•Tinubu, Shettima and state governors President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied speculations making the rounds that he is at war with state governors over his push for local government autonomy across the country. In July 2024, the Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgement affirming financial autonomy for the 774 local government areas in the ...
Governors Hyacinth Alia (Benue), Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Abba Yusuf (Kano), and Umar Namadi (Jigawa) yesterday signed the 2025 Appropriation Bills of their states into law. Alia, a Catholic Reverend Father, signed Benue State’s N550,112,988,930.45 Appropriation Bill, named: Budget of Human Capital Development, Food Security, and the Digital Econo...
Stakeholders across the country are using the current Christmas and New Year period to review and discuss the controversial Tax Reform Bills ahead of resumption of debate on the bills by the National Assembly early in 2025. It is understood that governors and federal legislators have been reaching out to critical interest groups and individual...
•Police roadblock The Police High Command says state governors are aware of the roadblocks mounted by its personnel either on major highways or some intercity roads in their respective locations. It also said that Nigerians abroad are trooping into the country to enjoy Christmas in their respective communities sequel to improved security situa...
•Tinubu and some Nigerian governors The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has issued a stern warning to state governors bypassing the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy, threatening to seek a contempt of court suit if the defiance continues. Fagbemi stated this in Abuja, y...
The National Economic Council (NEC) has received position reports on the establishment of state police from the 36 state governors. The NEC meeting was chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima and attended by state governors, deputy governors, ministers and some presidential aides, reports Channels TV. Briefing State House Correspondents shor...
•Lateef Fagbemi Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN today said any state governor who tampers with funds belonging to their Local Government Areas will be guilty of gross misconduct, which is an impeachable offense. The AGF, while addressing the 2024 annual conference of the National Ass...
•Governors President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, July 18, approved a new minimum wage of N70,000 for Nigerian workers and pledged to review the national minimum wage law every three years. While a number of governors are paying the N70,000 minimum wage, others have gone further, by paying amounts higher than the federal mandate, reports The [&hel...
•Taraba State governor, Jumai Kefas Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked the mother of the Taraba State governor, Jumai Kefas, and his sister, Atsi. The incident occurred yesterday along the Wukari-Kente road in Wukari Local Government Area of the state, reports Daily Trust. The chairman of Wukari Local Government confirmed the attack ...
•Nigerian governors The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has said that it is wrong to say that governors of the 36 states are against the Tax Reform Bills, explaining that they only wanted to get clarifications in some areas. Speaking during Channels Television yesterday, the governor hailed the bills but stated that there are [&hel...
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