Politics
Government, elections, policy
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National Assembly passes ₦28.7 trillion 2026 budget with record infrastructure allocation
Nigeria's National Assembly passes the ₦28.7 trillion 2026 budget with record infrastructure spending and 18% year-on-ye...
Senate passes sweeping tax reform bill in landmark 73–12 vote, reshaping Nigeria fiscal landscape
The Nigerian Senate on Monday passed the long-awaited Tax Reform and Revenue Mobilisation Act in a 73–12 vote that analy...
President signs executive order creating 50,000 new civil service positions across 12 ministries
President Tinubu has signed an executive order creating 50,000 new civil service positions across 12 federal ministries,...
Supreme Court upholds Rivers State government in landmark oil revenue ruling against NNPCL
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Rivers State in a landmark case against NNPCL, potentially unlocking ₦240 billi...
INEC announces 2027 general election timetable as parties begin grassroots mobilisation
INEC has released the 2027 general election timetable, setting voter registration deadlines and primaries windows for al...
Anti-corruption agency arraigns former minister on ₦47 billion procurement fraud charges
EFCC arraigns a former Works Minister on 18 counts of ₦47 billion procurement fraud before the Federal High Court in Abu...
Amnesty International report accuses security forces of extrajudicial killings in north-east Nigeria
Amnesty International documents 34 alleged extrajudicial killings by Nigerian security forces in Borno and Yobe states.