School feeding: Use of bare hands, unhygienic plates unacceptable - FG
Education

School feeding: Use of bare hands, unhygienic plates unacceptable – FG

…says the National Home Grown School Feeding Program is one of the four key interventions of FG The Federal government on Friday said that the use of bare hands and unhygienic plates for feeding in public primary schools is unacceptable to the ministry. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development  Mrs Sadiya Umar

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Flood: FG Canvases Sustainable Mitigation Measures
Agriculture

Flood: FG Canvases Sustainable Mitigation Measures

…canvases for healthy agricultural practices to protect the soil from flooding Federal Ministry of Agriculture And Rural Development has underscored the importance of stakeholders enabled intervention measures to mitigate incidences of flooding across the nation. Team Leader and Assistant Chief Agricultural Officer (FMARD), Chinyere Ihedioha, stated this at a One Day Sensitisation Program for Farmers

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FG agreement breach an insult to ASUU -  UNIZIK students 
Education

FG agreement breach an insult to ASUU –  UNIZIK students 

…pleads with FG to consider the demands of ASUU Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has flayed the federal government over what it termed default in its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the chapter. The students under Student Union Government described the breach of the agreement as an

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FG solicits support for education sector
Education

FG solicits support for education sector

…calls on Nigerians to support in the development of the education sector The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to support in the development of the education sector as government alone cannot shoulder the responsibility of funding of the sector. Adamu added that the promotion and sustenance of science and technology

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Cheers as FG says Zungeru hydroelectric dam will be ready first quarter of 2023
Business

Cheers as FG says Zungeru hydroelectric dam will be ready first quarter of 2023

…the Zungeru Power Project is a multi-purpose electricity project The hope of having improved power generation in Nigeria has brightens as the Federal Government (FG) says the 700 megawatts Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Project located in Niger State will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2023. The dam is estimated to cost $1.2 billion and

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FG orders Telcos to reverse hike in calls, data prices
Business

FG orders Telcos to reverse hike in calls, data prices

 Findings show telcos have implemented the latest directive but were angry over the development. The Federal Government has ordered telecommunication companies to reverse their recent ten per cent hike in calls and data prices. This decision means that telcos like MTN Nigeria and Airtel, who had initially increased the prices of their data bundles by

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Strike: ASUU, FG has reached some agreement says UniCal branch chairman
Education

Strike: ASUU, FG has reached some agreement says UniCal branch chairman

‘Urges FG to jettison idea of proscribing ASUU’ The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Calabar branch on Wednesday disclosed that some understanding have been reached, while some shifting of grounds have been made but only National Executive Council, NEC, will convey the resolutions. Addressing newsmen shortly after its Congress at the International

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FG withdraws directive to open universities
Education

FG withdraws directive to open universities

A circular was earlier sent to all vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and chairmen of governing councils of federal universities, ordering them to re-open schools The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission, on Monday, withdrew its circular which ordered vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and governing councils to re-open the varsities. Recall that there was a circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135 was

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FG sets to rejuvenate Ijora jetty in Lagos
Business

FG sets to rejuvenate Ijora jetty in Lagos

The Federal Government is targeting economic prosperity through the rejuvenation of the Ijora jetty in Lagos. According to the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), the Ijora jetty seems abandoned as a result of wrecks. The Lagos Area Manager, NIWA,  Sarat Braimah, who said this on Friday when the Authority commenced wreck removal at some waterways

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Strike: Don't withdraw registration licence of ASUU, NLC tells FG
Education

Don’t withdraw registration license of ASUU, NLC tells FG

Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has  warned against reported moves by the Federal Government(FG) to withdraw the registration license of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, over non-submission of its audited financial returns for over five years. While dismissing the claims that ASUU had not submitted its audited financial returns to the Registrar of Trade Unions for

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FG bemoans poor reading habit among Nigerians
Nigeria Today

FG bemoans poor reading habit among Nigerians

The Federal Government has lamented the low rate of reading habit among Nigerians. This is as it launches a nationwide reading campaign to improve reading skills across the country. Speaking during the launch of the 2022 readership campaign organised by the National Library of Nigeria, the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, said efforts

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Strike: Catholic Bishops faults FG for dragging ASUU to court
Education

Strike: Catholic Bishops fault FG for dragging ASUU to court

The Catholic Bishops of Nigeria have faulted the Federal Government’s approach amidst the protracted industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, since seven months ago. They called on the Federal Government and the ASUU to find a quicker and better way of resolving the crisis so that public universities would reopen again.

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