Day: May 17, 2025

FAAC distributes N1.681 Trillion to FG, States, LGs for April 2025

Emporium Reporters

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), at its May 2025 meeting, chaired by the Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, has shared a total sum of N1.681 trillion to the three tiers of government as federation allocation for the month of April 2025. This distribution was made from a gross revenue of N2.848 trillion.   According to the communique issued at the end of the meeting, the allocation comprised revenues from Statutory Sources, Value Added Tax (VAT), Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), and…

Warri Federal Constituency; INEC fieldwork is an accurate representation Ijaws, Urhobos

Emporium Reporters

By Our Reporter. The INEC filed work in the area of delineation and demography with regards to Warri Federal Constituency is accurate and representation of facts. The two major ethnic nationalities, Ijaws and Urhobos is also confident that Nigeria’s first Lady , Mrs Oluremi Tinubu will play the role of Mother of the nation and not the Mother of a section of the country. Therefore efforts by the Itserkiris to lean through maternal ties to influence the President’s wife is unwarranted. The Ijaws and Urhobos that made up of Warri…

NOA hails Kwara State for erecting West Africa’s tallest flagpole

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has applauded the Kwara State Government for erecting West Africa’s tallest flagpole, describing the 70-meter-high structure as a bold symbol of national unity, cultural identity, and economic progress.   In a statement issued by the Director-General of NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the agency emphasized the significance of the project, noted that the towering flag represented not only Nigeria’s sovereignty but also the shared spirit and unity of Kwara’s diverse communities.   “As the agency responsible for promoting national values and orientation, we commend the Kwara…

South East Senators demand answers over JAMB exam glitch, warn against future occurrence

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The South East Senate Caucus has raised strong concerns over what it described as a “curious and highly suspicious” technical glitch that marred the recent Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination in some centres in Lagos and, more alarmingly, across the entire South East region.   In a statement released on Saturday in Abuja, Chairman of the caucus, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, expressed fears that the incident could be part of a narrow agenda aimed at deliberately shortchanging students from the region.   “It would be disheartening and we hope…

Nigeria’s governors: Halfway to where? (1) By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Emporium Reporters

To begin with, any assessment of the subnational level must acknowledge that Nigeria’s federal system is defective and quasi-federalist in nature. Put bluntly, it operates with the ethos of a tightly centralized “Bonapartist state”. This is the truth of the matter: no matter how well a subnational governor performs, the operating framework handicaps him. It’s like a boxer fighting with one hand behind his back. In other words, there’s a debilitating limit to what a governor can achieve. For instance, governors of states like Benue, Plateau and Zamfara have discovered…