The Southwest conference of speakers has advocated the immediate creation of state police and devolution of powers to address the hydra-headed insecurity and other socio-economic challenges facing the ...

This was part of his speech at the presentation of his book, “Reflections on Governance and Development in Nigeria”. In the 239-page book, renowned columnist Niyi Akinnaso said Professor Adamolekun ...

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lauded Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, his running mate, for taking the lead in restructuring without waiting for the ...

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, says devolution of power and responsibility to the State is a solution to the current economic challenge in the country. Speaking on Sunday at the 10th ...

Over the past twenty years, I’ve had the chance to observe a remarkable experiment in urban governance reform: England’s efforts to devolve more power to local decisionmakers through metro mayors, ...

A Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Professor Emmanuel Ojo, has said that what Nigeria urgently needs is a non-centralised federal system that empowers state ...

Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives agreed that the provinces did not transfer the power to the districts which has not brought the desired objectives of devolution of power. He ...

Few leaders in Kenya’s modern history embody ideological consistency as profoundly as the late Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga. Through decades of struggle, exile, detention, and reform, Raila’s ...

Devolution will be "default in our constitution" rather than "at the whim of a minister in Whitehall", Angela Rayner said as she launched plans to overhaul local government. Under the reforms ...