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The Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, Atiku Bagudu, has confirmed the receipt of two trillion naira from the Federal Government to the 36 states of the federation.Bagudu said this after a closed-door meeting between…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday called on states and local governments to put in place emergency response mechanisms to prevent flooding in their respective domains.Mr Umar Muhammed, Team Leader of a committee…

The Edo State Police Command said on Sunday that it has arrested no fewer than 44 suspects for various crimes in the state.State’s Commissioner of Police, CP Johnson Kokumo, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the command’s…

The Presidency in its characteristic manner has once again blamed the killings across the country on politicians.According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, evidence has…

President Muhammadu has declared that Nigeria has been made safe again by the Military.He said this at the Nigeria Army Day celebration 2018 in Monguno, Bornu State on Friday while praising the military’s efforts in bringing the…

The Global Affairs Canada (GAC) in conjunction with UNICEF said it immunized more than two million children in rural communities of Jigawa, Niger, Taraba and Zamfara states in the past one year. Dr. Esther Obinya, a UNICEF health…

The Chairman, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State, Mr Felix Hyat, said states’ chairmen of the party would resist attempt by any group for parallel convention on Dec. 9.Hyat stated this when he received an aspirant for…

The 36 states of the federation on Thursday failed to hold the monthly Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting due to discrepancies in Federation Account figures presented by the Federal Government.The Chairman, Forum of…

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) said it would generate about N26 billion to fund HIV programmes and enroll another 500,000 people for treatment.Dr. Sani Aliyu, Director-General, NACA, said the money would be generated…

Current national plans to slow down global warming are inadequate and will raise, rather than lower, the likelihood of serious climate impacts, the UN environmental body said Tuesday.According to the UN Environment Programme, while…

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday declared his stand on the raging issue of restructuring of Nigeria, saying that he fully agreed that “states should have more opportunities to develop themselves’’.Osinbajo was speaking at a…

An Ilorin-based legal practitioner, Mr Toyin Abayomi, has called on the Federal and State Governments to prioritise issues that affect the welfare of the civil servants across the country.Abayomi, in an interview with the News Agency of…

Mr Ahmed Idris, Accountant-General of the Federation, said the Federal Government, States and Local Governments shared N558.082billion in October compared to N637.704 shared in the previous month.Idris made this known at the end of the…

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Tuesday advised the Federal Government to handover Federal roads to states governments for effective management of the roads.Tambuwal gave the advice when he received the Senate Committee on Works…

The Federal Government on Friday urged the States to show more commitment to development of education data for effective planning and policy making for the sector.The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwukah gave the…

The Advanced People’s Democratic Alliance (APDA) has urged the Federal Government not to release another tranche of the Paris Club refund to states until previous disbursements to them was comprehensively audited.The party made the call…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on states to emulate Edo in collaborating with the federal government to promote culture, tourism and the arts.Mohammed made the call at the opening of Benin…

The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday urged the Federal Government to release federal roads to states to fix using investors and placing tolls on them.The request followed the concerns of the council members about the failure of…