Tag: nigerian states
NEMA issues flood alert to 13 states over release of water from Lagdo Dam
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA has put 13 states across Nigeria on red alert about potential massive flooding following…
36 governors battle Buhari in Supreme Court, judgment reserved
A seven-man panel of justices of the apex court led by Justice Musa Datijo, reserved their judgment after listening to…
How Nigerian States Can Become Major Industrial Hubs – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says having spent about N8.9 Trillion, a record sum, on infrastructure and capital alone since its…
Buhari: States will lose Federal projects over land troubles
The Buhari administration has warned that, henceforth, the Federal Government might be forced to re-allocate projects elsewhere if any State…
Why Nigerian states can’t grow, baby-feeding centre blamed
An industrialist, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, has said that the monthly federal allocation being shared by the federating states of Nigeria…
World Bank to rank Nigerian states on Ease of Doing Business
Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will be ranked based on an assessment of the ease of…
Forensic audit needed for Nigerian states
David Oladipupo Kuranga In the past several months both Fitch and Moodys downgraded Nigeria’s credit worthiness a significant notch, citing…
Osun’s belt-tightening moves: Options before Nigerian states
By Alabi Olufemi Adekunle “Every adversity in life makes us bitter or better, every problem comes to break us or…
N658bn is the debt Nigerian states owe but the profit one man made in a day
Nigeria’s 36 states have estimated their total indebtedness, including salaries owed workers at N658 billion, about $3.3 billion. The money…
FG urges states to impose more taxes, trim spending
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Friday urged Nigerian state governments to adopt the austerity measures…
Nigeria earns less in December, but Federal, states take more money home
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Friday announced that Federal, States and Local governments shared N580.4billion…
SWF: Court Gives Further Room For Settlement
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The case instituted at the Supreme Court by Nigeria’s 36 states challenging the legality of the…
Fuel scarcity spreads
Long queues have been reported at filling stations in many states of Nigeria as fuel scarcity spreads, even as the…
Adamawa least developed Nigerian state
Nigeria’s Adamawa State, home of Nigeria’s former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, ranks lowest on the country’s human development index in education,…