Federal Government Has No Business in Church Administration- Raymond Edijala
Hon Raymond Edijala LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The immediate past Chairman of Udu Local Government Council of Delta and a Board Member of Delta Development and Property Authority (DDPA) as well as the Vice More...
Nigeria Vice President, Osinbajo to Lead FG Fact-Finding Team to N’Delta Areas
Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osibanjo LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Presidency has constituted a fact-finding team, headed by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to traverse the beleaguered area More...
FG To Issue New Oil License to Fund 2017 Budget
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government will issue new oil licences as part of efforts to explore new streams of revenues to fund the 2017 budget, an official has said. The Minister of Budget and More...
FG Appoints Transaction Parties for Execution of Eurobond Programme
Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun on Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presented a Memorandum seeking More...
Federal Government Proposes N7.3 Trillion Budget for 2017
Muhammadu Bbuhari LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The federal government has proposed a budget of N7.28 trillion for the year 2017. The proposed budget represents an increase of ?about 19.95 per cent over the 2016 More...
Federal Government Plans to Set Up Commodity Pricing Board By 2017
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government says it is considering holding a public debate in order to establish commodity pricing board by 2017. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief More...
FG Bans Importation of Vehicles Through Land Boarder
and Boarder,Ban LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The importation of vehicles into Nigeria through the land borders have been banned by the Federal Government. The prohibition order covers all new and used vehicles. The More...
FG Proposes Law to Jail Foreign Currency Hoarders
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-Federal government has proposed an amendment to the Foreign-Exchange Act to enable the imprisonment of anyone who holds foreign currencies, especially the dollar, for more than More...
Trade Union Congress Threatens Revolution Should FG Increase Fuel Price
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (URHOBOTODAY) – The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has warned the federal government against an increase in the price of petrol saying such move will be an open invitation to revolution More...
Edo Lawmaker Campaign Against Destruction of Illegal Refineries in Niger Delta Region
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The member representing Egor/ Ikpoba-Okha constituency of Edo State, Mr Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma has called on the Federal Government to license and regulate illegal refineries in the More...
FG Takes War against Corruption to Judiciary, Recovers Huge Some of Monies
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Nigeria has taken the war against corruption to the door steps of the judicial officers, recovering various sums of monies, including foreign currencies. Department of State Security More...
ECOWAS Court Declares Arrest, Detention of Dasuki Illegal, Awards $15m Damage against FG
Dasuki LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Court of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on Tuesday declared the arrest and detention of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, as unlawful More...
FG Begins Shortlisting Candidates for 500,000 Jobs – Lai Mohammed
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government has commenced shortlisting candidates for the 500,000 jobs it promised. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this on Wednesday in More...
Buhari to Release N350 billion For Stimulation of Dwindling Economy
Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has disclosed that a sum of N350 billion capital votes will be released immediately into the system as More...
How Buhari’s Aide, Paul Boro Defrauds N’Delta Amnesty Students $.7m
Niger Delta Amnesty Boss, Paul Boroh LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Facts have begun to emerge on how the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and Special Adviser to the President on Niger More...
Itsekiri Urge FG to Deal with Those Fronting For Militants as Dialogue Group
Buhari LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government has been advised to be cautious of those parading themselves as Niger Delta stakeholders pressuring it to dialogue with them and those stoking the insurgency More...
Ibe Kachikwu Accuses Niger Delta Governors of Stealing $40 Meant for Development of the Region
Ibe Kachikwu (Centre) with traditional rulers of Niger Delta during their visit to his office at Abuja LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources yesterday told Niger Delta Coastal More...
Update On Allocation: FG, States and Local Govt Shares N493.828bn For The Month of July
Buhari LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A total of N493.828billion has been shared as Federal Allocation for the month of July 2016 by the Federal Government, State governments and Local Government Councils. According More...
Militancy: Community Leaders Urge N’Delta Greenland Justice Mandate to Cease Fire
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Community leaders in upland oil producing area of Delta State have appealed to militant group under the aegis of Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate to dialogue with the Federal More...
Ogun Custom Boss Laments FG Embargo on Importation of Rice Through Land Boarders
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Area Controller of Nigeria Custom Service, Ogun State Command, Multafu Jilantikiri has lamented that the federal government directives which placed embargo on importation More...
Nigeria to Train 500 Ex-militants in Farming
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Paul Boro LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government will train 500 ex-militants in agriculture and aquaculture under its amnesty programme, an official More...
Research on Alternative Energy Instead of Oil, Onuesoke Advises FG
Chief Sunny Onuesoke LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) Chieftain and Delta State PDP Governorship aspirant in 2007 general election, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has advised the Federal Government More...
FG to Link Railway Line from Warri-Abuja, to Construct and Expand Warri Port
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Federal Government has put in place plans to construct a railway line that will link Warri- Ajaokuta-Itakpe-Baro –Abuja. Government equally disclosed that it has concluded More...
E.K. Clark Insists FG, Militants Dialogue Will Be Fruitless Without Ijaw Leaders
Chief Edwin Clark LAGOS JULY 31ST (URHOBOTODAY)-The Ijaw national leader Chief Edwin Clark said on Saturday that any dialogue between the Federal Government and militants in the Niger Delta would not yield result More...
FG Cries Out Over Scarcity of Fund to Implement 2016 Budget…Blames N’Delta Militants
Buhari LAGOS JULY 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Babachir David Lawal, yesterday, said Federal Government may not fully implement the 2016 national budget. He said the More...