A new report has revealed that 751 of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas (LGAs) are performing poorly in fiscal transparency, accountability, and governance, posing a high risk of corruption and inefficiency at the grassroots level.
The report, titled Nigerian Local...
France’s new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned on Monday, October 6, 2025, just a day after naming his government.
French President Emmanuel Macron named Lecornu, a former defence minister, to the post last month.
But the largely unchanged cabinet Lecornu unveiled...
The Federal Government has announced sweeping reforms to modernise agricultural education as part of efforts to strengthen food security and create employment opportunities for young Nigerians.
The Director of Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education, Folasade...
Families in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria are reeling under the pressure of soaring Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), otherwise known as cooking gas, with the commodity now selling for as high as N3,500 per kilogram in some retail...
The Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, has admitted that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) in Enugu State, never issued him a degree certificate, despite allegations that he submitted forged credentials during his ministerial screening.
Nnaji, who has...
Troops of the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, operating under Sector 3 of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have dislodged several bandits’ hideouts in Takum and Ussa Local Government Areas of Taraba State.
The operation, part of the ongoing Operation...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has forecast widespread rain and thunderstorms across the country from Monday to Wednesday, warning of possible flash floods in some areas.
In its three-day weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, NiMet said northern states...
In a landmark move aimed at balancing industrial growth with efficient revenue collection, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have agreed on key exemptions from the recently suspended four per cent Free-On-Board (FOB)...
The death toll from the collapse of a school in Indonesia last week has increased to at least 50 people as rescuers have cleared nearly all of the debris.
Piles of concrete caved in on hundreds of mostly teenage boys...
A former Nigerian Air Force officer, Ayo Balogun, has warned that religious loyalties and divided allegiances within Nigeria’s security and political systems are deepening the country’s fight against terrorism and endangering national security.
Speaking in Abuja, Balogun said that while...
