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Members of the Nigerian Legion in Ebonyi State have called on the Federal Government to device means of employing ex-servicemen who are still physically fit to enable them enhance their economic and social well-being.

Access Bank and Diamond Bank Plc have obtained approval in principle from the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Securities and Exchange Commission on proposed merger plans.

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government and relevant stakeholders to support farmers to bridge the gap created by ban on rice importation in the country.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has urged the Federal Government to show concrete evidence of commitment to agreements on meeting its demands on its ongoing strike.

The National Association of Nigerian Students has called on the Federal Government to urgently accede to lecturers’ demands to put an end to the lingering industrial action.

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has urged the Federal Government to withdraw the charges against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and also apologise to the nation’s judiciary.

Osinbajo made the pledge during his visit to the palace of the Monarch of Kosofe and Oloworo of Oworoland, Oba Olohuntoyin Salau.

Bwari disclosed this while giving account of his stewardship in the last two years on Monday in Abuja.

The Network on Police Reforms in Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to relieve Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, of his duty for allegedly acting illegally for 12 days after attaining 35 years in service on January 3.

The Federal Government has awarded full scholarship up to doctorate level in any science based course of choice to three winners of the 774 Young Nigerian Scientists Presidential Award.

Bonds auction results in the past few months for both the Federal Government Bonds and the Savings Bonds show that the level of patronage has declined.

The National Association of Nigerian Students has appealed to the Federal Government to fulfill agreements reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities to ensure resumption of academic activities in public universities.

The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has advised the Federal Government to ensure that its plans to put on trial the nation’s chief judicial officer, Hon. Justice Walter Onnoghen, does not cause chaos in the judicial system and…

The Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Shehuri, has summoned the contractor handling Mararaba Mubi-Michika-Madagali Road, Rhas Nigeria Limited, for abandoning the project.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja pledged that the Federal Government would look into the issue of illegal tax collections to encourage more private sector businesses to thrive in the country.

Imeh Okon, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Infrastructure, says the Federal Government has invested about N2.7 trillion in the development of infrastructure in the last three years.

xCaptain Dele Ore, a former Director of Operations, Nigeria Airways, on Thursday said the liquidation of the defunct national carrier by the Federal Government was based on wrong advice.

The Buhari Media Organisation has praised the Federal Government for reaching an agreement with the Nigerian Labour Congress on the protracted national minimum wage issue.

The Federal Government recorded an increase of 8,686.6 megawatts in power generation in December 2018, as the Transmission Company of Nigeria transmitted 125,346.4mw as against 116,659.8 mw in November 2018.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said this while speaking with newsmen after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of organised labour on Tuesday in Abuja.