•Some Nigerian governors The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has met with the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu to address the security situation in the country as well as the rising cost of food items. During the meeting that had a representative of the Department of State Services (DSS), the governors agreed to support the NSA […]...
•Tinubu and Ajaero The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, says most governors of the 37-Member Tripartite Committee On Minimum Wage are guilty of not complying with the proposed base pay structure. Vice President Kashim Shettima had inaugurated the committee in Abuja earlier yesterday, saying the decision was aimed at ...
In a bid to combat the rising cases of insecurity in the South-West states, the six governors in the region have commenced discussions with President Bola Tinubu-led federal government on the need for the Amotekun corps to be allowed to carry sophisticated arms. The Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji, who disclosed this yesterday during a [...
•Akinlade Olutunji The National President of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, Akinlade Olutunji, has said that no state governor in Nigeria has the legal right to ban mining activities in their states. He said that the mining act is found in the executive list and under the control of the federal government, reports Daily […...
•Governor Ahmed Aliyu The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Ahmed Aliyu as Sokoto State governor. Reading the lead judgment, Justice Tijani Abubakar dismissed the appeal by the PDP and its governorship candidate, Saidu Umar, agreeing with the reasoning of the court below. … developing story
•Supreme Court Five governors will today know if they will remain in office or exit as their states’ chief executives. The governors, whose fates are to be determined by the Supreme Court, are Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta), Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe), Nasir Idris (Kebbi) and Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa). The Supreme Court’s schedule s...
•Deputy Governor Idris Mohammed Gobir No fewer than two persons were said to have died yesterday evening when the convoy of Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Idris Mohammed Gobir, had an accident in the state. A source who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity said the accident claimed the life of a policeman and […]
•Governor Abdullahi Sule Governors of the six North Central states, today, lamented the attacks and recent killings in Plateau State by gunmen. The chairman of the North Central Governors Forum and Governor of Nassarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, who spoke when he led his colleagues on a condolence visit to the Governor of Plateau State, Caleb [&h...
•Dead Ondo governors The death of former Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on December 27, 2023, has once again depleted the giant elites of Nigeria’s political class. The quantity and quality of tributes expressing grief over Akeredolu’s death has been overwhelming, reports The Nation. Nothing could have prepared Ondo citizens, and indee...
•Late Rotimi Akeredolu Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, today, led other South-West governors to the residence of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke; his Ogun State counterpart, Dapo Abiodun; and the Ekiti State Hovernor, Abiodun Oyebanji, were p...

