GeneralStates hold N264bn UBEC funds as schools struggle
Nigerian states have left N264.12bn in UBEC matching grants unspent, even as public schools grapple with dilapidated classrooms and overcrowding.
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PoliticsTinubu To Present 2027 Budget Before End Of 2026
President Bola Tinubu is expected to present the 2027 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly before the end of 2026.
Politics$21.7bn Borrowing Plan Is Investment In Assets, Not For Consumption, Says FG
The Federal Government has said that the $21.7 billion borrowing proposal transmitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu is an investment in assets and not for spend...
Technology$21.7bn external borrowing plan is investment, not debt – Oyedele
The Federal Government has put a strong defence to its proposed $21.7 billion external borrowing plan, describing it as a long-term investment in infrastructure, human capital and ...
PoliticsAdesina meets Tinubu, offers to help Nigeria’s development after AfDB exit
The immediate past President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has offered to support Nigeria’s development in any capacity, saying he is back home and rea...
CrimeMob attacks NDLEA officers during drug bust in Cross River - The Guardian Nigeria News
Mob attacks NDLEA officers during drug bust in Cross River The Guardian Nigeria News
PoliticsAtiku asks National Assembly to reject Tinubu’s loan request as he claims it s campaign slush fund
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called on the National Assembly to scrut
CrimePolice arrest two suspects over alleged murder of step-brother
Police said the suspects allegedly killed their 46-year-old step-brother following an allegation that he stole their elder sister’s bag.
CrimePolice arrest 35-year-old man over alleged rape of 11-year-old girl
According to the police, the father alleged that Mr Bright lured the girl and sexually assaulted her before leaving her at a location within the community.
GeneralEbola: How much have Nigerian states allocated to emergency preparedness?
Some states made substantial provisions for health emergencies, while others allocated smaller sums to specific disease-control activities.
PoliticsConstitutional Amendment: Ondo Assembly passes state police bill
The House passed the bill on Monday after an elaborate deliberation during plenary presided over by the Speaker, Olamide Oladiji.
PoliticsNASS Roundup: Ebola, corps member’s death, Abuja rent, other stories from the House of Reps
The House of Representatives, in its second week after resumption from recess, considered a range of public-interest issues.
GeneralNiMet forecasts Nigeria’s weather for next three days
It said thunderstorms accompanied by light rain were expected across most parts of the southern region later on Tuesday.
BusinessEbola: Day pandemic killed an Aláàfin, By Festus Adedayo
Nigeria is treating the reported Ebola case discovered in Abuja with its usual levity. Authorities should remember that if you fail to cut the sapling of an Iroko tree while it is ...
GeneralPreliminary thoughts on Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway
By TONY AFEJUKU Let me state from the outset one or two or three or more things about this composition I am composing on a rainy day that is a rainy day: The rain is raining rains ...
PoliticsINEC, the governors, and the coming 2027 general election in the face of the gathering storm
By Moshood Oshunfurewa The machinery of Nigeria’s democracy is grinding towards 2027, yet the omens are anything but auspicious. What we are witnessing is not the meticulous prepar...