Hyacinth Alia, the Governor of Benue State, has appealed to the federal government to urgently address the worsening insecurity in the state. The governor issued a strong appeal on Saturday during a visit to the sites of recent violent attacks in the state, as the death toll in Ukum and Logo Local Government Areas rose…
About N1.7 trillion in revenue by the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has been shared by the federal, state and local governments in February 2025. A statement issued on Saturday by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Bawa Mokwa, revealed that a total of N1.678 trillion was distributed in March 2025 during the Federation…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced a remittance of over N6bn to the coffers of the Nigerian government in 2024. According to the board’s weekly bulletin released on Monday by its Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB generated a total income of N22,996,653,265.25 in 2024, out of which N6,034,605,510.69 was remitted to…
The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the Federal Government of harassing its leaders and has put its members and affiliates on red alert, threatening a nationwide strike should the Nigerian Police Force detain its President, Joe Ajaero. The resolution was announced by the Deputy President of the Union, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju…
While addressing a news conference in Abuja ahead of the 60th anniversary of the Defence Industry Corporation (DICON), the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Ibrahim Kana says it is only when the desired hardware is unavailable at DICON that government organisations will be allowed to make procurements from abroad.
In a statement, the spokesman of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) KT Udo said the Comptroller General of the agency gave the directive. “The Comptroller General of Immigration Service, KN Nandap pcc, mmis, fsm, has directed Zonal Heads, State Command Comptrollers and Divisional Immigration Officers (DIOS) of the Service across the country to be extra…
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s most recent statistics shows that for the first five months of this year, the country’s debt service costs totaled approximately N2.2 billion. This represents over half of the $4.8 billion Fitch Ratings estimated for the full year in a report predicting Nigeria’s external debt servicing to increase to $5.2 billion…
