Tag: STATES
NLC Directs Workers In Defaulting States To Start Strike Dec 1.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has directed workers in states that have not implemented the new 70 thousand naira minimum wage to commence an...
Nigerians Paid N40bn As Road Taxes To States – FG.
The Federal Government, through the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has stated that in 2023, Nigerians paid 40.14 billion naira in road taxes to state...
Harris, Trump Battle For 7 States In Final Election Sprint
The U.S presidential campaign is closing in a final sprint to the official election day on November 5, with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris...
Flood: Nigerian Gov’t Alerts States on Release of Water from Cameroon...
The Federal Government has alerted Nigerians to the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon.In a statement, the Director General/Chief Executive...
Mpox: NCDC Confirms 55 Cases in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, says there are 55 confirmed cases of Monkey-pox, in Nigeria.The center made this known via...
Cholera: NCDC Releases States With Highest Cases.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has said that Lagos State is at the centre of a significant cholera outbreak in...
Flooding: NEMA Activates States’ Emergency Centres.
The Director General National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zubaida Umar has activated all Zonal, Territorial and Operation offices of the agency nationwide.To work with...
Gov. Yusuf Pledges To Strengthen Relationship With Saudi Arabia
Governor of Kano State Abba Yusuf has pledged to strengthen bilateral relationship with the kingdom Saudi Arabia for the benefit of both governments.This is...
NILDS Urges 12 States To Pass Local Gov’t Autonomy Bill Into...
The National Institute For Legislative and Democratic Studies NILDS, has called for sustained activism for the passage of the pending 1999 Constitution alteration Bills,...
Rising Debts: Oil-Producing States Borrow N1.3tn Amid N6.4tn Windfall – DMO
The total debts of 10 oil-producing states rose from N2.04tn in December 2015 to N3.35tn as of June 2022, according to sub national debt...
Derivation: Nigerian Govt Gives Details Of Payments Made To Oil Producing States
The Federal Government has released details of the oil derivation refunds from 1999 made to Niger Delta states amidst a growing controversy that the...
Fiscal Challenges: States In Nigeria Groan Under Heavy Debt, Declining Revenue Allocation
The decrease in allocation to these levels of government reveals the fiscal challenges facing various levels of government in Africa’s biggesteconomy.Nigeria earns its biggest...
Petrol Subsidy: FG, States Set For Showdown Over Planned n950bn FAAC...
The Federal Government and the 36 states are set for a showdown over the planned deduction of N950bn from the allocation due to the...
Covid-19: States Revive Isolation Centres As Cases Soar
In a related development, state governments have intensified preparations of isolation centres in readiness for possible admission of COVID-19 patients as cases of the...
Economic Growth: Osinbajo Tasks States To Raise IGR, Think Like Sovereign...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday tasked states to think out of the box in raising their respective Internally Generated Revenues.The Vice President said...
Nigeria’S Education Sector: States, Not FG Should Be Blamed For Woes...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said most of the problems associated with Nigeria’s education sector are responsibilities of state governments, stressing that the Federal...
Stimulating Local Economies: FG To Borrow $750M From World Bank On...
The federal government is planning to borrow $750 million on behalf of state to stimulate local economies in Nigeria.Minister of Finance, Budget and National...
REPS Seek N36b Special Fund For States
The House of Representatives debated the mysterious deaths in Kano State and resolved to ask that 1 billion naira be made available by the...
Military To Flush Out Militants In Benue, 2 Other States
The Nigeria Defense Headquarters has said that 'Operation
Whirl Stroke', OPWS had achieved its set mandate and would wind down in phases.The Acting Director, Defence...
Allocation: FG, States, LG Share N3.84 Trillion In First Half Of...
The
federal, states, local governments and others shared three-point-eight-four
trillion naira between January and June this year.The
data, contained in the latest edition of NEITI Quarterly Review,...
