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FG Commends Contractors on Quality Roads, Seeks Alternative Fund Sources The Federal Government has commended contractors handling various road and housing projects in the South...

Ijaw Youth Council urges FG to Complete East-West Road Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has called on the Federal Government to fast tract the completion of...

Abuja, Nigeria… Anti-corruption groups have called on the leadership of the Senate to expedite the immediate confirmation of the acting Chairman of the Economic...

The Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Women Affairs has commemorated the 2019 Breast and cervical cancer Screening and awareness...

FG to implement health system on Malaria, RMNCAH+N The Federal Government has inaugurated a Technical Working Group (TWG) on National Malaria – Reproductive Maternal, Newborn,...

… Governor announces Health Minister as Special Health Envoy to Borno State Govt ... Health Minister advocates for investment in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene   The Borno...

Insecurity: FG Orders Security Agencies to End Challenges President Mohammadu Buhari has directed security agencies in the country to put an end to all the...

The Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (ARPON) has commended the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) on the ongoing verification of Police pensioners...

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) announces the relocation of its Inspectorate Directorate from the head office in Abuja to the Lagos Control office for...

FG Unveils 76 Housing Units in Kogi The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Housing Programme, has rolled out 76 Housing Units of Three,...

A new report has disclosed that the 36 states and the 774 local government councils in Nigeria shared a total sum of N2.8 trillion from the Federation Account in the one year of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. An exclusive report by the Economic Confidential, an intelligence economic magazine, disclosed that the total figure was payment made to the two tiers of government between June 2015 and May 2016 at the monthly meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC).. In the report, Lagos state is ranked first as the highest recipient of gross allocation with a total sum of N178bn in the twelve months. It is followed by Akwa State N173bn, Delta State N144bn and Kano State N117bn. The five states cornered a quarter (25%) of the total allocation for the States and local government councils in Nigeria within the one year period. Among the 10 highest recipients from the Federation Account are Bayelsa State which got N95bn; followed by Katsina State N88bn, Oyo State N84bn, Kaduna State N83bn and Borno State N78bn. The lowest recipients are Gombe and Ebonyi States that got N49bn each followed by Ekiti and Nasarawa States N50bn each and Kwara N52bn. The report further disclosed that Edo and Ondo which are oil-producing states got N66bn and N71bn respectively while another state in the South-South, Cross River State merely received N59bn. The Economic Confidential gathered that factors that influence allocation to states and local government councils from the Federation Account include: Population, Derivation, Landmass, Terrain, Revenue Effort, School Enrollments, Health Facilities, Water Supply and Equality of the beneficiaries.

            University Honors Aisha Buhari with Doctorate Degree Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has been awarded a Doctorate in Humanities by Sun Moon...

Shittu Urges LCCI to Involve ICT Stakeholders in ICTEL EXPO 2019 The Honourable Minister of Communications, Dr. Adebayo Shittu has urged Lagos Chamber of Commerce...

The Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation has commenced implementation of the Human Resource Module of the Integrated Personnel...

FG Urges Nigerians to Practice Hand Washing with Soap The Honourable Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu FNSE has urged for the need to...

FG slashes Farmers Equipment  at  50% Discount to enhance  Production The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon. Mustapha Baba Shehuri has reassured...

As part of efforts to address the housing deficit in Nigeria, a Committee to review the current trend and explore alternative building materials and...

Turaki: We Will Liberate Nigerians from Current APC Hardships Frontline PDP Presidential Aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has urged Nigerians not to despair in the...

National Emergency management Agency (NEMA) North East Zonal office in collaboration with National Orientation Agency (NOA) has organised an awareness creation/ advocacy campaign on...

Border Security: Aregbesola Directs Interior Agencies to be Computer compliant The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to be on top of...