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.
At the meeting recently held at the office of Hon. Godwin Offiono, member representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted.
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.
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has revealed that the South South geopolitical zone contributed N34 trillion to Nigeria’s economy in 2024, representing over 21 per cent of the country’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has jailed seven internet fraudsters aka Yahoo Boys.
