President Bola Tinubu has visited persons recovering from last Friday’s attack by armed herders on Yelewata, in Guma Local ...

Gunmen have again attacked the family house of the Kogi Central senator, Natasha Hadiza Akpoti-Uduaghan, in Ihima, Okehi ...

The government ... Amnesty Nigeria researcher said in a statement. "Residents have not been able to return to bury the dead, let alone count their number. But through these satellite images ...

(Lagos, January 31, 2007) – Local government officials in Nigeria's wealthiest oil-producing state have squandered rising revenues that could provide basic health and education services for some ...

He said that the declining fortunes of local governments in Nigeria, was due to the disproportionate sharing formula of the country’s revenue. According to him, the greatest challenge facing the ...

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 ...

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Nearly half of Nigeria’s 36 local government areas have held or scheduled their chairmanship elections since a landmark Supreme Court ruling in July triggered a flurry of activity in the country’s ...

Name and shame, but more importantly — document and demand. In theory, local governments (LGs) in Nigeria should be the most impactful tier of governance — the closest to the people and most ...

Monday Kassah, the acting chairman of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State ... and religiously diverse hinterland states known as Nigeria’s Middle Belt, where inter-communal conflict ...