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Governors, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
President visits Abati over mum’s death The undercurrents in the PDP ahead of the 2015 presidential race played out on a grand scale yesterday in Abeokuta with President Goodluck Jonathan, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governors Murtala Nyako (Adamawa State), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Aliyu Wamako (Sokoto) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano) as dramatis personae. President Jonathan […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Presidency
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
Opposition political parties and the Presidency on Wednesday engaged in a fresh war of words over the political crisis in Rivers State. The latest twist to the tale was the stoning of the convoy of four northern state governors, who paid a visit to their Rivers State counterpart, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday. The Action […]
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Governors, Latest Politics, Plateau, Rivers, State News
Saturday, July 6th, 2013
Some fundamental issues are critical to the resolution of the ongoing crisis in the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). The most fundamental of the issues is the process of emergence of the leadership, the chairman. What is the rule for his emergence? Is it by consensus or by election? What is the precedent concerning the emergence? […]
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Anambra, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News
Friday, July 5th, 2013
Anambra State governor, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday bagged the best performing governor on the eradication of polio in the southeast from Bill Gates and Melinda Foundation at a massively attended ceremony at the Women’s Development Centre in Awka. Speaking while presenting the award to Gov Obi which went with a cash prize of N120 million, […]
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Anambra, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 1st, 2013
By Tony Edike ENUGU – Chairman of South-East Governors’ Forum and Anambra State Governor, Mr. , said Sunday that he would retire from active politics at the expiration of his second term in February next year. The governor spoke in Enugu during the thanksgiving service and award ceremony to mark the end of the 2nd […]
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General Politics, Governors, Latest Politics, Rivers, State News
Friday, June 28th, 2013
ACN flays alleged barring of Rivers helmsman from Jonathan • Why we prevented supporters from visiting gov, by CP THE rift between Governors Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State and Jonah David Jang of Plateau State over the Chairmanship of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) came to the fore again Thursday at the State House […]
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General Politics, Governors, Plateau, Rivers
Friday, June 28th, 2013
A drama played out at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday as the two governors laying claim to the chairmanship of the factionalised Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Jonah Jang of Plateau State, sat side by side at the National Economic Council meeting, presided over by Vice […]
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Governors, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Friday, June 28th, 2013
Protest by governors of the northern states may have forced the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party to postpone its special national convention from July 20 to August 20. This protest, which is hinged on the fact that July 2o falls within the Ramadan period, has also affected the South-West congress of the party initially […]
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Governors, Headlines, Plateau, Rivers
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, yesterday, scheduled a meeting of the Forum for tomorrow to discuss among others, post-election disagreements that emanated from the NGF election. Members of NGF will also discuss issues relating to the forum and its partners as well as […]
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Governors, Headlines, Plateau, Rivers, State News
Sunday, June 16th, 2013
By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor & Taye Obateru LAGOS — Governors Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and Jonah Jang of Plateau State were, yesterday, locked in a war of words over their claims to the chairmanship of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF. Amaechi, told his Plateau State colleague to stop impersonating him as chairman of […]
