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Southern Nigeria: Of Federalism and Conservative Rumblings, By Dakuku Peterside Many stakeholders in Nigeria have concluded that the country presently does not seem to be working. Meeting of Southern States’ Governors in Delta State [PHOTO CREDIT: @seyiamakinde] The governors also stated that the Federal Government should take urgent and bold steps to restructure the Nigerian federation. This restructuring should lead to the evolution of state police, a review of the revenue allocation formula in favour of the sub-national governments and creation of other institutions, which legitimately a...

Late Founder of Oodua People Congress (OPC), Dr Fredrick Fasehun The Late Dr Frederick Fasehun-led faction of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), has faulted a statement credited to former Chief of Army Staff and Minister of Interior, retired Lt. Gen. Abdurahman Dambazau, describing the group as terrorists. The OPC faction in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday by its newly elected  President, Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, said it was not proper for the ex- army chief to equate the group with activities of Boko  Haram insurgents. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Dambazau had said the proscribe...

We’re not insurgents, says OPC faction On Late Founder of Oodua People Congress (OPC), Dr Fredrick Fasehun The Late Dr Frederick Fasehun-led faction of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), has faulted a statement credited to former Chief of Army Staff and Minister of Interior, retired Lt. Gen. Abdurahman Dambazau, describing the group as terrorists. The OPC faction in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday by its newly elected  President, Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, said it was not proper for the ex- army chief to equate the group with activities of Boko  Haram insurgents. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

Kunle Jenrola tasks leaders to do more to stem the move toward disintegration Ever wondered why Extreme Sports or Tensioned Adventures such as Bungee- Jumping or Highwire/Tightrope Walking do not appeal to Africans as a pastime. It even arouses curiosity that Africans have yielded their heat -baked terrain suitable for the high octane “extreme motor rally” to the adrenaline- rush seeking Europeans and Americans. The reasons for this apparent aversion for nerve- racking recreation may well be that most Africans have sufficient “extreme” socio-economic and political challenges to grappl...

Vanguard News PGF DG condemns NLC’s silence on restructuring, food blockade On By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, Salihu Moh. Lukman has condemned the silence of organised labour amidst debates regarding restructuring and in the face of the recent food blockade from the North to the South. Lukman in a lengthy statement on Sunday in Abuja said the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC is fixated on having a non-implementable, uniform, national minimum wage instead of admitting that Nigeria’s existing framework is defective and seeking ways of dismantl...