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In 2014, during the attempted constitution amendment process, NASS granted autonomy to LGAs, however, 23 states and their state governors and house of assemblies opposed LGA autonomy. Only Oyo, Ogun, Anambra, Adamawa, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kogi, Lagos, Ebonyi, Benue, Abia, Niger and Kwara supported the idea. That was how LGA autonomy died. I am sure by today, if the process is repeated, many of the previous supporters above will oppose it too. More than 90% of the thirty-six states will likely collapse if LGAs are granted the kind of autonomy they desire. What do I mean? The reason why states like Kano, Rivers, Delta, Sokoto, Imo, Ekiti and in fact a majority of the Nigerian state governments are still surviving today is because of their access to LGA funds. The reason why many Nigerian states can still pay salaries and execute projects is because they have been able to strangulate the LGAs within their domain. This is wrong but it has become our reality. The LGA as a third tier...

Details emerging from Tuesday's ambush in northeast Nigeria suggest the death toll is higher than initially reported. More than 50 people were killed in a  Boko Haram  ambush on an oil exploration team in northeast  Nigeria  earlier this week, multiple sources told AFP news agency on Thursday, warning the death toll could rise. Tuesday's attack in the Magumeri area of Borno state on a convoy of specialists from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was the group's deadliest in months. It underscored the persistent threat posed by Boko Haram fighters, despite government claims they were a spent force, and also the risks associated with the hunt for crude in the volatile Lake Chad basin. Details of the ambush, which was initially thought to be a kidnapping attempt, have been slow to emerge and an exact death toll difficult to establish, as the military strictly controls access to rural Borno. Telecommunications and other infrastructur...