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Governor El-Rufai says the restructuring of Nigeria has become a pragmatic imperative. The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has restated his support for the restructuring of Nigeria through the amendment of the 1999 Constitution. He said he supports moves to devolve powers from the federal government to the states and allow the states to control their mineral resources and run …

The court described one of the cases as an attempt at “squeezing the rock for water”. The Court of Appeal in Benin on Wednesday upheld the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo at the 2020 governorship election. The judgement was delivered barely two months after the Elections Petitions Tribunal struck out the petition by the Action Democratic Party (ADP) …

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, have decried the rising spate of insecurity in Nigeria, warning that the existence of the country is under threat. Both Lawan and Gbajabiamila spoke on Wednesday during a summit organised by the House’ Special Committee on Security chaired by the speaker. Also at  the …

No fewer than 100 students of the Ekiti State Government-owned College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero Ekiti, were hospitalised on Wednesday following fumigation of the school by men suspected to be from the Federal Fire Service. The students, who were furious about the smell of the chemical and the instant effect on over 100 female students who collapsed after …

As Nigeria grapples with the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund has called for reinforcement on efforts geared towards protecting the rights of children in the country. Making the call on Thursday in a statement to commemorate the 2021 Children’s Day, the UNICEF’s Country Director in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, lamented the outbreak of the pandemic, …

The Delta State Government says it has yet to receive the $4.2 million Ibori loot from the federal government. The money, stolen by former Delta governor James Ibori, was recently returned to the Nigerian government by the UK government which seized it from the former governor. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, said Tuesday that the …

Darnella Frazier, the teenage girl who filmed the harrowing death of George Floyd, has spoken out about the experience a year after the incident. In a Facebook post titled “1 year Anniversary”, the 18-year old, who was at the scene of the incident when she was 17, wrote about the trauma and grief that became a part of her life …

Mali’s interim president and prime minister resigned as part of mediation efforts Wednesday after being arrested in an apparent second military coup in nine months, a top junta aide said. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, tasked with steering the return to civilian rule after a coup last August, had been held since Monday and resigned “before the …

The Special Assistant to President Muhammdu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has said the £4.2m looted by a former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, which the Federal Government recently repatriated from the United Kingdom, has not been returned to the state. This is contrary to the announcement made by the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, on Tuesday, …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar III has demanded explanations from the Federal government concerning the loots it had recovered. The Sultan, represented by the Wazirin Sokoto, Prof. Sambo Junaidu, spoke at the zonal dialogue with stakeholders on the ‘National Ethics and Integrity Policy’ in Sokoto, organized by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and …