President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that governors misappropriate funding from local government councils. The President emphasized the importance of personal integrity in the functioning of government...
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, said on Thursday the the number of governors on the commission’s watchlist for alleged...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday described as misleading a claim that he was working with the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Sunday described as blatant lies and half-truths the state comments credited to the billionaire businessman, Ned Nwoko, on the Paris...
Ahead of the presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa has revealed that the party might eventually activate the consensus option in...
The governors of the 36 states in the country will meet with the speakers of the Houses of Assembly on Friday on the worsening security situation...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ruled against the application of the 36 state governments to bar the Federal Government from deducting...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may have finally settled the contentious issue of which part of the country it would zone its presidential ticket to...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors are currently holding an emergency meeting at the Kebbi State Governor’s House in Abuja. This came a few hours after...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday issued a warning to governors and politicians against wearing military uniforms for electioneering campaign posters. This was contained in a...
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The governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has detailed the rationale behind the reluctance of governors to sign death warrants on convicted prisoners. Ganduje made...
The governors of the 36 states in Nigeria have dragged the Federal Government to the Supreme Court over alleged non-remittance of funds generated as stamp duties...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Friday dismissed a report on the alleged disbursement of N243.8 billion to states this month. A report had claimed during...
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said on Friday the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors and the Board of Trustees (BoT) saved the party from total...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday charged governors of the 36 states in the country to imbibe the culture of continuity in the development of their states...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has derided the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the only achievement the ruling party can point to in its six-year reign...
The governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are set to commence the process for implementation of autonomy of the judiciary and state legislature as directed...
The Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, has blamed state governors for letting the recently-suspended industrial action by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) linger for...
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has disagreed with President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance that governors should be held responsible for insecurity in their states. Masari, who...
Governors of the 36 states in the country will meet on Wednesday to discuss the implementation of financial autonomy to judiciary and legislature in states. The...
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Nigerian state governors are in a difficult position and far from fiscal sustainability as a result of decreasing revenue from the federal account. As a result,...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to meet with state governors and Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, in the coming days in a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, will, on Monday, hold a meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State, with the current insecurity and economic woes in the...
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has insisted that each state must implement its self-accounting law in dealing with Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). In a...
For the umpteenth time, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday reaffirmed its total rejection of the newly-formed South-East security outfit, EBUBEAGU. The IPOB Director...
The Senate on Monday challenged governors of the 36 states in the country to grant full autonomy to the judiciary in their various states. President Muhammadu...
The Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), on Friday, refuted allegations by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State that the federal government printed between N50 and N60 billion...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum on Monday, revealed that sponsors of the Boko Haram insurgency are the progenitors of the escalating banditry in the Northwest and kidnappings...
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria has pledged to continue its nationwide strike action due to the refusal of state governors to meet their demands for...
The North-Central Governors’ Forum (NCGF) on Monday decried the attempted assassination of the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, and called for a thorough investigation by relevant...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has said it’s madness for anyone to think Nigeria will work under the current structure in the country. Soyinka stated this...
The governors of the 36 states in Nigeria, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), will on Thursday, March 4, meet over the COVID-19...
Governors of the 36 states in the country on Thursday agreed to compensate victims of herdsmen/farmers clashes in their domains. The governors took the decision at...
Governors of the 36 states in the country meet on Wednesday over the rising COVID-19 cases in the country. The governors, according to a statement issued...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, said on Friday many governors in the country would be administered the COVID-19 vaccines on a live telecast to assure...
Governors of the 36 states in the country have challenged the Federal Government to expedite actions on local production of COVID-19 vaccines. The Ekiti State governor,...
The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi has called on state governors in the country to come down hard on banditry, kidnapping...
The National Assembly may compel the country’s next president to constitute his cabinet at least 30 days after inauguration or risk impeachment by the parliament. The...
Discussions on social media on Wednesday were mostly unrelated to Nigerian politics, except for the unending demand for an end to police brutality, which caused the...
The governors of the 36 states in the country will meet on Wednesday to review the internal security situation in Nigeria and the status of the...
Governors of the 36 states in the country on Thursday urged the Inspector- General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to “consult widely” before going ahead with the...
Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) on Thursday commended the scrapping of the notorious Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, following...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that no governor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) could point to any developmental project that could compete with...
Nigerian governors have said that they were spending so much to support the military and police in the fight against insecurity in the country and requested...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, on Monday frowned at the large crowds that attended political campaign rallies in Edo State for the September 19...
Governors of the 36 states of the federation will meet on Wednesday to review its second corruption survey, policy patterns and trends at the sub-national level...
The Nigerian national constitution gives ‘dictatorial’ powers to not only the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic but generously to the...
The Nigeria Governors Forum on Monday met the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, on the Executive Order 10 signed by President Muhammadu...
The Buhari Support Organisation (BSO), South East zone, on Sunday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Executive Order 10, 2020, granting financial autonomy to state...
