The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has explained how its members are adopting strategies designed to their states’ agricultural strengths and vulnerabilities. In a document by its...
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), on Sunday said that state governors in the country are implementing diverse strategies and measures aimed at resolving the ongoing economic...
The Director of Media and Public Affairs at the secretariat of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo has alleged financial fraud and recklessness at the...
To tackle the menace of out-of-school children in the country, the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has called on its members to allocate 15% of state budgets...
The Federal Government has decided to immediately halt additional deductions from the accounts of states to satisfy local government councils’ London Paris Club obligations, according to...
The World Bank has revealed it is willing to bankroll Nigeria’s Conditional Cash Transfer programme for the poor and vulnerable to the tune of $800m (N329.53bn...
The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Nigerian Governors Forum on Thursday engaged in verbal sparring over the payment of $418m to consultants...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has accused the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, of dishonesty over his keen interest in...
The Northern Elders Forum on Tuesday rejected the supposed imposition by the Southern Governors Forum over the issue of rotational presidency amongst the zones. This issue...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has lamented the shaky unity of the country, in a statement issued a day after an arson attack on the residence of...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) on Wednesday set up a steering committee for NGF-NESG Economic Roundtable (NNER). Members of corporate...
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has pledged to contribute part of the Excess Crude Account in support of the purchase of additional hardware for security forces...
Governors of the 36 states in the country on Wednesday resolved to play more active roles in the revival of the nation’s economy. They took the...
Governors of the 36 states of the federation will meet on Wednesday to deliberate on the worsening security situation in the country. The Director-General of the...
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) on Monday expressed solidarity with Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum over the attack on his convoy by suspected Boko Haram insurgents...
Governors of the 36 states in the country will meet on Wednesday to deliberate on the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) loans...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) said on Monday Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, remained an old and very strong member of the forum despite his recent...
Following the increase in rape and gruesome murder of some victims, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has declared a state of emergency on the sexual and...
In its bid to maintain social distancing over Covid-19 pandemic, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has adopted the use of teleconferencing for its meetings. The governors made...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night advised the National Assembly to hold a public hearing on the hate speech bill to ensure that views...
The implementation of the new minimum wage may witness hiccups in states across the country, as state governors, on Monday said the Federal Executive Council (FEC)...
The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, on Sunday said the Nigerian Constitution does not recognize local governments in the country as the...
In a bit to clear the Rivers State Government of allegation of demolition a mosque in the state, Governor Nyesom Wike has taken the Chairman of...
The Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi has justified the proposed establishment of Ruga settlement across the nation. According to him, “this is a proposal and a...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the request by the Governors of the 36 states for an order stopping the implementation of guidelines issued...
There are indications that Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson is currently canvassing for Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki as the next chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF)....
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has brushed off an alarm raised by governors that the economy would plung into recession anytime mid 2020. The Chairman...
Incoming governors, to be sworn-in on May 29, have been asked to prepare for a possible cycle of fresh recession in Nigeria. The warning was giving...
The House of Representatives has approved a new national minimum wage of N30,000 for Nigerian workers. The president, Muhammadu Buhari has written to the lawmakers recommending...
The controversy surrounding the new minimum wage may soon be a thing of the past, as President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to transmit a bill to...
State governors in the country may find themselves at the receiving end of workers’ wrath over their insistence on not paying N30,000 as the new minimum...
Nigerian workers have been asked to be ready for a prolonged strike action in the new year by organized labour over the failure of government to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is considering the probe of some state governors for allegedly diverting fees meant for payment to consultants who assisted...
The organised labour on Thursday responded strongly to a threat by governors to sack workers in the employ of state governments if they are to implement...
Governors under the umbrella of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) say they were not voted into power to only pay salaries. They say their mandate also...
The Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, has kicked against the freezing of the bank accounts belonging to Benue State, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Department of Petroleum Resources might be heading for a showdown over the actual litres of refined petrol the nation...
Less than one week after the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo said the Federal Government will support the creation of state police, governors of the 36 states...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has accused critics of the approval of the release of one billion dollars from the Excess Crude Account...
Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court Abuja, has ordered the freezing of seven bank accounts said to have been operated by the Nigerian Governors’...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum, an umbrella body of the 36 state governors of the Federation, on Tuesday said that they met with President Muhammadu Buhari to...
Following the widely circulated single image of President Buhari’s reported meeting with an APC delegation which raised authenticity doubts among some people, more pictures of Buhari...
Speaking at a meeting with governors in Abuja on Thursday, the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, asked those agitating for state police to consider the...
The chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Zamfara State governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, on Friday said that the 36 governors of the county have...
The state governor accused of building a hotel with $3 million of the controversial London-Paris Club loan refund has sneaked into Aso Rock Presidential Villa in...
Detectives have traced $3 million of the controversial London-Paris Club loan refund to a governor, The Nation learnt yesterday. The cash is believed to be part...
One of the consultants in the payment of the Paris Club loan refund to the states has sued the 36 state governors in his bid to...
The possibility of Nigeria ending up as a one party state in 2019 has continued to move from speculations to reality with the worsening crisis rocking...
There is disquiet among governors over a plan to pay some consultants $138 million (about N42.2b at the official N306 to $1) of the $6.9 billion...
Nigeria Governors’ Forum has described as outright mischief the stories in the media that there were illegalities in the disbursement of the Paris Club loan refund....
