Monday, June 29, 2026

Federal Character Commission

March 16, 2026

FCC pledges fair, transparent police recruitment in Lagos

He commended the command’s leadership for maintaining peace and stability in the state.

Police officers on election duty used to illustrate the story
February 13, 2026

FCC seeks NITDA’s support to strengthen data-driven governance, transparency

The FCC chair reaffirmed the commission’s constitutional mandate to promote equity and balanced representation in the public sector.

Ayo Omidiran
December 25, 2025

Gov Yusuf moves to address underemployment of Kano indigenes in federal agencies

Governor Abba Yusuf has approved a technical committee to address poor employment representation of Kano indigenes in federal government agencies.

Kano indigenes
May 15, 2025

Employment: Senators tackle MDAs for overlooking federal character mandate

The Senate on Wednesday promised to expose violators of the federal character system of recruiting into ministries, departments and agencies.

Nigerian Senate
May 14, 2024

Senate mulls stiffer sanctions for job racketeering in public service

The Senate says it plans to enact a law prescribing stiffer sanctions to stem job racketeering and disregard for the federal character principles in employment.

Nigerian Senate
November 10, 2022

Federal Character Commission to audit nationwide projects

The Federal Character Commission (FCC) is to begin nationwide infrastructure audits for all ongoing and abandoned projects in the country.

Federal Character Commission
June 29, 2022

Cross River community flays army intervention in communal crisis

A community leader said the presence of the troops in the area has affected students’ sitting for WAEC and NECO examinations.

Nigerian troops
April 19, 2022

Works, Defence ministries, others owe N10 billion; AEPB shuts offices

“We have given them a payment plan, but many of them refused to take this opportunity seriously,” said the AEPB official.

March 1, 2022

Obaseki faults sharing formula for FG’s conditional cash transfer programme

The governor said “Nigerians are not happy and are angry” with how social amenities from the federal government are shared.

Edo governor Godwin Obaseki