1. The Federal Government, State Governments, and Local Government Councils would get N1.203 trillion in income for August 2024, according to a statement made by the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC). Following the FAAC meeting in Abuja in September 2024, a communiqué was released that included the announcement.
2. Otonye Briggs, the chairman of the local government committee for the Akuku-Toru local government area, has been suspended by Rivers State Governor Siminialayi Fubara. Briggs has been suspended with immediate effect, according to a statement released by Fubara on Tuesday and signed by Nelson Chukwudi, his chief press secretary.

3. The Presidency has denied a widely circulated media report that purportedly stated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had urged Olayemi Cardoso, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to step down. On Tuesday, a few online media sites reported on the alleged presidential order to Cardoso. On the other hand, Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Advisor on Information and Strategy, responded to the news on his verified X handle, @aonanuga1956, calling it “all lies.”
4. The governors of Rivers State, which are elected on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform, have stated that they will not renounce their acknowledgement of Siminalayi Fubara as the party’s head. Bala Muhammad, the PDP governors’ chairman, made this statement on Tuesday.

5. Nigerians have been informed by the Nigeria Hydrological Service Agency (NIHSA) about the water release from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon. Umar Mohammed, the director general of NIHSA, informed Nigerians of the development in a statement on Tuesday, but he did not raise any concerns because significant flooding is not anticipated in Nigeria.
6. All service chiefs have been tasked with putting an end to banditry and bringing the nation back to the road of peace by veteran statesman and former Chief of Army Staff Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd). There are “no excuses” for the persistent instability wreaking havoc on the nation, declared the retired top military general, who denounced the continuous kidnapping and killings.

7. When mobile technology first became popular in Nigeria, the Federal Government received over $1.2 billion in telecom licence fees from large operators like MTN, Globacom, Econet (now Airtel), and Etisalat (now 9mobile). These licence payments were a major factor in the 2000 establishment of the telecom sector, which is essential to Nigeria’s economy. This was disclosed by former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday during a book launch in Lagos.
8. The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons will destroy no fewer than 30,132 illicit, decommissioned, recovered, and weapons and ammunition. A breakdown of the number reveals that 26,749 different calibres of ammunition, some of which were retrieved from government agencies that were in possession of weapons, make up 26,383 weapons.

9. Governor of Kaduna State Uba Sani has sent his condolences to the families of the victims of the Eid-el-Maulud car accident, expressing shock and a profound feeling of loss. Tuesday saw a worsening of the car disaster as the number of fatalities increased from 25 to 40, the most of whom were children.
10. The Nigeria Police Force reported on Tuesday that in the past few months, officers stationed throughout the nation had apprehended over 2,398 offenders. A breakdown revealed that 1,575 people had committed various criminal crimes, 186 were suspected of being kidnappers, and 259 had been arrested for armed robbery. This was revealed by Force Spokesperson Muyiwa Adejobi as she led suspects who had just been taken into custody by Intelligence Response Team members.