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Subsidy Removal: Scheduled FG, Labour Meeting Fails to Hold

The meeting was part of the process of arriving at sustainable decisions on the palliatives to be provided for Nigerians. The scheduled meeting between the federal government and the labour unions over fuel subsidy removal did not hold as expected

Your Planned Strike is Illegal – FG Tells Labour

The Federal Government has told the Nigeria Labour Congress that it is legally restrained from embarking on planned nationwide strike against the hike in the price of petrol and the high cost of living in the country. The PUNCH reported

Sudan: Dangote Steps In, Partners FG, Air Peace on Re-settling Evacuated Nigerians

The Board of Trustees of the Aliko Dangote Foundation has resolved to be fully involved in the evacuation and resettling of thousands of Nigerians that are stranded in Sudan. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF),

Covid-19 Reimbursement: Real Reasons Why FG Exclude Ogun State

Facts are emerging on why the Federal Government excludes Ogun State from the N45.3 billion Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Programme (NG-Cares). Several States in Nigeria filed for returns on what they claimed as expenditure during the pandemic and

Ogun, Six Other States Excluded From FG’s N45bn COVID-19 Reimbursement

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and the Chairman of the Federal Cares Steering Committee, Clem Agba, has disclosed that Ogun State and six other states were disqualified from benefitting from the Federal Government’s N45.3 billion Nigeria COVID-19

MTN Paid N80bn of N330bn Fine — FG

The Federal Government has confirmed that MTN Nigeria has paid N80bn of the N330bn fine imposed on it for failing to deactivate more than five million unregistered Subscriber Identification Module cards. Speaking at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in

FG Recovers N288bn Looted Funds from Jonathan’s Regime

A total of N288.6 billion of looted funds in the previous regime of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has so far been recovered by the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the Director-General of Budget Office, Ben Akabueze has said. This was even as the

Enelamah Denies Involvement in Illicit Money Transfers on Behalf of MTN

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, has distanced himself from the allegation by the Senate that he was involved in the fraudulent repatriation of $13.92 billion in collusion with MTN Nigeria Limited, without authorisation. In a