Following the inability of the Southeast governors to conduct Local Government elections in their respective States, the Africa Democratic Congress (ADC) has threatened a legal action against them if the situation remains the same in the next 60 days. National Vice Chairman of the party, Southeast Zone, Chilos Godsent disclosed this in a commu...
Ten governors from Northwest and Northcentral will attend a United States-sponsored Governors’ Symposium on Peace and Security in the North. A statement by Chief Press Secretary to Katsina State Governor, Ibrahim Mohammed, said the symposium, organised by Africa Centre at United States Institute of Peace (USIP), addresses security challenges i...
•Police The decisions of the remaining 20 state governors on the proposed establishment of state police are expected to be submitted within the next four weeks. This is according to the Director-General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Asishana Okauru, who spoke in an exclusive interview with our correspondent on Friday, reports Sunday PUNCH. ...
A former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services (DSS), Adams Abuh, has called on 20 governors yet to support the creation of state police to expedite action. Abuh, who was a guest on Channels Television this morning, said the escalating security challenges of banditry and kidnapping in the country demand urgent response from ...
•Late Joseph Odemuyiwa A former aide of the Governor of Ogun State, Professor Joseph Odemuyiwa, has died at the age of 66 from an auto crash that happened along the Ibadan-Abeokuta road. Odemuyiwa, who was a Professor of Business Education, was also the immediate Senior Special Adviser to Prince Dapo Abiodun on Vocational and Technical [&helli...
•Ishaq Oloyede Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has lampooned state governors for seeking the federal government’s intervention to tackle security challenges. The Arabic professor, who is also the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, stated that President ...
State Police appears to be on the way to becoming a reality after President Bola Tinubu and state governors agreed to work on the modalities to establish it. But the clearest indication yet that the quest may translate into reality is a ‘Bill for an Act to Alter the Provisions of the Constitution of the […]
•Oniha In the first six months after taking office, 13 new state governors collectively borrowed N226.8bn from domestic and external financiers. This emerged as findings showed that 16 state governors also increased the debt profile of their states by N509.3bn with domestic and external debt of N243.95bn and $298.5m (N265.37bn), respectively, ...
A former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Atiku Abubakar; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen; governors, and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), have joined other leaders to call for love, unity and hope as the country celebrates Easter today. In ...
•Policemen Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State says governors will demand the review of the current revenue allocation formula once state police is adopted. The governor of the North Central state last night said funding would be an issue for governors to pursue the adoption and implementation of state police, reports Channels TV. Sule a...
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