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BudgIT, a prominent civic tech organisation promoting transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s public finance, has noted recent publications across various media outlets that misrepresented our findings on Sokoto State's budget and fiscal transparency. While we appreciate the media’s role in fostering dialogue, these reports inaccurately represent our analysis, compelling us...

As a gesture of immortalizing a slain officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE1 Aminu Sahabi Salisu, the Commission has named the administrative block of its Academy in Karu, Abuja after him. Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede disclosed this...

One of Africa’s leading financial institutions, Zenith Bank has reaffirmed its dedication to employee welfare by announcing the promotion of over 4,000 staff members and implementing salary increases ranging from 20% to 30% across various employee grades. This bold initiative, under the leadership of Managing Director/CEO Dame Adaora Umeoji, its...

Hamas on Saturday freed four female Israeli soldiers held hostage, while Israel released 200 Palestine prisoners in an ongoing ceasefire deal. The exchanges of hostages and prisoners between Hamas and Israel mark the second phase of ceasefire agreement reached in Doha, Qatar. The four female Israeli soldiers; Liri Albag, Karina Ariev,...

The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (ARD-FCT) has suspended its three-day warning strike which started on Wednesday after the intervention of the Minister of the FCT, Nyesome Wike. The President of the Association, Dr. George Ebong, made the revelation in a statement he issued to newsmen...

A group, the Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria, has faulted the Nigeria Governors Forum’s VAT sharing formula for states in the proposed Tax Reform Bill. The group in a communiqué issued on the proposed bill at the end of its citizen’s engagement on Friday in Abuja, said...

The fund raising exercise organised by some concerned citizens including media and corporate affairs practitioners to raise $35,000 (USD) about N57 million for Kolawole Kuforiji, a Nigerian journalist to undergo a Deep Brain Stimulation surgery in Turkey has reached the first milestone of over N1 million donation. The total contribution...

The Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Mr Bosun Tijani, said the Federal Government approved a 50 per cent tariff hike for telecommunication companies to sustain the industry. Tijani added that the new tariff would allow telecommunication companies to be able to invest in new infrastructure and improve connectivity....

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has put a hold on all access gate fees at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. In a statement by its management on Saturday, FAAN said the move is aimed at cushioning the traffic burden on airport road users. According to the statement,...

The Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe, on Saturday, ordered the dissolution of the Sharia panel set up at the Central Mosque, Ado Ekiti in the interest of peaceful coexistence and law and order in the community. Adejugbe spoke in Ado Ekiti during a meeting he held with the...