•Naira notes A total sum of N2.103 trillion, being September 2025 Federation Account Revenue, has been shared to the Federal Government, States and the Local Government Councils. The revenue was shared at the October 2025 Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting held in Abuja, reports Channels TV. The N2.103 trillion total distri...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has condemned the ongoing demolition of private property by government agencies across Nigeria. He said state governments’ action was even more condemnable, based on the fact that most of them were carried out without prior notice. Obi, who stated [&...
•Lassa fever The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed that Lassa fever has claimed 168 lives across 21 states in 2025. In its situation report for epidemiological week 38, the agency revealed a total of 4,543 suspected cases, of which 897 were confirmed positive, with a case fatality rate of 18.7 […]
•Flood Several states, including Kaduna, Nasarawa, Bauchi and Jigawa, have intensified campaigns to avert flood crisis. According to figures obtained by our correspondent from the National Emergency Management Agency on Monday, no fewer than 232 persons have lost their lives, while 121,224 others have been displaced following floods that swept...
•Naira notes The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N2.23 trillion among the Federal Government, 36 states, and the 774 local government councils as distributable revenue for August 2025. The allocation was confirmed in a communiqué issued after FAAC’s meeting in Abuja, chaired by the Accountant-General of the...
•Flood The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted floods in eight states of the country between today and Saturday. The states likely to experience floods, according to the agency, are: Niger, Kogi, Benue, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Cross River and Ebonyi, reports The Nation. The weather outlook released yesterday by the Agency reads: “O...
•Ndagi Alhassan The Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Ndagi Alhassan, has raised concerns that some states in the country employ fewer than 100 nurses annually despite a growing shortage of healthcare workers. He described the situation as worrisome, given the rising demand for quality health services across the countr...
•Tinubu Procurement delays, worsening insecurity, and rising costs of goods and services have emerged as major reasons several state governments failed to meet their capital expenditure targets in the first six months of 2025. Findings from states’ second-quarter Budget Implementation Reports revealed that capital spending across many states r...
•Naira notes The Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) announced the commencement of the process for review of the Revenue Allocation Formula (RAF) between the federal, states, and local governments. The Chairman of the RMAFC, Mohammed Shehu, who announced this at a news conference in Abuja, noted that t...
•Casting of votes Registered voters in 13 states across Nigeria will this morning head to the polls to elect new representatives in the Senate, House of Representatives, and state houses of assembly. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the by-elections are expected to be held in 16 constituencies. The affected sta...

