•General Christopher Musa (rtd) The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd), has urged state governors to stop giving motorcycles as palliatives, warning that the vehicles often end up in the hands of terrorists who use them for their nefarious activities. Musa made the call while speaking on Channels Television last night, where h...
•Atiku and Tinubu The buck-passing continued yesterday as fresh controversies trailed utilisation of the gains accrued from petrol subsidy removal. A week after Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, outlined how petrol subsidy reforms freed N15.8 trillion in resources for the federation between June 2023 and...
•Tinubu and Afenifere logo Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has said state governments can now pay salaries following the removal of fuel subsidy because of the resulting revenue windfall, but argued that the real value of wages has been eroded by inflation triggered by the policy. Raising concerns over transparency and accountability ...
•Goodluck Jonathan Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has faulted what he described as the “unwholesome” practice of serving governors, political officeholders, party leaders, and other influential figures converging on states where off-cycle elections are being conducted with large entourages of aides and security personnel. Jonathan, who led Nig...
First daughter of the Governor of Bayelsa State, Dr. Stephanie Ebidenere Diri and her spouse, Ballad Tamaradoubra Agbeyei, were yesterday joined in matrimony at the state headquarters of the Royal House of Grace International Church in Yenagoa. The glamorous event had in attendance former First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan, Governor...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu today urged state governors to stop building flyovers in areas with low traffic and instead channel their significantly enhanced federal allocations into road networks that would improve living standards and give security agencies better access to remote areas. He noted that states were now receiving four to five ...
•Late Buhari and wife Aisha Vice President Kashim Shettima, former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, state governors, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, are among the dignitaries attending the one-year remembrance ceremony in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. Also present at the event are members of Buhari...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Oyo State governor and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) presidential candidate for the 2027 election, Seyi Makinde, has lamented that state governors are routinely blamed for insecurity despite lacking constitutional authority to direct security agencies operating in their states. Makinde made the remarks durin...
•Nigerian Senate There are discordant tunes over the establishment of state police, with some citing likely abuse by state governors, while others welcome the development as a panacea for insecurity in Nigeria. Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) cautioned against the abuse of the initiative by state governments, insisting that any ...
•President of the Nigeria Medical Association, Prof. Afekhide Omoti Medical doctors have called for the public ranking of governors and states based on health outcomes, saying such a system would promote accountability and encourage greater investment in healthcare delivery. The physicians argued that assessing state governments using indicato...
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