•New naira notes Nigerian employers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), have urged states and local governments to account for the ₦10.4 trillion distributed to them from resources generated following the removal of the petrol subsidy. The Director-General of NECA, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, made the call i...
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...
•Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq of Kwara State Two Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Kwara State—Edu and Ifelodun—have imposed a 24-hour curfew amid growing concerns over banditry and kidnapping. The councils said the restriction of movement is aimed at supporting ongoing security clearance operations being carried out by security agencies in ...
•Naira notes Nigeria’s Federation Account recorded its highest quarterly disbursement in the third quarter of 2025, with a total of N6 trillion shared among the three tiers of government, according to the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). The figures, released in NEITI’s Quarterly Review for Q3 2025, showed a 55.6...
•Naira notes The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) today shared a record N2.001 trillion from the July 2025 Federation Account Revenue to the three tiers of government, making it the highest monthly allocation so far this year. The allocation was confirmed at the August 2025 FAAC meeting held in Abuja, where officials disclosed th...
•Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd.), has approved the appointment of administrators for the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. This comes less than 24 hours after a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt reportedly restrained him from appointing administrators to overse...
•Tinubu The federal government has introduced the National Health Programmes for youths across all 774 local government areas in Nigeria. A statement by the president’s spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga yesterday, also called for applications from persons aged between 25 and 35. “The Tinubu administration is requesting applications from young Nigeria...
•Naira notes A total sum of ₦1.424 trillion, being December 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue, has been shared among the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils. The revenue was shared at the January 2025 Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting held in Abuja. The Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of ...
Stakeholders in the Nigerian livestock production sector have called on the federal government to tread with caution over the proposed establishment of cattle ranches in the 774 local government areas in the country. The stakeholders posited that the move, may trigger fresh crisis, which can further worsen the numerous challenges being faced b...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distributed sensitive materials to all 18 local government areas of Ondo State ahead of the Saturday governorship election in the state. Oluwatoyin Babalola, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, monitored the exercise held at the facility of the Central Bank of Nigeria...
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