The success of LG reform will not be determined in courtrooms or boardrooms — it will be won or lost in communities. Citizens must evolve from passive victims of misgovernance to active auditors of their local institutions. Demand that your local council publishes its budget. Attend the next town hall meeting and ask how project…
Hong Kong’s last remaining major opposition party took a key step towards disbanding itself on Sunday after a special meeting approved arrangements to do so in the face of pressure from China, amid a national security crackdown. Five senior members of the Democratic Party had earlier told Reuters that Chinese officials or middlemen had warned…
The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, claimed on Sunday that Boko Haram insurgents have killed about 300 people in the state in the last six months. Ndume, who addressed journalists on Sunday in Abuja, said the insurgents now control three local government areas in the state. He…
Governor Dauda Lawal has revealed that his administration inherited a near-empty treasury, with only ₦4 million and overwhelming liabilities, upon taking office in May 2023. Bello Muhammad popularly known as Bello Matawalle is the immediate former governor of the state. He was the governor of Zamfara State from 2019 to 2023. Matawalle currently serves as…
A Nigerian woman, Buithat Muhammad Lawal, who announced that she is looking for a second wife for her husband, has shared how polygamy “benefits” women. The biochemist in a Facebook post on Monday, April 14, said having a co-wife can help ease a woman’s burden in the kitchen as well as the bedroom. …
