•House of Representatives Forty-two constitutional amendment bills today scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. Among the bills was the one to remove the immunity conferred on the vice president, governors, and their deputies to curb corruption, eradicate impunity, and enhance accountability in public office, reports Channels T...
•Tinubu in meeting with governors on Tuesday State governors have launched a fresh push against the planned disbursement of federal allocation to the local government councils in a renewed bid to delay the implementation of the Supreme Court verdict on LGA autonomy. Some of the governors, during a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the [&he...
•Prisoners The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) yesterday revealed that the number of prisoners on death row had risen from 3,590 in September 2024 to 3,688 in March 2025, representing a 2.73 percent increase or 98 prisoners within six months, saying that state governors have refused to execute inmates on the death row. The NCoS also [&h...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, and the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, at separate events yesterday, weighed in on autonomy for local government areas (LGAs), issuing warnings to state governors and council chairs. Fagbemi condemned the conti...
•Nigerian workers The Nigerian workers under the aegis of The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed concern that many state governors abandon their states and reside permanently in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, while the citizens they are meant to govern suffer hardship. NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, made this statement duri...
•Sunday Ude-Okoye Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have endorsed Sunday Ude-Okoye as the substantive National Secretary of the party, following a meeting of the PDP Governors Forum held in Asaba, the Delta State capital, today. The governors also urged the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) to convene the much-anticipated ...
•Bandits Following the report that fleeing bandits and terrorists from the North were heading to the South West, the Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams; some security groups including the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC and the Hunters’ Association, yesterday, slammed governors of the region for not collaborating with them to secure the zone...
More facts have emerged as to how President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the 36 state governors of the federation finally arrived at a consensus on the contentious tax reform bills. The president, yesterday, issued a statement praising the governors who, speaking under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), announced some adjustments to t...
•Dr Nnimmo Bassey A renowned Nigerian environmental activist and poet, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, has slammed the Nigerian Governor’s Forum for rejecting an increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) but turn around to propose an ‘unacceptable’ revised sharing formula for same. The Frontier reports that the governors’ decision was an...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has rejected the move to increase Value Added Tax (VAT). The governors also expressed support for the ongoing legislative process of the Tax Reform Bills, reports The Nation. It also proposed an “equitable” sharing formula for value-added tax (VAT). This development was an outcome of a meeting between the NGF...
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