In theory, local governments (LGs) in Nigeria should be the most impactful tier of governance—closest to the people and most responsive to their needs. Constitutionally empowered to deliver services ...

Nigeria's government states its oil and gas sector is big enough for local and foreign firms, emphasizing a new approach to ...

For Nigeria to move forward, it needs the energy of the youth which is presently in abundance, but yet to be harnessed in the country.

Sir: Long before insecurity tightened its grip on our highways, long before poverty colonised the villages, and long before our cities became swollen refugee camps of the economically displaced, a ...

A legal luminary and retired judge, Hon. Justice Ekerete Ebienyie has declared the yet to be awarded national recognition of Ikot Ekpene as pioneer Local Government Area in Nigeria, aglaring injustice ...

At least 44 people have been killed in separate attacks in recent days in central Nigeria, a local government official said Tuesday, raising the toll in the latest raids in a region where herders and ...

The mix of teaching, local government and state administrative roles provided Wamakko with broad experience across governance before his elective offices. Born in Wamakko, Sokoto State, Aliyu ...