NORTHERN HEGEMONY AND CALL FOR POLITICAL RESTRUCTURING IN NIGERIA 1999 – 2017 It is a well known fact that no knowledge exist in a vacuum as no man is an island unto himself. It therefore follows that every intellectual endeavour is always built on pre existing knowledge. It is against this backdrop that we shall examine works of scholars that provide intellectual base for this study. By reviewing extant literature relating to the area of study, we hope to locate the lacuna