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Mr Jega, professor of political science, said Nigeria stands to lose more if the existing 36 states structure are to be dismantled. A former chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, described as ‘unrealistic’ and ‘a pipe dream” the clamour to return Nigeria to the pre-civil war regional …

Governor of Kano, Abdullahi Ganduje, has warned residents of the state, especially market community to strictly obey the COVID 19 protocols. The Governor said this on Thursday at a COVID 19 stakeholders’ meeting with market community leaders in the state at the Government House. The governor, who was represented by …

The Federal Government says last year’s #ENDSARS protests and the COVID-19 pandemic which disrupted production flows were responsible for the skyrocketing of cement price in Nigeria. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo said this at an event in Abuja adding that the development affected …

A private firm, SecureID, has the concession to manage the Abuja-Kaduna e-ticketing platform for 10 years and recoup up to N900 million before handing over to the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NCR). The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi disclosed this on Wednesday during the official launch of the e-ticketing platform …

Akinwumi Adesina: Despite paying high taxes, Nigerians still provide water, electricity for themselves Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has condemned a situation where Nigerians do not enjoy basic infrastructure that should be provided by government despite paying taxes. Speaking at the first national tax dialogue organized …

The Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company yesterday restored power supply to former President Shehu Shagari’s house on the Sama Road, Sokoto. It was learnt that despite pleas by family members, electricity supply was cut off from Shagari’s residence on Wednesday over non-payment of N6m bills. The Sokoto State Government, it was …

IMO STATE GOVERNMENT DISCOVERS WAREHOUSE LOADED WITH GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES Today the Imo state Government through the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has made a shocking finding and revelation where a warehouse was discovered with millions of naira worth of properties meant for the development of the state. Conducting the media …

1999 Constitution is fraudulent — Ayo Adebanjo Afenifere chieftain, Adebanjo, said the 1999 constitution was fraudulent and did not articulate the collective will of the people, having been imposed on the nation by the military. Adebanjo noted that the country must return to the 1960 Independence Constitution when the regions …

Emulate Akeredolu Before Fulani Herders Take Over Your Land — Borno Cleric Advises Southern Governors The Director General, Centre for Justice and Ethnicity in Nigeria, Pastor Kallamu Musa Ali Dikwa, has urged governors of southern states to emulate a recent move by their Ondo counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, to prevent Fulani …

Stakeholders in the South-West geopolitical zone, on Thursday, insisted that the region must produce the next president of the country even as they pushed for the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It was at the summit on ‘Yoruba Nation: Yesterday, Today and …