•Electricity grid Benin Republic and Togo owe Nigeria $8.84m for the electricity consumed in the fourth quarter of 2024. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission revealed this in a report highlighting the remittances made by bilateral customers (domestic and international) and special customers for invoices issued in 2024/Q4 by the Marke...
•NYSC members After several months of delay, members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) may have a reason to smile as the federal government yesterday promised to pay the backlog of the new ₦77,000 monthly allowance. The federal government increased corps members’ allowance from ₦33,000 to ₦77, 000 in September 2024. Despite repeated p...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to the federal government to ensure that local government allocations are paid directly. The Congress urged the government and governors not to play politics with the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment directing local governments to open accounts with the Centra...
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of ₦1.678 trillion, representing the February 2025 Federation Account Revenue, to the Federal, State, and Local Governments. The revenue was distributed at the March 2025 FAAC meeting held in Abuja, which was chaired by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister o...
•Kukah and Tinubu The federal government has explained how it successfully convinced Bishop Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, to take on the role of Pro-Chancellor/Chairman, Governing Council at the newly established Federal University of Applied Sciences in Kachia, Kaduna State. According to Education Minister Dr. Tunji Al...
•Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa The federal government has announced that all full-time Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates will now be mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa stated this after a meeting with the Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, report...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has condemned the alleged expenditure of over N500 million by the federal government for each court appearance of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, calling it a blatant exploitation of Nigerian taxpayers. In a statement issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma P...
•Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa The federal government has directed all Nigerian universities to implement Anthology Blackboard, a hybrid learning technology, by the end of 2025. Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, who was angry with the slow pace of digital transition by Nigerian universities, gave the directive during a mee...
•Immigration operatives The federal government has kicked off the 2025 promotion examinations for personnel in paramilitary agencies under the Ministry of Interior, pledging a transparent and merit-driven process. The Civil Defence, Correctional, Immigration, and Fire Services Board is overseeing the exercise, which aims to eliminate favouriti...
•Ibas and Tinubu The federal government has announced that Rivers State’s financial allocation will be released to the newly appointed administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Étè Ibas (retd.). Speaking at the State House in Abuja, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, defended President Bola Tinubu’s decision to ...
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