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SPECIAL REPORT: Edo's N14.15 billion extra-budgetary spending raises questions about fiscal discipline under Okpebholo

Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- Various arms and departments of the Edo State Government violated the state's appropriation law by spending beyond approved budgetary sums, an official document shows. A PREMIUM T... Read More


EXCLUSIVE: Fresh oil spill hits Rivers community as Trans Niger pipeline ruptures

Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- A fresh oil spill has been reported at the Freetown community in Andoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria, after a section of the Trans Niger Pipeline repo... Read More


Akwa Ibom's N2.53 trillion revenue in 32 months under Eno surpasses its previous eight-year earnings

Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- The administration of Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has recorded over N2.53 trillion in revenue within 32 months. A PREMIUM TIMES analysis of official financial documents sh... Read More


CSO demands online publication of Akwa Ibom local government councils' budgets

Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- A civil society organisation, Policy Alert, has called on local government chairpersons in Akwa Ibom State to comply with the state's Fiscal Responsibility Law by publishing their ... Read More


Days after Tinubu meeting, Fubara dissolves cabinet

Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has dissolved the State Executive Council, four days after a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu and key political actors from... Read More


Senate's 'escape clause' on e-transmission threatens credible 2027 election - PDP

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that the Senate's insertion of an "escape clause" allowing manual transmission of election results where technology is said to fail po... Read More


Akwa Ibom shifts school holiday for measles-rubella vaccination

Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- The Akwa Ibom State Government has shifted the second-term mid-term break for the 2025/2026 academic session by one week to allow pupils and students to participate in the nationwi... Read More


Federal commissioner mocks protesters demanding real-time election results transmission

Nigeria, Feb. 10 -- Imo Akpan, a federal commissioner with the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), on Tuesday, mocked protesters who stormed the National Assembly demanding ... Read More


Nigerians celebrate Pat Utomi at 70

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- In a society where age often ushers public figures into quiet retirement, there is a Nigerian who, even at 70, has remained fiercely present through his thoughts and intervention. T... Read More


Measles-Rubella: 1.29 million children vaccinated in six days in Akwa Ibom - Official

Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- Data released by the Akwa Ibom State Government shows that the state has vaccinated 1.29 million children in the ongoing nationwide Measles-Rubella immunisation campaign, just six d... Read More