The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared N1.727 trillion among the Federal Government, states, and Local Government Councils (LGCs) for November. This is contained in a communiqué issued after the FAAC meeting on Thursday in Abuja. According to the communiqué, the N1.727 trillion total distributable revenue comprised statutory revenue of N455.354 billion. It also…

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun has urged Lagos and other state governments to expand its economic base by leveraging underutilised state-owned assets and liabilities, such as land titles and properties, to attract investments and unlock additional revenue streams. The minister also highlighted the need for innovative approaches to…

Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has urged the management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to ensure proper consultation with state governments in the Niger Delta region before executing projects. Diri said this on Monday when the NDDC Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, and his management team paid…

The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa has urged the state governments and private developers to play a critical role in bridging the housing gap through exploring funding options to deplete the current deficit in Nigeria. Dangiwa asserted this at the groundbreaking for 10,000 housing units in Enugu, explaining, that to address the…

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Prince Lateef Fagbemi, has said that the full domestication of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) by the states of the federation will soon end the escape of interstate criminals in the country. With the adoption of the Act by states, Fagbemi, a…

The Executive Director of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zabaida Umar, has revealed that 179 persons in 15 states across Nigeria have lost their lives to flood disasters since the onset of the 2024 rainy season. She made this known during a fact-finding visit to the agency by the Chief of Staff to the…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress’s (TUC) middle-ground proposal of N615,000 national minimum wage is ambitious. But much more herculean is the likelihood of compliance by states and the private sector that struggled with the now outdated N30,000 benchmark, GLORIA NWAFOR report The agitation for a new national minimum wage, particularly…

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has stressed the need for governments at all levels to collaborate towards delivering the dividends of democracy to Nigerians.