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The federal government, on Friday, shifted grounds and made some concessions to university lecturers (ASUU) as it offered N65 billion to Nigerian universities to address some of the lecturers’ demands. The government also agreed…

Determined to end the lingering strike action by the University lecturers, the Federal Government says it will resume meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Friday. The Ministry of Labour and Employment…

By Michy Abraham in Maiduguri The federal government has so far released N5.2 billion to build houses to accommodate victims of Boko Haram insurgency in troubled Borno State, the Governor of the State, Prof. Babagana Zulum has…

The Federal Government has given Lufthansa, Air France and KLM the approval to operate international flights into Nigeria. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this in a tweet on Tuesday. Sirika also added that Qatar…

The Federal government on Wednesday indicated it’s willingness to start oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin. The exercise was suspended by the Nigerian government in July 2017 after suspected members of Boko Haram attacked a…

‎The Federal Government is seeking a $1.2bn loan from Brazil to finance agricultural programmes in the 2021 budget. Minister of ‎Finance, Zainab Ahmed, who disclosed this when she appeared before the House of Representatives…

The Federal Government on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala emerges as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made this known in a…

The National Orientation Agency on Monday appealed to youths in the country to stop looting warehouses and other facilities. NOA warned that looting would cause negative effects on the country’s economy. The agency made this…

Ne fewer than 1,993 inmates were freed from the Benin and Oko custodial facilities, Edo State, by suspected hoodlums on Monday, the federal government has said. Government made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday, by the…

Barring unforeseen circumstances, the six-months Industrial action embarked upon by University lecturers may be over soon. Sequel to that, a meeting between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union…