Recognizing this, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), with support from the Nigeria Digital Identification
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Astrologists describe them as persons who are compassionate, creative, inquisitive, changeable, sensitive and protective.
Since 1999, governors have used this section to withhold and tamper with the funds federally allocated to the councils, using a joint account that has proven to be a honeypot of abuse.
Africa’s digital financial ecosystem is still maturing, and as digital payments become more integrated across countries
With a little tinkering, local government councils should hopefully begin to define the development politics at the grassroots across Nigeria soon. If and when that happens, no one would be able to deny the Tinubu administration the credit for it. If the truth be told, the local government councils have been missing in Nigerian politics since 1979. Subsequently, the assumptions underpinning its insertion in the 1979 Constitution (as amended) as a layer of power have not materialised. The idea of local government councils headed by experienced politicians who can manage local conflicts, superintend development projects and make local government councils leadership recruitment grounds have substantially been lost.
This is due to the fact that the majority of Nigerians now go to bed hungry. Those in government are aware of the crisis in their hands but don’t know how to solve it. A committee has been set up by the Presidency to tackle hunger in the land. I chuckle! How will the committee get food to the table of most hungry and desolate Nigerians?
Described as an apostle of the Kwankwasiya movement led by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Dungurawa, said:
Bodies like the National Youth Service Corps preach the promotion of national security, awareness and consciousness.
The man he saddled with that responsibility was the highly respected columnist and editor of the newspaper, Azubuike Ishiekwene.
Frank left nobody in doubt who was in charge of the newsroom. His modus operandi was the stuff of legends.
Mrs Kudirat Abiola was shot dead in her car in Oregun area in Lagos on June 4, 1996, at a time she was leading the campaign
Nigeria is one of the countries in the world that are passionate about football. Both young and old people from this part of the world love football and can go through physical stress to show their undying love for it.
What equation will come on earth that will make a small fry like me look into the eyes of a god like Soyinka?
They cut off human heads with magisterial finish, holding the familial history of being the king’s executioner.
Meanwhile, schools have continued to produce more graduates with no capacity to engage in self-employment.
Imagine the economic outcomes of investing this sum elsewhere. Yet, the Federal Government is seemingly indifferent.
Before that ruling, there had been divided opinions about the status of local governments in the polity.
Many are in existential war. War is about tactics, strategy. Only the wise and knowledgeable win a war. Yes, we are in hard times.
And I don’t mean this merely when he is often telling those in government the truth or only when it is done in public.
“The Red Book of West Africa” is a foundation of contemporary Yoruba history and a vital piece of economic history.