Agabi traced the historical context of state creation in Nigeria, stating that early agitations centred on the Middle Belt, Midwest and Calabar-Ogoja-Rivers (COR) states.
Stakeholders from across the South South geopolitical zone have called for urgent constitutional reforms to ensure true federalism, fiscal autonomy, and the creation of new states, during the public hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, representing Cross River North Senatorial District, has reaffirmed that the proposal for the creation of Ogoja State remains active and on course, despite its omission from a recently circulated preliminary list of proposed new states by the Senate Constitution Review Committee.
The Federal House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has disclosed that it received 46 formal requests for the creation of new states, alongside 117 demands for new local government areas across Nigeria.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the renaming of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) to Muhammadu Buhari University, in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Administrator of Rivers, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd). By Dianabasi Effiong The Administrator of Rivers, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), has charged the newly appointed Board members in the state to uphold the highest standards of discipline, competence, integrity, and unwavering dedication in their service to the state. Ibas gave the charge while inaugurating the…
