Why Fiscal Federalism Has Become One of Nigeria’s Most Important Governance Questions Every month, officials from Nigeria’s 36 states gather in Abuja to receive their share of revenue from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). The monthly allocations often determine whether states can pay salaries, fund hospitals, maintain schools, execute infrastructure projects, or meet other […]
Former Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has remained one of Nigeria’s most influential and controversial political figures long after leaving office. Once celebrated by supporters as a reform-minded administrator and criticised by opponents for his uncompromising style of governance, El-Rufai now finds himself at the centre of one of the country’s most closely whyatched
The Senate has declined to launch a separate investigation into the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), opting instead to await the outcome of an ongoing anti-corruption probe ordered by the Presidency. The decision has intensified public debate over budget accountability, institutional oversight, and how a body described by the Presidency as non-existent found
Conflicting claims involving Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila and businessman Prince Adeyemi over the alleged Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council have intensified public debate, highlighting broader concerns about accountability, institutional integrity and the verification of government authority. Nigeria’s political landscape has once again been drawn into controversy following a public dispute involving Chief of Staff
Nigeria’s long-running debate over policing, security centralization, and constitutional restructuring has entered a defining new phase after the National Assembly moved forward with what many lawmakers are calling one of the most consequential governance reforms since the return to democracy in 1999. The proposed constitutional amendment to establish state police in Nigeria has triggered immediate
Nigeria’s Political Future Is Increasingly Tied to the Success or Failure of Tinubu’s Presidency Three years into President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s first term, the political atmosphere surrounding his administration has already evolved into something far larger than routine governance debates. Across Nigeria’s political landscape, a deeper national conversation is unfolding — one centered not only
Nigeria’s 2027 Political Battle Has Already Begun Behind Closed Doors Nigeria may still be years away from the next presidential election, but the struggle for power ahead of 2027 is already reshaping the country’s political landscape in ways that could redefine the future of Africa’s largest democracy. Away from public rallies and official campaign declarations,
A Nation in Transition: The Quiet Redrawing of Political Power Nigeria’s march toward the 2027 general elections has already begun—long before campaign posters return to the streets or party primaries dominate the headlines. Beneath the surface of governance, a deeper and more consequential process is underway: a sweeping political realignment that could redefine the balance
A Political Claim Returns to the National Stage — But the Stakes Now Go Beyond One Election More than two years after Nigeria’s fiercely contested 2023 presidential election and over a year after the Supreme Court brought formal legal closure to the dispute, has once again publicly insisted that he won the election. The latest
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed its planned nationwide voter revalidation exercise until after Nigeria’s 2027 General Election, moving a major proposed cleanup of the national voter register beyond the election it was originally intended to help prepare for. The decision, announced on April 10, came just three days before the exercise was
