Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Delta Lead As States Share N9.3trn In Three Years   The 36 states in Nigeria shared a total of about N9.3tn as federal allocation between June 2019 and December 2022, a period of 43 months, which formed the bulk of the second tenure...

Lagos, Delta Top States’ N5.33trn Domestic Debts   The domestic debt owed by state governments and the Federal Capital Territory administration rose to N5.33tn as of the end of December 2022. The sub-national domestic debt stock was N4.46tn by the end of 2021, which means it rose...

NDLEA Recovers 294, 440 Tramadol Tabs in Delta, Bauchi .... Arrests 41 Suspects in Kaduna, Abuja Raids; Seizes 38,862 Cartridges in Anambra   Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted no fewer than 294, 440 tablets of Tramadol, Diazepam, Swinol, Rohyphnol and Exol-5...

A Rejoinder to Igbo Intellectuals on the Biafran Minister in Buhari’s Government By Yushau A. Shuaib Recently when I joined up with Jaafar Jaafar and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz as Northern writers in the campaign for the appointment of an Igbo military officer to the position of the...

Rivers, Lagos Lead as Public Debt Climbs to N33.1tn Nigeria’s total public debt had a 0.58 per cent marginal increase from N32.916 trillion as of December 31, 2020 to N33.1 trillion ($87.239 billion by March 31, 2021, latest figures from the Debt Management Office...

OML 118 Dispute Resolution: Kyari’s Legendary Leadership & Nigeria’s Next Billion Barrel, by Momodu Abutur       Mother Nature has a way of depositing its vast treasures wherever it pleases. In the wonderful world of hydrocarbons, these resources are either placed onshore (on land) or offshore (in...