•Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State As governors across the country present their 2026 appropriation bills to State Houses of Assembly, an analysis by our correspondent shows wide disparities in funding for the education sector, with Anambra, Enugu, Kano and Jigawa emerging as the four leading states, while others trail far below recomm...
•Tinubu The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria and the National Union of Local Government Employees have thrown their weight behind President Bola Tinubu’s plan to enforce direct deductions of council funds from the Federation Account Allocation Committee, even as state governments continue to retain control over allocations to local ...
•Naira notes A total sum of ₦1.928 trillion, being November 2025 Federation Account Revenue, has been shared to the Federal Government, States and the Local Government Councils. According to a statement by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), the revenue was shared at the December 2025 Federation Account Allocation Committee (FA...
•Power transmission line The federal government and investors in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) have expressed differing views on whether state governments currently have the capacity to regulate electricity markets within their jurisdictions. The disagreement surfaced at an event in Abuja marking the 20th anniversary of the N...
Amid growing concern over the poor state of Nigeria’s courts, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has decried the inadequate funding of state judiciary. Her remarks have reignited debate on judicial independence, financial autonomy, and accountability in the justice system, reports The Nation. The gavel, though mighty, i...
•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...
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