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The house of representatives has received proposals for the creation of 31 new states. Benjamin Kalu, deputy speaker of the house and chairman of the constitution review committee, announced the development during plenary on Thursday. FULL LIST NORTH-CENTRAL 1. Benue Ala state from Benue state. 2. Okun state from Kogi state 3. Okura state from Kogi state 4. Confluence state from Kogi state 5. Apa-Agba state Benue south senatorial district 6. Apa state from the Benue state. 7. FCT state from Federal capital territory, Abuja NORTH-EAST 8. Amana state from Adamawa state. 9. Katagum state from Bauchi state. 10. Savanah…

The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has received proposals for the creation of 31 new states across the country. This was disclosed by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu after reading a letter from the committee during plenary on Thursday. He outlined the constitutional conditions that must be met before any state creation request can be approved. According to the letter, the proposals span all six geopolitical zones five from the North Central, four from the Northeast, five from the Northwest, five from the Southeast, four from the South-South, and seven from the Southwest. Among the…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it recovered N20 billion paid to ghost workers as pensions in 2024. Musa Aliyu, ICPC chairman, spoke on Wednesday at a media parley with editors in Abuja. Aliyu said being proactive has enabled the anti-graft agency to stem corruption in the country. “In 2024, we recovered over N20 billion ghost workers pensions, whereby we were able to track and recover this amount of money, and also we identified people inserting ghost workers into the system,” he said. “We even discovered that somebody put his wife, his son, and his…

Shehu Sani, a former senator, has berated Nasir El-Rufai, the ex-governor of Kaduna, for his harsh criticism of Uba Sani, his successor in the state. The ex-governor of Kaduna had accused Uba Sani of being a sycophant to President Bola Tinubu, alleging that he received N150 billion in grants. He said the governor’s support for the president is because of the N150 billion reimbursements to Kaduna state by the federal government in the past 18 months. However, Sani alleged that el-Rufai’s administration received millions of dollars in funding from the World Bank and the federal government during the administration of…

President Bola Tinubu has sought the approval of the senate to sack the suspended resident electoral commissioners (RECs) of Abia, Adamawa, and Sokoto states. The suspended RECs are Ike Uzochukwu, (Abia), Hudu Yunusa-Ari, (Adamawa), and Nura Ali (Sokoto). They were accused of misconduct during the 2023 general election. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the floor of upper legislative chamber on Wednesday. The president said the RECs were suspended by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before he assumed office more than one year ago. Tinubu calls for school safety as fire…

John Dumelo, the renowned Ghanaian actor and politician, has been nominated as the deputy minister for food and agriculture by President John Mahama. The actor’s nomination was announced through a post on X by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the president’s acting spokesperson, on Wednesday. John Dumelo’s nomination is part of the president’s recent cabinet reshuffle, which includes 12 other new ministerial appointees. The list features two female nominees, Gizella Tettey-Agbotui and Rita Naa Odoley Sowah. As a member of parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon, Dumelo has been investing in crop and livestock farming through his own farm, Melo Farm. Before assuming…

Joao Felix scored on his debut and Tammy Abraham netted a double against his parent club to earn AC Milan a 3-1 win over AS Roma in their Coppa Italia quarter-final tie at the San Siro on Wednesday. AC Milan, five-times winners of the Coppa Italia, will meet either Inter Milan or Lazio in the two-legged semi-final. Abraham, who joined AC Milan from Roma in August on a season-long loan deal, put the hosts in front in the 16th minute before punishing his old teammates again three minutes before the break. Roma substitute Artem Dovbyk pulled one back nine minutes…

Chelsea kept up their formidable form with victory over West Ham to reach their sixth successive League Cup final – and first under manager Sonia Bompastor. Johanna Rytting Kaneryd opened the scoring in the 20th minute at Kingsmeadow when she squeezed the ball between West Ham keeper Kinga Szemik and her near post. The Blues doubled their lead nine minutes later as German Sjoeke Nusken stole possession high up the pitch before calmly rounding Szemik and poking home. The Women’s Super League leaders have now gone 22 games unbeaten this season and remain in the hunt for a historic quadruple…

Cristiano Ronaldo marked a milestone while still playing at an elite level at 40 with the same confidence and self-esteem as he has always boasted throughout his successful career. Ronaldo has no doubt about who should be considered the best football player ever. The Portugal hero started out as a skinny winger with floppy hair, quick feet and outrageous skills, wowing the world at the age of 17 after moving to Manchester United. He developed at Real Madrid into perhaps the most famous athlete on the planet and one of soccer’s greatest ever goal-scorers — and is still going strong…

The Premier League could introduce semi-automated offside technology before the end of the 2024-25 season following “significant” progress in testing, said Chief Football Officer Tony Scholes. Last year, Premier League clubs unanimously agreed to introduce the technology at a shareholders’ meeting. It was expected to be implemented before Christmas but met with problems in testing. “The progress made over the last four to six weeks has been significant. So, we believe we’re going to be adopting the best system and the most accurate system,” Scholes told British media on Tuesday. “The EFL has introduced it into the League Cup this…