Following the suit filed by the 19 state governments contesting the constitutionality of the laws that established the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the country, the Supreme Court is set to rule on their request today. The governors and the EFCC are eagerly awaiting the judgment of the apex court, which would confirm the [&hellip...
•Governors More state governors have continued to express readiness to implement the N70,000 new national minimum wage, which President Bola Tinubu signed into law on Monday, July 29, 2024, up from the initial N30,000. Recall that the new minimum wage followed a series of meetings that failed to reach an agreement between the Organised Labour,...
•Yayari Mohammed Governors elected on the platform of the main opposition Peoples Democratic (PDP) have nullified the suspension of the acting National Chairman of the party, Illiya Damagum. The governors have also nullified the suspension of the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba and National Legal Adviser, Kamaldeen Ajibade, SAN, ...
•Umar Damagum Governors of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ended their meeting on the fate of the party’s acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, without reaching a conclusive resolution yesterday. The meeting, which began around 5p.m. and ended shortly before 10 p.m., was convened to address the ongoing internal crisi...
•Governors In this piece, the practice of sitting governors demolishing property owned by their opponents to score political points is examined, reports Sunday PUNCH. The Chinese military strategist, Mao Zedong, defined politics as war without bloodshed. Events in Nigeria’s political environment in the past few years have lent credence to that...
•Isa Ali Pantami A former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami, has called for the review of immunity for leaders as part of measures to ensure accountability in governance. He made the call yesterday in Abuja at the annual state lecture (ASL) of The Muslim Congress (TMC), with the theme: ‘Building […]...
Ahead of the submission of the report of the 10-member inter-ministerial committee on the implementation of the Supreme Court ruling on Local Government Areas autonomy next week, state governors have begun fresh lobbying against the enforcement of the verdict. The panel, headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume...
Debt servicing costs incurred by 29 state governments consumed 80.7 per cent of their Internally Generated Revenue during the first six months of 2024, highlighting the significant financial burden the sub-nationals currently face. The dire situation also forced the governors to borrow a total sum of N446.29 billion within the same period desp...
•Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has solidified his position in the Peoples Democratic Party leadership crisis as the National Working Committee endorsed the Rivers State congresses. Wike’s loyalists within the PDP NWC not only secured the approval but also postpone...
•Southwest governors Governors in the southwest, both past and present, have voted more than N266 billion for the construction of new airports despite the non-viability of the many existing ones. As governors continue to pursue these projects, industry experts believe that some of these projects may not succeed and may not be profitable in the...
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