The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has called for a review of the revenue allocation formula to ensure that funds are disbursed directly from the Federation Account to local government chairmen, in accordance with the recent Supreme Court ruling affirming local government financial autonomy. RMAFC arrived at this decision at the end of…
The state-owned German energy company SEFE continued to play a central role in the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia into the European Union (EU). This is according to the analysis released on Tuesday. A report by Environmental Action Germany and other environmental organisations found that SEFE imported more than six times as…
During the public presentation of According to the President: Lessons from a Presidential Spokesperson’s Experience by Garba Shehu, Boss Mustapha—recently retired SGF—delivered an address on the enduring impact of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. The lecture, held at Abuja’s Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, focused on how Buhari’s administration laid robust foundations for governance. From Soldier to…
A report by Europol released on Tuesday shows that in 2024 terrorists are getting younger, with almost one in three suspects under 20 years old, and the youngest being just 12. “Online cult communities’’ use digital platforms to spread and normalise images of extreme cruelty, extort victims and incite young people to commit acts of…
Amnesty International on Wednesday said Kenyan police out of uniform and with no official identification fired live rounds at demonstrators at the country’s parliament complex in Nairobi on June 25. Irũngũ Houghton, Amnesty’s Kenya director, told Reuters that “officers without identity badges, uniforms or vehicles marked as police cars were seen actively shooting at protesters…
Authorities in Nigeria have launched a manhunt following the brutal killing of a 56-year-old farmer, Henry Oyagbomwan, who was murdered by five of his farm workers after a fruit sale in Edo State. The incident occurred on 13 May in Igueze village, located in Ovia Northeast Local Government Area. Local police report that Oyagbomwan had…
Nigeria’s largest trade union body has warned that a fair climate transition will be impossible unless the rights and welfare of workers are placed at its centre. At an event in Abuja co-hosted with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) unveiled two major documents: a new policy paper on Nigeria’s updated…
Residents of Isa Local Government Area in Sokoto State have commended President Bola Tinubu, State Minister of Defence Dr Bello Matawalle, and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, following the killing of Alhaji Shaudo Alku, a key ally of the notorious terrorist kingpin, Bello Turji. The operation, conducted by the Air Component of…
Chidinma Ojukwu, the former University of Lagos student accused of killing Super TV CEO Michael Ataga, told a Lagos High Court on Monday that she never discussed his death with co-defendant Adedapo Quadri. Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student at the time of the incident, made the remarks while being cross-examined by Quadri’s lawyer, Babatunde…
South Africa’s Bafana Bafana will play host to three-time African champions Nigeria in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein on Sept. 9. A statement by Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Head of Communications on Sunday, noted that the highly-anticipated game will commence at 4 p.m. GMT (which is 5 p.m….
