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WORLD Bank officials have approved a $700m credit for Nigeria to fund the country's Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply Sanitation and Hygiene (Surwash) programme aimed at providing drinking water to rural villagers.

MEMBERS of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (Sokapu) have finalised plans to create their own state and shall be submitting their proposals to the National Assembly as their contribution to the ongoing constitutional review process.

NIGERIA'S debts rose by N20.8trn ($50.4bn) between July 2015 and December 2020 to N32.92trn ($79.8bn) as a result of increased government borrowing according to the latest statistics just released by the Debt Management Office (DMO).

GOVERNOR Aminu Masari of Katsina State has thrown his support behind the recent declaration by the Southern Governors Forum (SGF) banning open grazing across their states describing the nomadic practise of herders as un-Islamic.

STATE-owned oil conglomerate the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed an interest in purchasing a 20% stake in the new Dangote Refinery that has just been commissioned in Lagos State.

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Gas flaring will end immediately. A gas network will be constructed to pipe it to every home in the country

[2] Farmers will be discouraged  from using chemicals, pesticides and other additives. They will also be encouraged to dedicate part of their farms to organic agriculture

[3] Companies and individuals who install solar panels on their premises will be given tax breaks equivalent to the value of the energy they produce

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu has asked that Lagos State be granted special economic status given its pivotal role in the Nigerian economy in his contribution towards the constitutional review public hearing currently taking place.

NORTHERN Elders Forum (NEF) officials have accused southern governors of building up ethnic monsters and has warned political leaders who take advantage of President Muhammadu Buhari's limitations to be careful.

ISLAMIC body the Muslim Rights Concern (Muric) has expressed its opposition to the creation of a breakaway Oduduwa Republic in southwest Nigeria pointing out that if this happens the Muslim minority will face persecution.

TERRORRIST sect the Islamic State of West Africa Province (Iswap) is consolidating its grip across northeast Nigeria following the death of Boko Haram leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau by wiping out the remainder of his cells in Sambisa Forest.