The Federal Government has set a target of generating 70,000 megawatts of electricity by 2030, seeking to expand power infrastructure to meet rising demand from industries, businesses and households despite persistent supply shortages.
State governments are deploying increased allocations from the Federation Account to roads, healthcare, education, workers’ welfare and other public services, but development partners and fiscal authorities have warned that higher revenues must translate into measurable improvements in living standards.
The Federal Government has proposed mandatory impact assessments for major tax, tariff and regulatory changes, seeking to curb abrupt policy reversals that increase business costs, discourage investment and weaken economic planning.
The UNDP–Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative report released on October 12, 2026, highlights deprivation across health, education, and living standards. It also identifies particularly severe poverty in rural communities and northern Nigeria. According to the report, 113 million Nigerians, or 48.7 per cent of the population, are classified as multi dimensionally poor.
The Federal Government has secured 653 convictions in the ongoing mass trial of terrorism suspects before the Federal High Court, with 1,060 suspects brought forward for the latest phase of the exercise.
The Nigeria Labour Congress has insisted that the Federal Government begin negotiations for a new national minimum wage before its October 24 ultimatum expires, setting up a potential dispute over the timing of the next wage review.
The Federal Government has presented its Renewed Hope Housing Public-Private Partnership model to African policymakers and infrastructure experts, as Nigeria seeks to attract private capital into housing delivery and encourage other countries to adopt similar financing structures.
The Federal Ministry of Finance has challenged recent reports, based on the World Bank’s October Nigeria Development Update, that interest payments consumed 124 per cent of Federal Government revenue in the first half of the year.
The Federal Government has proposed a sweeping harmonisation of the 2027 examination calendars of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), National Examinations Council (NECO), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) and National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS).
The Federal Government’s ₦66-per-litre petrol discount offers temporary relief amid rising fuel prices.
Questions persist over whether transport operators will pass the savings on to commuters.
Consumers must use the NNPC Fuel App to access the discount, raising...
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a petition seeking the dissolution of a marriage that has lasted over 43 years, ruling that lack of love and mutual respect between spouses does not, on its own, constitute sufficient legal grounds for divorce.
