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Ekiti, Governors, Latest Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), Presidency, State News
Wednesday, July 26th, 2017
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – THE presidency Tuesday exonerated itself from the selection of the seven governors that were chosen to visit President Mugammadu Buhari in London, saying that the selection was handled by the governors forum. The presidency also said that the non inclusion of the media team especially television or newspapers could be […]
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Biafra, General Politics, Governors, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Friday, July 21st, 2017
•Governor reads riot act Citing alleged perennial injustice to southerners, some Niger Delta militant groups have backed the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to boycott the November 2017 governorship election in Anambra State. Consisting the Concerned Militant Leaders (CML), Niger Delta People Democratic Front (NDPDF) and Rainbow Marabas Squad (RMS), the groups said it was […]
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Governors, Headlines, State News, Taraba
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
SaharaReporters has learnt that a former Governor Dambaba Suntai of Taraba State who survived an air crash at the Yola Airport in Adamawa State in 2012 has died. Suntai died at home where he was undergoing rehabilitation for brain injuries arising from the plane crash. A former commissioner of information in the state, Emmanuel Bello confirmed […]
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Benue, Governors, Headlines, Legislature, Senate, State News
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
Ortom to Mark: You’re telling lies, come to Benue let me clear you The Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom has said that the Former Senate President in the 7th Senate, Senator David Mark is telling lies. Governor Ortom also asked senator Mark to come to the state for better clarification on his misconception […]
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Governors, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Sunday, April 16th, 2017
You Have Mortgaged the Future of Rivers People, APC Tells Gov. Wike “No sooner Gov. Nyesom Wike was sworn in as governor of Rivers State than he embarked on indiscriminate borrowing at cut-throat interest rate from Nigerian commercial banks. The borrowing spree was carried out irrespective of the fact that the matter of the All […]
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Biafra, Governors, Headlines, South-East
Monday, April 3rd, 2017
Group charts way forward for eastern states A fresh move to contain the agitations by pro-Biafra groups, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), was launched yesterday by governors of the South-East region. The move, which will see the governors meeting with leadership […]
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Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Governors, Latest Politics
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has traced and retrieved a whopping sum of N500million found in one of Nigerian state governor’s account, thereby deepening the probe on the use of the N388.304billion Paris loan. The EFCC is probing how N19billion was illegally deducted from the London-Paris Club loan refund and how the money […]
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Governors, Headlines, Sokoto, State News
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
The Federal High Court in Abuja will on March 10 give ruling on whether to allow or refuse an application seeking to amend an originating summon pleading for the removal of the Sokoto State governor, Malam Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, from office on the account that the primary election of the All Progressive Congress (APC) that produced […]
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Agriculture, Governors, Latest Politics
Monday, February 20th, 2017
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday presided over a meeting of the Presidential Task Force on Rice and Wheat as part of the Federal Government’s efforts aimed at enhancing food security. Those who attended the meeting included four state governors — Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi); Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Badaru Abubakar […]
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Corruption Politics, General Politics, Governors, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Thursday, October 13th, 2016
Since the current democratic dispensation in Nigeria began in 1999, opinions have been divided on its desirability, given the cost of running the system. While many Nigerians have called for a review of the system to ascertain its suitability on the ground that it is expensive, some, especially political office holders, have continued to defend […]
