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    Politics FG Scraps Board Meetings to Save N1billion Annually

    The Federal Government has pegged the frequency of meetings for part-time Chairmen and members Committees, Boards of Statutory Corporations and Government-owned companies from eight to four times annually as part of the strategy to cut costs. Over N1 billion is expected to be saved annually...
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    Politics No More Funding of Medical Trips for officials – FG Declares

    The Federal Government yesterday said it would no longer provide resources to any government official to travel abroad for medical attention on cases that could be handled in the country. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 56th Annual General Conference and delegates meeting of Nigeria...
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    Metro EFCC Uncovers Over 37,395 Ghost Workers on FG Payroll

    The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, yesterday said the commission had uncovered 37,395 ghost workers on the payroll of the federal civil service. Magu, spoke in Abuja yesterday during an anti-corruption sensitization programme held at the Ministry...
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    Metro Nigeria's Arms Scam: Ex-Chief Of Air Staff, Amosu, Returns N2.3bn To FG [PUNCH]

    The immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), has reportedly returned N2.3bn to the Federal Government purse. An impeccable source at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told PUNCH Newspaper that Amosu issued two bank drafts to the Federal Government as part...
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    Metro FG Sends Chibok Parents to Cameroon to Verify Detained Girl

    The Federal Government has started the process of verifying the claim by a suspected female suicide bomber who was intercepted in northern Cameroon on Friday before she could blow herself up that she is one of the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Chibok, Borno State in April 2014. The...
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    Politics FG Launches Freedom of Information Website

    The Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja launched a re-designed Bureau of Public Service Reform (BPSR) website with a freedom of information portal to receive FOI requests. The initiative was supported by the Mac Arthur Foundation as part of an on-going partnership with Right to Know (R2K)...
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    Business Naira Depreciation is the Fault of Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Says FG

    The federal government has said that the depreciation in Naira is the direct consequences of the mismanagement and looting of treasury under former President, Goodluck Jonathan. Last Friday, the naira exchanged at its worst in history for N260 to $1 in the parallel market. The parallel rate is...
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    Metro Enugu Assembly Declares State of Emergency On South-East Roads

    Enugu State House of Assembly on Wednesday decried over the deplorable state of all the federal roads in the South-east geo-political zone and asked the federal government to immediate commence their rehabilitation, ThisDaylive reports. The Enugu lawmakers expressed worries that because of the...
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    Politics Orubebe to be Arraigned for False Asset Declaration

    The Federal Government has filed charges against the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Peter Orubebe, over alleged false declaration of assets and acceptance of about N70million bribe. The four-count charge filed on behalf of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) by...
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