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Niger sues FG at Supreme Court over 13% derivation exclusion
The Niger State Government has dragged the Federal Government before the Supreme Court over its exclusion from the 13% derivation benefit granted to resource-producing states. In a suit filed through a team of lawyers led by Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mohammed Ndarani, the state named the Attorney-General of the…
Read More »IMF raises Nigeria’s 2025 growth forecast to 3.4%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Nigeria’s economic growth forecast upward to 3.4% for 2025, an increase of 0.4 percentage points from its previous projection of 3.0% in April. In its July 2025 World Economic Outlook (WEO), the IMF also upgraded Nigeria’s 2026 growth forecast to 3.2%, up from…
Read More »Super Falcons: LP knock Tinubu over dollar rewards, calls move unpatriotic
The Labour Party, under the leadership of Senator Nenadi Usman, has sharply criticized President Bola Tinubu for rewarding Nigeria’s female national football team, the Super Falcons, in United States dollars rather than the Nigerian Naira. In a strongly worded statement signed by Ken Asogwa, Senior Special Adviser (Media) to the…
Read More »Presidency defends Super Falcon’s reward, says it honours excellence
The Presidency has defended President Bola Tinubu’s $100,000 reward to the Super Falcons, describing it as well-deserved—especially when compared to the N150 million grand prize awarded to the winner of the reality TV show Big Brother Naija. Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, addressed criticisms over…
Read More »FG launches platform to harness global Nigerian expertise for national development
The Federal Government on Monday launched the Diaspora BRIDGE Platform, a digital initiative aimed at engaging Nigerian professionals abroad in advancing national development goals in education, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEM-M). Unveiled at the State House Banquet Hall in Abuja, the platform is designed to link diaspora experts…
Read More »NiMet forecasts rain, thunderstorms, flash flood risks nationwide
By Deborah Nnamdi The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast widespread rainy and thundery weather conditions across the country from Monday through Wednesday, warning of possible flash floods in several areas. For Monday, morning thunderstorms with moderate rainfall are expected in parts of Jigawa, Zamfara, Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Yobe, and…
Read More »Tinubu seeks amendment to external borrowing plan, requests additional $47m
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally requested the House of Representatives to approve an amendment to the Federal Government’s External Borrowing Plan for the 2025–2026 period. The proposed amendment seeks an additional $47 million in external financing for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, increasing the project’s total cost from $700…
Read More »Amaechi’s wife denies receiving N4 billion monthly from NDDC, challenges Wike’s claims
By Deborah Nnamdi Dame Judith Amaechi, wife of former Rivers State Governor and ex-Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has strongly denied allegations made by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, that she received N4 billion monthly from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for empowerment programmes. In…
Read More »Reps move to bar public servants from using private schools, hospitals
By Deborah Nnamdi The House of Representatives has passed for first reading a bill seeking to ban public and civil servants—and their immediate families—from using private schools and healthcare facilities in Nigeria. Titled the “Private Institutions and Health Care Service Providers (Prohibition) Bill, 2025”, the legislation was sponsored by Hon.…
Read More »Yelwata: Over 3,100 displaced following attacks – Minister Yilwatda
By Deborah Nnamdi Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has revealed that at least 3,160 people have been displaced in Yelwata community, Benue State, due to recent violent attacks. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television on Tuesday, the minister described the situation in…
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