Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to immediately suspend the patently unlawful and unconstitutional pay rise for political and public office holders in Nigeria particularly the president, vice-president, governors, their deputies, and the country’s lawmakers.”
The political landscape in Lagos State has once again been thrown in mourning after the death of Hon. Zainab Kosoko, the Councillor for Ward C3 in the Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye Local Council Development Area (LCDA) and the Chief Whip of the Legislative Chamber. Kosoko, who had taken her oath of office less
The three tiers of Nigerian government, federal, state, and local government councils, have shared the total of N2.001 trillion, being the July 2025 Federation Account Revenue. The revenue was shared at the August 2025 Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting held in Abuja. The N2.001 trillion total distributable revenue comprised
Victor Tobechukwu ”Vic Matt” Okoli, a Nollywood producer, has died days after he was abducted in Enugu. It was gathered that Vic Matt, who is close manager of BBNaija Season 10 housemate Bright Morgan, was kidnapped on Friday, August 15, opposite Ntachi Osa, a popular spot in Enugu State, and
The Pan-African Society for Social and Economic Change (PASSEC) has formally appealed to the Minister of Labour and Employment, urging immediate action concerning serious allegations of forgery, fraud, and financial mismanagement within the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI). The organisation claimed that the issues
There was jubilation at the Epe campus of the Lagos State University, LASU, on Wednesday, for the inauguration of a 550-seater auditorium endowed to the school. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu formally opened the purpose-built edifice donated by the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer
State chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former governors, National Assembly members, serving and former National Working Committee, NWC, members and other notable stakeholders from Southern Nigeria have disowned the meeting scheduled for Lagos Thursday, by some groups in the party with the aim of zoning positions. The PDP
The Edo State Government has intensified its sweeping campaign against cultism, criminal gangs, and ritual practices. To this end, it has sealed multiple properties linked to suspected cult leaders following the discovery of a shrine in Egbaen community and a violent confrontation in Evboyare that claimed a life. The coordinated
Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, former Kaduna State Governor has cautioned a political support group, ADC Vanguard, against fabricating statements and attributing them to him. In a post on his official X handle on Thursday, El-Rufai said he would disown such remarks, stressing that while he has platforms to express his views,
Ambassador Taofik Obasanjo Cokerthe Consul General of Nigeria in Buea, Republic of Cameroon, is dead. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the sudden death of Coker in a statement on Wednesday. Spokesman of the ministry, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, said the Consul General passed on after a brief illness on Saturday,