Tinubu's War on Poverty: Yilwatda's Vision for a Prosperous Nigeria By Olusegun Oruame Nigeria's poverty rate has become an alarming challenge, one that Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, the newly appointed Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, is determined to address. In 2023, Nigeria’s poverty rate...

FAAC: N725.5bn March Revenue Shared By FG, States, LGAs The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) report reveals that N725.571 billion for March, 2022 revenue has been shared by federal, states and local governments. This revenue disbursement comprised distributable statutory revenue of N521.169bn and distributable Value Added...

FAAC: FG, States LGCs Share N616.886 bn for April 2021. The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), at its meeting through Virtual Conference shared a total sum of N616.886 billion to the three tiers of government, as federation allocation for the month of April, 2021. From this stated...

NEDC Establishes ICT Training Centres, 6bn Education Fund for N/East Youths, Indigenes         The North East Development Commission (NEDC), says it has established ICT Training Centers within higher institutions in Gombe, Taraba and Bauchi States. The NEDC, added that its existing training centers at various universities, polytechnics...

FG, States, LGs share N604.004 bn for October, 2020. The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), Wednesday at its meeting chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Alh. Aliyu Ahmed shared to the three tiers of government, a total sum...

The National Assembly is planning to create about 25 additional federal agencies in the face of an over bloated bureaucracy and the current economic recession, Daily Trust investigation has shown. Already, about N2.98 trillion or 40.1 percent of N7.28 trillion 2017 federal budget is allocated...