•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...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that bye-elections will be held in 16 federal and state constituencies, as well as senatorial districts, across 12 states of the federation. The elections are scheduled for tomorrow Saturday, August 16, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at polling units in the affected constituencie...
•Police recruits Ahead of the 2025 Cadet ASPs and Constables recruitment exercise, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has cautioned state governments against hijacking recruitment slots allocated to them. PSC Chairman, retired Deputy Inspector General of Police Hashimu Argungu, gave the warning today during a stakeholders’ consultative meetin...
•Flood The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned 21 states at high risk of flooding. The agency, in its latest heavy rainfall forecast, listed the states at high risk of flooding between today and tomorrow, reports The Nation. The states are: Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi, Enugu, Benue, Kogi, ...
•Power transmission line State governments today demanded clarity from the federal government regarding equity ownership in the eleven privatised electricity distribution companies (DisCos) and the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC). They also called for greater transparency and accountability in the administration of power sector subsi...
•Sport Utility Vehicles At least 12 states have earmarked about N102bn in their 2025 budgets for upgrading official lodges and offices as well as acquisition of new Sport Utility Vehicles and other automobiles. The funds cover modernisation and tech upgrades of government lodges and VIP suites, alongside acquisition of vehicle fleets dominated...
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