•Tinubu It is time for introspection by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the activities of those elected on its platform at the Federal and subnational levels. The performance of the Tinubu Administration, including that of governors after two years, will come under the searchlight at a summit billed for the Banquet Hall at the […...
•Amaechi and Tinubu Former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi yesterday said he and Lamido would not have tolerated the current state of affairs in Nigeria if they were still serving as governors. Amaechi, who chaired the Nigeria Governors Forum during Lamido’s second tenure as Jigawa governor, said their era was marked by bold opposition an...
•Sule Lamido Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former Head of State, General Abdulsalam Abubakar (rtd), state governors would next week honour the book launch of former governor of Jigawa State and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Sule Lamido. The book titled, “Being True To Myself,” which will be launched on Tuesday, May 1...
•Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai A key figure in the emerging coalition of opposition parties, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that the coalition does not need the backing of governors to unseat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 elections. Speaking during a media chat with journalists in Kano yesterday, the former Kadu...
•Atiku The 2027 National Coalition led by Atiku Abubakar has said that they will not be distracted by the defection of some governors and leaders of opposition parties into the All Progressives Congress (APC). The coalition, which confirmed that more governors are also going to decamp, added that the signals are there, reports Daily Independen...
•Defected governors Delta Governor Sheriff Oborevwori yesterday, April 23, officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Over the years, several governors have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) while still in office, reports The ...
•2nd Republic governors With the passing, last week, of one of the two 2nd Republic governors, a former governor of Oyo State, Victor Omololu Olunloyo, Nigerians recall with nostalgia, how eventful the politics of that era was and the characters that shaped the activities of that period. Olunloyo was one of the politicians of that […]
The challenges facing the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy have assumed a new dimension, with some state governors explicitly warning their council chairmen against opening an account with the Central Bank of Nigeria for the direct payment of their allocations from the Federation Account. The latest dev...
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Alhaji Haruna Kankara, yesterday, said about 20 states have yet to implement the N70,000 new minimum wage for local government workers and primary school teachers. The states include Yobe, Gombe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Imo, Ebonyi, Cross River, Federal Capital Territory, Abuj...
•Some prison inmates In a bid to alleviate overcrowding in Nigeria’s correctional facilities, four state governors have granted pardons to over 120 inmates across various prisons in their states in the last three months. The pardon is part of ongoing efforts to reduce congestion in the nation’s correctional system, reports Sunday PUNCH. Govern...
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