The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), yesterday disbursed the sum of N1.681 trillion to the three tiers of government as Federation Allocation for the month of April 2025 from a gross revenue of N2.848 trillion posted. The shared amount translates to a N103 billion increase over N1.578 trillion disbursed in the preceding month of March. The rise was also attributed …

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), at its October 2024 meeting chaired by the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, shared a total sum of N1.298 trillion to the three tiers of government as Federation Allocation for the month of September, 2024 from a gross total of N2.298 trillion. From the stated amount inclusive …

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N1.358 trillion to the three tiers of government. The funds came from the July 2024 Federation Accounts revenue, according to the statement on Friday night by the Director of Press and Public Relations of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Bawa Mokwa, in Abuja. The N1.358 trillion total distributable …

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has appointed caretaker committees for the 23 local government areas of Rivers State as he continues his battle with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, for the control of the political structure in the oil-rich state. The appointment came a day after the governor asked administrative heads to temporarily take charge of council areas from the …

Youths in the three Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the Kalabari ethnic group on Monday occupied their council secretariats to demand the vacation of the council chairmen from office. The LGAs are Degema, Asari-Toru and Akuku-Toru. Amateur videos obtained by Channels Television showed that some of the youths mobilised to block the entrance to the council complexes and requested traders …

In Africa, when a man loses his virility, he is subject of scorn, ridicule and disdain. Male impotence or infertility is not only disdained but tabooed. In a continent where child-making is almost an obsession, Africa couched a number of hurtful epithets for one who loses his virile member. Failure to get this critical member standing up leaves sour overtones …

It is a puzzle that the Bola Tinubu administration has dragged the 36 state governments to court to compel them to respect the autonomy of the 774 Local Government Councils, often touted, though erroneously, as the third tier of government and the government that is closest to the grassroots. That Tinubu has seemingly chosen the path of strengthening the existing …

The Federal Government has filed a suit at the Supreme Court against governors of the 36 states. In the suit, the Federal Government is seeking full autonomy for the country’s 774 local governments. It is also asking for an order preventing the governors from arbitrarily dissolving democratically elected councils. It is commonplace for governors to sack elected councils and impose …

If you ask many Nigerians the name of their local government chairman, they will most likely not know. I, for one, do not know mine. Maybe you can say it is because I do not reside at home (Owo in Ondo State) but live and work far away from home (in Lagos State). Even at that, I do not know …