•FCT Minister Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has issued a stern warning to any governor attempting to interfere in the internal affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State. Speaking at the PDP state congress in Port Harcourt yesterday, Wike declared that he would create a [&helli...
•Simon Ekpa The Indigenous People of Biafra has asked the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, to stop linking the group with the Finland-based Simon Ekpa’s autopilot group. It insisted that IPOB had nothing to do with Ekpa and his group, reports The PUNCH. The pro-Biafran group was reacting to the claims by the governor that […]
•Kalu and Otti The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said the incumbent governor of Abia State would be the last the Labour Party would produce to govern the state. Kalu made this disclosure in a video that went viral today while he was addressing the chances of his party, the […]
•Governor Uba Sani Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, today, attributed the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests, which escalated in the state yesterday, to external influences. The protesters regrouped and marched through the city’s major streets, waving Russian flags, reports The PUNCH. In response, the state government, through the ove...
•Governor Yusuf (2nd right) and the emirs Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has approved the appointment of the second class emirs of Gaya, Karaye and Rano Emirates. Director General, Media and Publicity to the governor, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Kano. The newly appointed [&hel...
•Governor Ahmed Aliyu Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has given assent to the Sokoto Local Government and Chieftaincy Law, which stripped Alhaji Sa`ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, of the power to appoint district and village heads in the state. The law had generated controversy across the country as many were opposed to it, […]...
•Governor Usman Ododo The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Usman Ododo as the Governor of Kogi State. A three-man panel of the appellate court affirmed the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which affirmed the victory of Ododo as the duly elected governor of Kogi State in the November […]
•Emefiele goes to court An Assistant Manager with Zenith Bank Plc, Mrs Ifeoma Ogbonnaya, has revealed that the embattled Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Governor Godwin Emefiele, and his wife Margaret, were not signatories to the account alleged to have been owned by them. Emefiele is standing trial over abuse of office and alleged $4.5 [&helli...
•Governor Caleb Mutfwang Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has banned all religious centers in the state from blocking roads. The governor also asked all leadership of the religious centers to provide building approvals of their (Churches and Mosques) issued by Jos Metropolitan Development Board (JMDB) or face penalties, reports Daily T...
•Governor Ahmed Aliyu The Sokoto State governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has relieved nine district heads of their appointment over alleged insubordination, aiding of insecurity and land racketeering. The district heads were those of Unguwar Lalle, Yabo, Wamakko, Tulluwa, llela, Dogon Daji, Kebbe, Alkammu, and Giyawa, reports Daily Trust. The state gover...