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E-governance: Adamawa, Rivers, Kebbi trail behind as Lagos tops chart
Nigerian Panorama CGPI Reports on e-Governance, has ranked Lagos State as top on the chart, while Adamawa, Rivers and Kebbi are among the least performing states on e-governance in Nigeria. The report titled ‘Panorama CGPI eGovernance Report,’ was put together by the CIAPS Governance Performance Index in conjunction with Nigerian Panorama. It uses government websites to assess governance performance and accessibility. The report assessed the 36 states of the federation using 10 parameters, including: website security, content relevance, up-to-date, citizen engagement, user-friendliness, empowerment opportunities, directory, policy & regulation updates, accountability, and Online services.
According to the report, Lagos State ranked number one, followed by Anambra and Enugu states, while Adamawa, Rivers and Katsina states were the least performing states.
In terms of website security, Adamawa, Benue, and Oyo states were the least ranked states, while Anambra and Lagos were the highest performing states. In terms of content relevance, Adamawa and Ebonyi states ranked lowest, while Lagos State ranked highest. In the area of providing up-to-date information, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Ekiti, Ondo, and Lagos States took the lead, while Adamawa, Katsina, Rivers, and Taraba states were the lowest ranked states. In the area of citizen engagement and feedback mechanisms, “Lagos, Kwara, Ondo, and Enugu States provided contact forms, active emails, and complaint ticket systems. Many states lacked proper contact mechanisms or had inactive forms and social links, Katsina and Niger specifically,” the report said. In the area of user friendliness, accessibility and design, it said that “Anambra and Lagos had intuitive, accessible, and responsive designs. Katsina and Imo had broken links and poor layouts beyond the home page.
“In the area of Empowerment Opportunities, Youth-focused opportunities like jobs and grants were prominent in Ekiti and Lagos. However, technical issues and limited visibility undermined effectiveness in most states.
“In terms of the MDAs Directory, Who’s Who in Government, Most states listed MDAs but often lacked contact information and bios. Only a few provided full organisational charts or clear roles. In terms of Updates on Policy and Regulations, very few states publish timely legal updates, policies, or announcements. This creates an information vacuum and fosters misinformation. In terms of Budget & Project Transparency, Enugu, Edo, and Akwa Ibom showcased budget details and development projects. States like Kebbi, Sokoto, and Bayelsa had outdated or missing financial data. And in terms of Online Services and Bringing Governance to Citizens, Lagos, Anambra, and a few others offer limited digital services. Most states lacked functional e-portals for payments, registrations, or certificates,” the report noted.
The Director General, CIAPS, Prof. Anthony Kila, while commenting on the report, said, “e-Governance is very important because it is one thing that most citizens can deal with. We think that state governments, which are supposed to be nearer forms of government to citizens, should be good at e-governance. The gateway to e-governance is the website, and what we have done is to check the websites of all 36 states of Nigeria to assess how connected they are with the people. There are a few states that are doing relatively well when you compare them to international standards, but there are also some states that are doing badly. Adamawa comes to mind, Sokoto is not doing well either, and Imo is also not doing well. And I think the best way is to call out the states that are doing badly, so they can realise that they need to improve on it. The state governors, commissioners for information and technology, should understand the importance of e-governance and digital life to their citizens, and they should work on it.
“We recommend that they first get their priorities right, understand that it’s important, to invest in ICT, and invest in people.
“I would be shocked if there is any state that is doing badly in e-governance and is then doing well in normal governance, because there is a certain correlation between the medium and the news. If you don’t get the medium right, it’s almost certain that you won’t get the substance right. I’m willing to bet that the states that are doing badly in e-governance are probably the ones also doing badly in general governance. The report hopes to show the government and the people what they are not doing well, and hopefully, from that, discover what they can do better.”
Cardano (ADAUSD) climbed amidst tight trading activities in the crypto market, up by 1.05% in the past 24 hours, showing resilience near key support.
The price ticked up on Sunday amidst negative movements in the global crypto market. The gain has reduced its negative movement in the week to 1%. Cardano is showing strength with a $70 million ADA treasury push and a bullish December setup, but it faces key resistance amidst competing traders.
The token is trading at $0.4165 at the time of filing the report on Sunday, gaining more than 1% on the day as volume traded reached $359.252 million. The token is in a notable correction from its November highs. Recent trading activity reflects pronounced investor caution. Over a 30-day period, ADA has declined approximately 15%, mirroring the broader pressure on risk assets from macroeconomic uncertainties.
Sentiment trades mixed, as retail and mid-sized investors are accumulating at lows, but large holders remain sceptical. Cardano’s privacy-centric Midnight Network went live after years of development, introducing NIGHT – the first native asset on Cardano.
According to crypto analysts, Short-term speculation around NIGHT airdrops and interoperability boosted ADA demand. ADA rebounded from $0.371–$0.416 after testing an ascending trend line connecting 2023–2025 lows. Traders interpreted the bounce as a bullish divergence, but ADA remains below critical resistance of $0.5113 and its 200-day EMA of $0.68.
ADA’s minor rally reflects optimism around Midnight’s launch and oversold technicals, but scepticism about its ecosystem impact and whale selling caps upside. While the price surges, analysts stated that Cardano balances technical hope against macroeconomic headwinds, with Midnight’s adoption trajectory and $0.51 resistance serving as critical watch points.
While governance upgrades signal maturing decentralisation, crypto analysts are still querying whether ADA can leverage these developments to reverse its 2025 underperformance.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has recovered over 7.6 million pills of tramadol and a total of 76,273.4 kilograms of different strains of cannabis.
The agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Babafemi said that the drugs, including Colorado, Loud and Skunks, had several members of drug trafficking organisations linked to the seizures arrested.
He said that out of the total opioids seized during the raids, not less than 3,874,000 pills of tramadol, 225mg and 100mg, and others, as well as 252.2litres of codeine syrup were recovered. He said that they were recovered from a warehouse at Oko market, Asaba, Delta, on Saturday. He also said that no fewer than 1.2 million tablets of tramadol 225mg were seized from a suspect on December 3.
This, he said, was when NDLEA operatives on patrol at Orogwe, along the Onitsha-Owerri road, Imo, intercepted his vehicle conveying the consignment, which was loaded at Aba, Abia, and heading to Onitsha, Anambra. Meanwhile, in Adamawa, NDLEA officers on December 1 intercepted a Toyota Hiace bus marked MGU 554 XB along Maraba-Mubi, coming from Jos, Plateau state, and heading to Mubi, with a total of 1,577,112 capsules of tramadol.
“Other drugs intercepted were Exol-5 tablets, all concealed inside jumbo bags mixed with new rubber sandals and slippers. Two suspects were arrested in connection with the seizure. Similarly, another 27-year-old suspect was nabbed along Zaria-Kano road, Kano state, with 197,000 pills of exol-5,” he said.
The NDLEA chairman, Buba Marwa, commended the officers and men of the SOU commands in Delta, Adamawa, Imo, Ondo, Lagos, and Kano for the arrests and seizures. Mr Marwa said that their operational successes, along with those of their compatriots across the country, especially their balanced approach to drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction, were well appreciated. NAN
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has released the 2025 Subnational Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) Report, with Lagos emerging as the best-performing state, scoring 85.6 per cent.
The report released by the director-general of PEBEC, Zahrah Mustapha-Audu, has Kaduna in second position with 65.1 per cent. Oyo, FCT, and Ogun rounded up the top five with scores of 62.7 per cent, 61.0 per cent, and 59.9 per cent, respectively. Others include Enugu (56.2 per cent) in sixth position, with Plateau (56.2 per cent), Ekiti (55.8 per cent), Kano (54.8 per cent), and Nasarawa (53.4 per cent) rounding out the top 10 states.
The EoDB report is a comprehensive data-driven assessment of how Nigeria’s 36 states and the FCT are shaping business competitiveness through regulation, infrastructure, and administrative efficiency.
The report assesses performance across 16 indicators and 36 sub-metrics covering electricity, infrastructure, digital connectivity, land administration, taxation, trade logistics, justice delivery, investor support and skilled labour readiness.
According to the DG, these states distinguished themselves through consistent reform momentum, improved digital processes, and more predictable regulatory environments. “The 2025 Report also highlights five priority interventions states can implement immediately. These include establishing investor aftercare systems, strengthening MSME credit enablement, harmonising interstate trade rules, upgrading commercial justice processes, and improving power reliability for industrial clusters,” she said.
According to her, PEBEC will continue to support state-led reform adoption, particularly under the $750 million State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) programme. She added that “the 2025 Subnational EoDB Report provides a critical foundation for policy action, investment decisions, and long-term competitiveness across Nigeria.”
The DG said the Subnational Ease of Doing Business Report is available for download at www.pebec.gov.ng/reports
PEBEC had earlier released its 2025 Business Facilitation Act (BFA) Performance Report, covering MDAs’ performance from January to October. This performance report is part of the council’s effort to track and measure the compliance of federal government MDAs with the BFA’s requirements on promoting Transparency and Efficiency of government-delivered services to the business community.
The report presents a data-driven assessment of 69 priority MDAs, drawing on monthly compliance submissions, independent mystery shopping, website audits, ReportGov analytics, and targeted process-verification exercises.
According to the report, the top five performing MDAs include the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), with an impressive 90.6 per cent score, followed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at 89 per cent. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), ranks third with 86.6percent, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) secured the fourth and fifth positions, scoring 85.3 per cent and 84.2 per cent, respectively.
PEBEC, currently chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, was established in July 2016 by the federal government to oversee Nigeria’s business environment intervention. It has a dual mandate of removing bureaucratic and legislative constraints to doing business and improving the perception of the ease of doing business in Nigeria. NAN
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