Lagos, Rivers, and the Federal Capital Territory led in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for 2023, with figures of N815.86 billion, N211.10 billion and N195.41 billion respectively....
After several weeks of touted expectations and rumours, President Bola Tinubu finally reshuffled his ministerial cabinet. Although the reshuffle, according to opposition and reactions from the...
More than 180 million Nigerians are not yet connected to the country’s national grid, as data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that the total...
Located in the far northeastern region of the country, Borno State plays host to more than 6 million people with various ethnic groups who majorly harvest...
On September 21st 2024, residents of Edo State elected Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressive Congress as the next governor of the state to take over...
Following his inauguration as President of Nigeria in May 2023, Bola Tinubu announced in his inaugural address that his administration’s industrial policy would leverage a comprehensive...
Nigeria is grappling with a complex and multifaceted insecurity crisis, marked by rising cases of kidnapping, banditry, terrorism, and communal clashes. The country’s northwestern region is...
For more than a year, especially since the assumption of new administrations by both the federal and state governments in May 2023, there have been questions...
In May 2023, while President Bola Tinubu was giving his inaugural address as he assumed office as the 16th democratic president of the country, he promised...
Several criticisms trailed the purchase of a new presidential aircraft by the Bola Tinubu administration considering the economic turmoil Nigeria is currently grappling with. Media reports...
On August 1st, Nigerians took to the streets to protest against the current administration, headed by President Bola Tinubu, over the unending uptight economy that has...
Several developments have questioned the federal government’s intention toward commencing oil production in the 650,000 barrels per day (BPD) Dangote refinery in Lagos in recent weeks....
Following the meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress, the federal government agreed with the union to increase Nigeria’s minimum...
In a groundbreaking ruling, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark judgement, granting financial autonomy to the 774 local government councils in the country. The court...
Just within the first week of July, long queues at petrol stations across some states, including Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, resurfaced due to...
In a speech in New Year on the 1st of January 2024, President Bola Tinubu boasted to have improved the lingering insecurity in the country. He...
For the 2024 fiscal year, the Nigerian government has made a provision of N3,556 for the educational needs each of school child between the ages of...
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate as of May 2024 rose to 33.95 per cent, according to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. The...
In July 2003, the African Union’s Second Ordinary Assembly in Maputo saw African Heads of State and Government endorse the Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food...
On Monday, June 3rd, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) embarked on a nationwide strike to protest the increment of the...
President Bola Tinubu assumed office as the 16th president of Nigeria on May 29 2023 after winning the general elections in February 2023 defecting other 17...
A major concern for most Nigerian states regarding fiscal appropriation has been how revenue would be generated or improved upon. Most of these states’ expenditures are...
A compilation of data gathered on the 2024 budget for various states in Nigeria has shown that N840.1 billion has been approved as expenditure for 35...
Data gathered from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), has shown that an average of 26 persons were killed daily in the first...
A 2022 Nigeria’s Child Labour report showed that four out of every 10 children who reside in Nigeria are engaged in some form of labour that...
Over the last year, Nigerians have struggled with an increasing inflation rate which has affected the prices of food. As an extension, this means that the...
As of December 2023, Nigeria, including the 36 states and the federal capital territory, had a public debt of N97.34 trillion. The debt has increased from...
Some days after a meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, where the interest rate was increased to 24.75 per cent, the Central Bank of Nigeria issued...
A report by the National Bureau of Statistics indicated that Nigeria grew its taxes collected from consumption products and organizations by 59.8 per cent in the...
On March 7, gunmen abducted 287 school children from the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary and Junior Secondary School, Kuriga, in Chikun Local Government Area of...
In December, the Nigeria Correctional Service Controller General, Haliru Nababa, said that N750 was spent daily to feed inmates. This became controversial when compared to the...
Nigeria’s Plateau State has been a hotspot for violent attacks in the North Central of Nigeria. The state, despite being home to more than 40 ethnic...
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Anite, recently disclosed that the federal government, secured investment commitments worth $30 billion from foreign investors since it...
Economic indices gathered by RipplesMetircs indicate that an average Nigerian spends more than he earned in 2023. This would mean that, if a working Nigerian earns...
An analysis by RipplesMetrics of the monthly Federal Allocation Account Committee allocation has shown a total of N3.53 trillion was disbursed to the 36 states and...
Between December 2018 and December 2023, the average retail cost paid by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) rose by 360.81 per cent, data gathered by...
Data gathered by RipplesMetrics has shown that no fewer than 8,734 Nigerians were reported killed in various insecurity incidents that occurred between January to December of...
At least 63 Government-Owned Enterprises (GOEs) would receive N3.77 trillion as expenditure for 2024, a document available on the website of the country’s budget office has...
Data gathered from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has shown that between January and September 2023, the Nigerian government paid N375.84 billion as electricity subsidy, RipplesMetics...
Over 200 million people living in Nigeria, who wished themselves a happy new year on January 1st 2023, looked forward to good prospects from the government...
In November, President Bola Tinubu presented his first appropriation bill to a joint session of the National Assembly, as the president of Nigeria, proposing to spend...
Villagers of Tudun Biri, a local community in the Igabi Local Government area of Kaduna State, on December 3 gathered to celebrate Maulud, the birthday of...
Between January and September, a total of N11.48 trillion was disbursed as allocation from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to all three teiers of government....
Section 81 of the Nigerian 1999 constitution (as amended) provides that one of the responsibilities of the president is to prepare the annual expenditure for every...
In July, members of a vigilante group in Eke, Udi Local Government were allegedly murdered by men of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army. The...
The general elections in February and March brought in a new president and 28 governors, 18 of whom were newly elected while 10 were re-elected during...
Buhari Abosede, a local trader in Ado-Ekiti market, struggles daily to make proper sales due to the rising cost of goods caused by the removal of...
