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FG to flag off grain distribution on Friday

…As price of Garri surges by 108% — Report The Federal Government of Nigeria will on Friday flag-off the distribution of free grains to farmers. The flag-off expected to hold in Niger state is part of the palliative measures deployed by the…

Group tasks FG to increase tax on cigarette, shisha

By Matthew Denis, Abuja A Nigerian Tobacco control advocate has appealed to the Federal Government to raise the tax collected on all tobacco products and earmark a percentage of these for tobacco control activities across the country. This advice was…

FG to commence public hearing on minimum wage

By Matthew Denis, Abuja The Federal Government under   the leadership of  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has organised six zonal public hearings across the country for the review of the National Minimum Wage. This was contained in a statement signed by the…

FG reiterates CNG will create jobs, wealth for Nigerians

The Federal Government has  reiterated that diversifying  the country’s energy mix to  Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) will create more jobs and wealth for Nigerians. The Director-General National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), My Joseph Osanipin, said this at the…

FG worries as over 92m Nigerians lack electricity

The Federal Government has declared that the number of  Nigerians that lack access to  electricity from the nationalgrid has increased to about 92 million. It disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the 7th Nigeria International Energy Summit in Abuja,…