•Flood Flood has cut off the Potiskum-Gashua federal road in Yobe State, denying six local government areas of northern Yobe from accessing Damaturu the state capital following a heavy flow of water from Jama’are river in Bauchi State. The six LGAs affected include Jakusko, Bade, Karasuwa, Nguru, Yusufari and Machina, reports Channels TV. The ...
•Flood Residents in 18 of Delta State’s 25 local government areas have been warned to brace for potential flooding. The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mrs. Zubaida Umar, issued this alert during a one-day Stakeholders Sensitisation Workshop in Asaba. The workshop, organised by NEMA in collaboration with th...
The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, CP Waheed Ayilara, has concluded his maiden tour of the 31 Local Government Areas, Area commands, Divisions and Formations within the Command. The tour which commenced on May 15, 2024 ended on July 4, 2024, with the police boss calling for strategic partnership from all stakeholders towards ...
The Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Board has disclosed that 50 suspected cholera cases from three local government areas of the state since January were recorded. The disclosure was made by the Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Rilwanu Mohammed while fielding questions from journalists shortly after ...
The Ogun State Government has confirmed 25 cases of Cholera in seven local government areas of the state, with one casualty from Ijebu North local government in the Ogun East Senatorial district of the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, gave the figure in Abeokuta, the state capital during a press briefing […]
•Naira notes The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Friday shared a total sum of N1.123 trillion March 2024 Federation Account Revenue to the three tiers of government after its April meeting in Abuja. A statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation Bawa [&helli...
•Police recruits The Senate, today, directed the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force to recruit a minimum of 10 candidates from each of the 774 local government councils in Nigeria. The directive, according to the Upper Chamber, should form part of its annual recruitment processes, reports Channels TV. The resolution was rea...
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N1.1 trillion December 2023 allocation to the Federal Government, States and Local Government councils. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting for January 2024, a statement by the Director of Pres...
Despite an increase in earnings in the last seven months of post-subsidy regime, and estimated allocation of N9.56 trillion from the federation account in the last five years, basic services in the local governments nationwide have remained grossly inefficient, with tell-tale signs of total neglect. Across the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs)...
•Anyanwu, Uzodimma and Achonu Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 27 local government results announced in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Imo State Collation of results at the State Collation Centre started around 02:30am today in Owerri, the state capital, with the Vice Chancellor of the [...

