Official Press Release With total submission to the Will of Allah, we humbly announce the passing away of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother,...
ATM Fraudsters Confess … as Atuche Faces 45 Fresh Charges
After their arrest Nine Automated Teller Machine (ATM), fraudsters who were arraigned on a 22 count charge before Justice Abubakar Talba of the FCT...
Government to Bar Consultants from Core Civil Service.
Disturbed by the low morale and redundancy in the civil service due to incursion of consultants who have virtually taken over some of the...
HOS Warns Against Bids Padding by Insurance Firms
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, has told insurance companies bidding to participate in the implementation of the...
2011 Election: Nigerian Women Insists on 40% Representation or Nothing
Ahead of the 2011 general elections, Nigerian women have insisted on 40 percent representation in political positions in government houses, ministerial appointments and legislative...
FG Repeals Laws That Hamper Private Sector Investments
The Finance Minister of State, Mr. Remi Babalola has disclosed o that policy agenda of the Federal Government would bring succour to the socio-economic...
Panel to Investigate Issuance of Temporary Licence to Vessel Owners
The Minister of Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Bio has constituted a five-man committee to look into the implementation of the Cabotage regime since its...
Osun Assembly Approves 2010 Budget
The Osun State legislators have approved the Year 2010 Appropriation Bill into law. A total sum of N114, 489, 750, 324...