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CBN holds rate at 27.5% Lagos-Calabar coastal highway phase 2 awarded Naira firms to ₦1,420/$ on increased FX inflows INEC sets February date for off-cycle polls CBN holds rate at 27.5% Lagos-Calabar coastal highway phase 2 awarded Naira firms to ₦1,420/$ on increased FX inflows INEC sets February date for off-cycle polls
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NEWS RADAR
LGA REFORM Supreme Court Judgment Mandates Direct FAAC Transfers to 774 LGAs
ELECTORAL ACT NASS Concludes Public Hearings on Electronic Transmission Mandate
APPROPRIATION House Accelerates Review of ₦2.4 Trillion Capital Budget
INEC UPDATE 12,000 BVAS Units Deployed Ahead of Off-Cycle Gubernatorial Polls
CIVIL SERVICE FCSC Commences CBT Merit Examinations Across 42 MDAs
🏛️ Capital Hill Dispatch EXCLUSIVE National Assembly Chambers and Government Building
2027 Election Race • Grassroots Mobilisation

Obi-Kwankwaso Women’s Group Begins Nationwide Mobilisation For 2027 Presidential Race

A coalition of women groups and grassroots campaign structures affiliated with leading opposition figures commences preliminary voter education and mobilization across the six geo-political zones ahead of the 2027 general elections.

📰 National News, Governance & Policy

All News National Assembly Elections State Governors Judiciary
Judicial gavel and legal justice scale
⚖️ Judiciary • Supreme Court

Supreme Court Harmonises Appellate Injunction Rules Regarding Gubernatorial Petitions

A full constitutional panel issues definitive guidelines constraining trial courts from issuing conflicting ex-parte orders on election disputes.

Public administration desk and civil service exam
📋 Civil Service • FCSC Reform

Federal Civil Service Commission Commences Computer-Based Promotion Exams Across 42 MDAs

Transition to fully automated digital assessments eliminates proxy testing and accelerates merit-based career progression in federal ministries.

Federal highway corridor and civil infrastructure
🛣️ State House • Federal Executive Council

FEC Approves Concession of 12 Major Federal Highway Corridors to Spur Private Sector Capital

Infrastructure concession framework transfers long-term maintenance and tolling rights on strategic interstate commercial routes to vetted consortia.

Electronic hardware and secure biometric chip
📡 Electoral Tech • INEC Systems

INEC Completes Hardware Upgrade of 176,000 Polling Unit Electronic Transmission Modems

Integration of multi-network eSIM architecture ensures resilient real-time accreditation result uploads even in low-bandwidth rural wards.

Sub-national fiscal charts and data analysis
📊 Sub-National • Governors Forum

Peer Review Mechanism: Governors Forum Publishes 2026 Fiscal Transparency & Debt Profile Index

Independent comparative index measures internally generated revenue growth against sovereign debt servicing commitments across the federation.

Diplomatic bilateral meeting and handshake
🌍 Diplomacy • Regional Integration

ECOWAS Ministerial Council Meets in Abuja to Re-evaluate Regional Trade Corridors

Ministers of foreign affairs and trade review protocols on free movement of goods, single currency readiness, and cross-border security coordination.