The states, and local government councils in Nigeria will soon get a new template as the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) commences work on new sharing formula of the statutory monthly allocation.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC, Mele Kyari made the announcement of the oil discovery when the Nasarawa state governor, Abdullahi Sule led a delegation on a courtesy visit to the NNPC headquarters in Abuja.
ASHENEWS reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has no plans to postpone the 2023 general election, contrary to claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to political parties to allow for healthy competition in the coming general elections.
ASHENEWS reports that the Institute for Media and Society (IMS), has empowered no fewer than 30 female journalists of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists with digital storytelling skills ahead of the 2023 general elections.
By Fatima Zahra Muhammad ASHENEWS reports that the United Nations (UN), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched an appeal fund to tackle malnutrition in 30 million children in Nigeria, and 14 other countries. This is contained in a statement released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday. This online platform further reports FAO and WHO as jointly acknowledging the role of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased conflict, climate shocks, and the rising costs of living as key factors worsening child malnutrition in the affected countries. According to the statement, the fund seeks to strengthen access to nutrition and…
“There will be mass defection from APC in 2 weeks”, Former Jigawa deputy gov reveals
ASHENEWS reports that troops of 177 Guards Battalion, in conjunction with troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, have raided and neutralised two bandits in their enclaves in Idu, Chikara, along the boundaries of Toto local government area of Nasarawa state, Abaji FCT and Koton Karfe in Kogi.
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) rescued a pregnant widow from forceful ejection from her home by her late husband’s brothers.
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the National Assembly will continue to collaborate with the Executive toward tackling Nigeria’s security challenge. He stated this at a ceremony marking his 64th birthday in Abuja. “We still have some new challenges. The new challenges are, when we came in 2015, that was the 8th Senate, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari had the security challenge to be predominantly in the northeast, the Boko Haram insurgency. “Haven dealt with that, and then some new security challenges started to prop up in the North-west and North-central. “The government accepted the fact that these…