North East Governors on Wednesday have demanded the completion of 17 major road projects and the resumption of oil exploration at Kolmani and Lake Chad frontier wells in the region. The Governors led by Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum who is the chairman North East Governors’ Forum made the demand during a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governors present were Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Bala Muhammad (Bauchi),...

Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has dissolved the State Executive Council, which affects all commissioners. The governor announced the dissolution during the monthly cabinet council meeting held in Minna. This is the first major shake-up in the governance structure of Niger State. Governor Bago said the Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, and other principal officers have been reappointed to continue in their roles.

A Gombe-based lawyer, Usamatu Abubakar, has sued the Governor of Gombe State, the Attorney General of Gombe State, and the Commissioner of Police, Gombe State at the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging what he described as an unlawful restriction of his fundamental right to freedom of movement. He argued that the ban has no legal backing since no law was passed by the Gombe State House of Assembly to authorize it. The lawyer described...