Following the dramatic walk-out by state commissioners of finance from the last Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Abuja last week, the three tiers of...
Northern senators yesterday urged President Goodluck Jonathan not to touch the funds of states and local governments under the emergency rule. The senators spoke to reporters...
Proponents of state creation seem to have lost the battle. The Senate yesterday foreclosed the emergence of new states as part of the ongoing amendment of...
The President’s acquisition of powers to spend the cash allocated to Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, the states under a state of emergency, has been rejected by...
With Aisha Yolah Events are moving faster than one can properly process. The declaration of a state of emergency despite all the tell tale ‘denials’ from...
The Federal Government has alerted states and communities living in flood prone areas on impending flooding as the raining season advances. To this effect, the government...
Southern Nigeria leaders, under the aegis of Southern Nigerian Peoples Assembly, SNPA, have demanded for the creation of additional two states in the south. The SNPA...
By Lawrence Olaoye National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, at the weekend challenged its members across the country to brace up...
The World Bank is not opposed to states’ inde pendence to borrow since Nigeria operates fiscal federalism, the body’s Lead Economist, Nigeria Country Office, John Litwack,...
The Northern State Governors’ Forum (NSGF) on Saturday in Minna said it was in support of the state of emergency rule imposed on Borno, Yobe and...
The Northern State Governors’ Forum (NSGF) on Saturday in Minna said it was in support of the state of emergency rule imposed on Borno, Yobe and...