The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N2.550 trillion as revenue generated in June 2026 among the federal government, states and the 774 local government councils. The latest allocation is N250 billion higher than the amount shared for the previous month. It represents an increase of 10.9 per cent, reports The Nation. T...
The National Industrial Court today nullified the federal government’s policy requiring education directors to retire after eight years in office, ruling that teachers and education officers are entitled to remain in service until they attain the age of 65 or complete 40 years of pensionable service, whichever comes first. Justice Olufunke Anu...
•Minister of Education, Maruf Tunji Alausa and WAEC, NECO logos The federal government has suspended its proposed increase in registration fees for the 2027 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council Senior School Certificate Examination (NECO SSCE), following public concerns over the mov...
•Cameroonian soldiers and Tinubu The House of Representatives has urged the Tinubu-led federal government to take urgent diplomatic and security measures to halt alleged incursions by Cameroonian military personnel into Nigerian territory, warning that repeated border violations could undermine the country’s sovereignty and heighten insecurit...
•Atiku, Obi, El-Rufai and Tinubu Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned that the safety of opposition leaders is a critical test of Nigeria’s democratic credentials, warning that “nothing must happen” to Peter Obi and Nasir El-Rufai. In a statement iss...
•Tinubu and House of Representatives The House of Representatives was thrown into a rowdy session today as lawmakers debated a motion on the poor implementation of the budget and delays in the release of funds to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The motion, sponsored by a lawmaker representing Abia State, Hon. Mascot Ikwechegh, sou...
•Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu The federal government has postponed the fourth evacuation flight for stranded Nigerians in South Africa after a fault was detected on the aircraft scheduled for the operation. The development was announced today by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, who s...
•Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project The federal government is convening a high-level stakeholder engagement on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway following an inspection tour of the project by the Minister of Works, David Umahi, and members of the National Assembly, as part of efforts to address environmental concerns and strengthen flood ma...
•Tinubu and Dangote Refinery The federal government is currently in a closed-door meeting with management of the Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), as it pushes for a fair reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol nationwide. Our correspondent reported that t...
•An aircraft conveying Nigerians from South Africa The federal government says another batch of Nigerians is expected to leave South Africa tomorrow amid the renewed wave of xenophobic attacks. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed this in a statement posted on her official X handle this morning. “Another ev...
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