Trump Doubles Down After US Supreme Court Strikes Down Global Tariffs Imposes fresh 10% tariff, lashes out at justices Ruling opens door to potentially billions of dollar refunds Stocks rise Sunday Ehigiator with agency report
United States President Donald
Trump, yesterday, lashed out at the Supreme Court after justices
dealt a sweeping rebuke of his trade policy.
He also said he would sign an executive order imposing a new
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All Set for FCT Polls Today, INEC to Test 2026 Electoral Act
Kano, Rivers hold by-elections Commission reports 94.4% PVC collection, activates monitoring centre Tinubu tells electoral body to use polls to strengthen confidence PDP bemoans withdrawal of candidates as shameful ADC tests strength, says votes must count, faults curfew Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Onyebuchi Ezeigbo and
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
has declared that it is set for the FCT polls today, marking
the first major test of the 2026 Electoral Act recently signed by
President Bola Tinubu. Continued on page 5
Investigations: LGs Remain Underdeveloped Despite N5.5trn FAAC Funds in 2025 Governors continue to choke third tier of govt
Sunday Ehigiator Despite a total of N5.5 trillion disbursed to Nigeria’s 774 local governments (LGs) by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in 2025, which was 48.6 percent higher compared with the total of N3.7 trillion disbursed in 2024, poverty and underdevelopment remain deeply entrenched at the grassroots. Analysts say the tight grip of State Governors over LGs’ finances, despite a 2024 Supreme Court judgement that granted financial autonomy to the local councils, continues to cripple local governance, turning councils into Continued on page 5
COURTESY VISIT...
L-R: Birth Registration Focal Person, UNICEF, Phydelia Abass; Country Representative, UNICEF Nigeria, Ms. Wafaa Elfadil Saeed Abdelatef; First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and Deputy Representative UNICEF Nigeria, Ms. Rownak Khan, during a courtesy visit by the UNICEF team to the First Lady at the Presidential Villa, Abuja ... yesterday GODWIN OMOIGUI
Terrorists Kill 50, Abduct Women, Children in Zamfara State...
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