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February 4, 2021 No Responses

FEC Approves N2b Surveillance Equipment For Airports, Waterways

The Federal Executive Council has approved about N2billion for the procurement of surveillance equipment for some airports and inland waterways in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of...

January 31, 2021 No Responses

Ban Export Of Maize, Poultry Association Urges FG

The Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State (PANLAG), Badagry chapter, has appealed to the Federal Government to ban export of maize as part of measures to have sufficient feeds for chicken. Chairman of PANLAG, Dr Olusegun Adedayo, made the appea...

January 25, 2021 No Responses

Bayelsa Confirms Receiving N27b Refunds From FG

The Bayelsa Government, on Sunday, said that it received N27 billion and not N38 billion approved as refund by the Federal Government for federal projects executed by the state from 2005 to date. The Senate had, on Nov. 24, 2020,...

January 20, 2021 No Responses

Assembly Reacts To Alleged Plans To Impeach Diri Over N38b Refunds From FG

There are no plans to impeach Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, the State House ofAssembly, declared on Tuesday in Yenagoa. Speaking at an interactive session with Journalists, the House Committee Chairman on Information, Hon Tari Porri...

January 17, 2021 No Responses

FG To Hold Stakeholders‘ Meeting On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Gridlock

Coordinating Director, Highway Construction and Rehabilitation in Nigeria, Mr Funsho Adebiyi, on Saturday re-emphasised Federal government’s commitment to taming the incessant gridlock and truck menace on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Adebiyi ...

December 15, 2020 No Responses

FG Tasks States On Repositioning Fiscal Revenue Management Systems

The Federal Government on Monday advised state governments to use opportunities offered by the impact of COVID-19 pandemic to strategise and reposition their fiscal revenue management systems for the ‘new normal’ era. The Minister of Finance, B...

December 13, 2020 No Responses

Olu Of Warri Implores FG On $16b Ogidigben Gas Project

The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to begin work on the US$16-billion Ogidigben gas project in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta. Ikenwoli made the appeal on Saturday during his fifth anniversary celebra...

December 4, 2020 No Responses

FG Inaugurates PENCOM Board

The Federal Government has inaugurated 16 members of National Pension Commission (PENCOM) board, to proffer innovative and feasible solutions to the challenges of the pension administration in Nigeria.Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federa...

December 1, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Explains N1.02tr Import Duty Waiver, Grants In Three Years

The Federal Government has conceded N1.024 trillion import duty waivers, concessions and grants to drive economic growth in the country in the past three years. The Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, made this known at a...

November 27, 2020 No Responses

FG Generates N416.01b As Company Income Tax In Q3

The Federal Government generated N416.01 billion as Company Income Tax (CIT) in the third quarter of 2020. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in its “Company Income Tax by Sectors 2015 – Quarter Three (Q3 2020)’’, the amoun...

November 12, 2020 No Responses

FG To Rehabilitate FRSC’s Damaged Facilities, Operational Vehicles

The Federal Government will rehabilitate and replace the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) facilities and operational vehicles destroyed during the #EndSARS protests, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha has assure...

November 5, 2020 No Responses

FG Approves N87b For FCT, Ogbomoso Roads, Others

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N87 billion for the construction of a road linking Shehu Yar’adua Way with the Kubwa Expressway in the Federal Capital Territory, Oyo–Ogbomoso and the Loko – Oweto bridge. The Council me...

November 3, 2020 No Responses

FG Generates N424.71b VAT In Q3

October 16, 2020 No Responses

FG, States, LGs Share N639.9b For September

For the Month of September, 2020, the Federal Government, States and Local Government councils have shared N639.901 billion, Mr Aliyu Ahmed, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, has said. Director of Information in the minist...