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    Metro Federal Government doing next to nothing – Nigerian Doctor shares Thread on Lassa Fever |...

    Federal Government doing next to nothing – Nigerian Doctor shares Thread on Lassa Fever | #Trending 22.01.2018 at 9:22 pm By BellaNaija.com Leave a Comment A medical doctor on Twitter @DebonairDoctor has lamented the neglect of the welfare of doctors in the country by the Federal Government. The...
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    Politics Court Okays Permanent Forfeiture of Ikoyi Flat to FG – Thisdaylive

    By Davidson Iriekpen A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday permanently forfeited Flat 7B situated at No. 16, Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, where the sum of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000, totaling N13 billion, was discovered on April 12, 2017 to the federal government. The court...
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    Politics FG to create 1m jobs via NEGPRO scheme – The Sun News

    The Federal Government has concluded plans to create more than one million jobs across the country through egg production, processing and marketing under the National Egg Production (NEGPRO) scheme. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Chief Audu Ogbeh, who disclosed this...
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    Politics Buhari meets Saraki, Dogara over killings in Benue, others – Punch Newspapers

    Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening met behind close doors with the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. The meeting which was held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja was called to discuss the...
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    Politics FG, others share N6.2tr statutory allocation funds in 2017 – Vanguard News

    THE federal government, 36 states and the 774 local government shared N6.2 trillion as statutory allocation funds in 2017. Money Vanguard analysis of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) monthly disbursement report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed that the...
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    Business FG Made N909 Billion From VAT In 2017.

    Between October 2016 and September 2017, the federation account received a total inflow of N908.9bn in Value Added Tax receipts from the Federal Inland Revenue Service, figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics have revealed. An analysis of the VAT report obtained from the …...
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    Politics Contractors owe FG N100bn in tax liabilities – Adeosun

    The Federal Government on Tuesday said that about N100bn had been discovered as tax revenue shortfalls by contractors between 2012 and 2017. The figure was given by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, in a statement issued by her Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Mr. … via...
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    Politics FG monetises N.28b vehicle allowance for Obasanjo, Jonathan, IBB, others

    Vehicles for Atiku, others to gulp N.21bn From: Kemi Yesufu, Abuja The Federal Government, in 2017, paid out a sum of N40 million in lieu of purchase of vehicles for former Heads of State and presidents, it has emerged. According to the financial report submitted by the Secretary to … via The...
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    Politics FG targets 7,500 jobs through VAIDS – The Sun News

    From Uche Usim, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has revealed that the Federal Government targets to generate at least 7,500 jobs through the Voluntary Asset Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). Adeosun stated this in a report on the activities of the ministry in the last two...
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    Business Demolish Illegal Filling Stations, Marketers Tell FG – Leadership Nigeria Newspapers

    The Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has lamented that the association has been infiltrated with quack filling stations operators and have therefore urged the Department of Petroleum Resources’ (DPR) to begin demolition of such filling stations immediately. The Chairman...
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    Metro Fuel Scarcity: DPR Seals Over 62 Petrol Stations Nationwide

    According to Punch, the Department of Petroleum Resources, has sealed over 62 petrol stations across the country. The petrol stations were shut down due to varying acts of malpractices, including selling the Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, far above the N145 official price...
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    Politics $321 Abacha loot: How FG plans to spend recovered fund – Presidency – Daily Post Nigeria

    The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Justice Sector Reforms, Mrs. Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu has revealed how the federal government plans to spend the $321 million stolen by late Head of State, Sani Abacha, which was recovered from Switzerland. According to her, the funds will be...
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    Politics Paris Club Refund: 27 States Get Final Tranche

    The Federal On Saturday confirmed the release of the final tranche of the Paris Club refund to 27 state governments. The Director, Home Finance, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs Siyanbola Olubunmi, confirmed the release of the fund to the 27 states while speaking at the end of the Federation...
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    Metro 6,000 ISIS Terrorist May Join B’Haram –Experts Warn

    Security experts have warned that Nigeria is sitting on a time bomb as the African Union alerted recently that over 6,000 Africans who fought for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq could soon be returning to the continent. According to the experts, the returning fighters pose a major security...
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    Metro FG Appoints Abdul Zubair As Ag SEC DG

    Federal Government of Nigeria has appointed Dr. Abdul Zubair as the acting Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to replace the suspended Mr Mounir H. Gwarzo with immediate effect. Zubair until Sunday, was the Director in charge of External Relations in the...
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    Politics N2bn Pension Fraud: How Minister Begged EFCC Operative To Spare Maina

    The row over the dismissed former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, has deepened with fresh facts emerging that a minister begged a detective to spare the suspect. There were indications yesterday that the minister might have...
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    Business FG Obtains Court Order to Takeover Bank Accounts without BVN

    From November 2017, the federal government may take over funds kept in accounts without bank verification number (BVN). An Order papers seen by TheCable show that 19 banks across the country were given an ultimatum of 14 days to advertise accounts without BVN in a national newspaper. The order...
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    Politics Presidency To Investigate Osinbajo’s Nominees To ICPC Board

    The Presidency on Friday said it would investigate two new members of the board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, who were said to be undergoing investigations by the same commission, Punch reports. The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, named a new...
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    Show Me The Money: The Nigerian Whistle-blowers’ Dilemma

    To blow or not to blow the whistle; that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to think about the greater good to Nigeria or to focus solely on the rewards of pointing the EFCC or other agencies in the right direction. If the only motivation is the later, then it is important to...
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    Metro Court Gives Custody Of $50m Found in Lagos Apartment To FG

    The President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has been cleared to take possession of the sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from an apartment in the Ikoyi area of Lagos. The Federal High Court in a ruling on Thursday...
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