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Lagos Accounts for 26% of states’ N4 trillion debts, DMO expresses concern
Lagos State accounts for 26% of the N4.002 trillion owed by Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as of Sept. 30, 2025, underscoring the concentration of subnational debt in the country’s commercial hub, according to data released by the Debt Management Office (DMO). With a debt stock…
Read More »Electoral Act 2026: Presidential campaign spending limit raised to N10bn
Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, has explained that the newly enacted Electoral Act 2026 reviewed the election spending limits for various elective offices upward, increasing the ceiling for presidential campaigns from N5 billion to N10 billion. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Directorate of Media and Public…
Read More »FG to launch monthly revenue transparency dashboard to track FAAC allocations
The Federal Government has announced plans to introduce a monthly revenue transparency dashboard aimed at enhancing accountability in income and expenditure across the three tiers of government. The Minister of State for Finance, Doris Uzoka-Anite, disclosed this at the weekend while addressing members of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC)…
Read More »Most terrorists behind killings in Nigeria are foreigners – Akume
By Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Government on Sunday maintained that many of the terrorists responsible for killings across Nigeria are foreign nationals who infiltrated the country through its porous borders. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, made the assertion while addressing participants at the First Plenary…
Read More »Nigeria spends N10.81trn on debt servicing in nine months
Nigeria expended N10.81 trillion on servicing outstanding debt obligations in the first nine months of 2025, according to figures released by the Debt Management Office (DMO). The DMO disclosed that the amount comprised external debt service payments of $3.34 billion, equivalent to N4.49 trillion at an exchange rate of N1,346…
Read More »2027: Tinubu signs 2026 Electoral Act into law
By Deborah Nnamdi President Bola Tinubu has signed the 2026 Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill into law, formally repealing the Electoral Act 2022 and establishing a new legal framework to guide Nigeria’s elections ahead of the 2027 general polls. The President assented to the legislation on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa,…
Read More »Senate passes Electoral Act Amendment Bill after rowdy session
Photo: Senate President, Godswill Akpabio By Deborah Nnamdi The Senate on Tuesday passed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026, following a heated plenary session marked by sharp disagreements over key provisions of the proposed legislation. Tensions flared during clause-by-clause consideration of the bill when Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe…
Read More »NSA Phone-bug: DSS have grounds to arrest El-Rufai – security expert
The Executive Director of Development Specs Academy, Okey Ikechukwu, has said that recent public statements by former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai could constitute a national security concern and may justify intervention by the Department of State Services (DSS). Speaking during an interview on ARISE News on Tuesday morning, Ikechukwu…
Read More »US freezes Kwankwaso, associates’ assets over religious war
By Didimoko A. Didimoko, with agency reports Fresh moves in Washington toward possible visa bans and asset freezes have put former Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso and some Nigerian groups under renewed international scrutiny over alleged religious-freedom and security concerns. Some United States lawmakers have recommended that Kwankwaso, the Miyetti…
Read More »First batch of U.S. troops arrives Nigeria for counterterrorism support mission
The first wave of United States military personnel has arrived in Nigeria, marking the commencement of a planned deployment of about 200 American intelligence analysts, advisers and trainers to support Nigerian forces in targeted counterterrorism operations. A U.S. military aircraft touched down in Maiduguri on Thursday night, bringing in the…
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