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General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Kebbi, State News
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Kebbi State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Birnin Kebbi yesterday nullified the election of Governor Usman Saidu Dakiagari of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alhaji Dakingari thus became the first governor to lose election in the current democratic dispensation . Justice Mairo Laruba Mohammed in delivering judgment in the petition brought by the governorship candidate […]
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Articles, Columnists, Enugu, Governors, NNP Columnists, State News, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
By Tochukwu Ezukanma, Lagos, Nigeria – October 27, 2011 – Over the years, I heard of Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, especially, about his then long running conflict with Chimaroke Nnamani, the then governor of Enugu State. Lately, for the first time, I listened to a few of his CDs. They are usually a combination of […]
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Constitution, Governors, House, Legislature, Senate
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Plans have reached an advanced stage by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to send a private member bill to the National Assembly (NASS) on Constitution Amendment. The Chairman of the Forum, Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State who dropped the hint in Abuja, Monday, ahead of the meeting of the body, however, declined to elaborate. […]
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Governors, Headlines, Oil Politics
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
The lingering crisis over the Excess Crude Account deepened yesterday with state governors praying the Supreme Court to stop the Federal Government from making any withdrawals, howsoever, from the account styled the “Excess Crude Account” (or any account replacing same by any name howsoever) pending the hearing and determination of a suit they filed in […]
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Borno, Governors, Judiciary, State News
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
The Supreme Court has fixed October 31, 2011 to deliver judgement in the consolidated appeals bordering on the Borno State Governorship Election Petition where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the April 26, 2011 polls, Alhaji Mohammed Goni is challenging the victory of Governor Kashim Shettima of the All Nigeria Peoples Party […]
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Governors, Latest Politics
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
So far, 17 ex-governors have passed through the furnace of the EFCC. And 13 of them are 52 cases listed by the EFCC on its website as “high profile cases.” They include: Ayo Fayose The former Ekiti State governor was arraigned at Federal High Court, Lagos, on 51-count charge of embezzling N1.2 billion. The matter […]
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Governors, Latest Politics
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
NOTWITHSTAN-DING the rejection of the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) by state governors, the Federal Government, on Tuesday, went ahead with its implementation by launching it with $1billion (about N160 billion). The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, made the disclosure at a press conference held to inform the […]
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Governors, INEC Politics
Monday, October 17th, 2011
INEC Chairman, Prof. Jega From Chuks Okocha in Abuja A suit by the Independent National Electoral Commission asking the Supreme Court to decide when the tenure of five governors in Adamawa, Bayelsa, Cross River, Kogi and Sokoto States would end is causing anxiety in the camps of the affected governors. The commission is before the […]
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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Governors, Niger Delta, Presidency
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
FURTHER details emerged at the weekend indicating that the retirement of former Acting Managing-Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Pastor Power Ziakede Aginighan, was as a result of the Federal Government’s determination to ensure a smooth transition since he was senior to the new acting Managing-Director, Mrs Osato Arenyeka. The Federal Government approved the retirement […]
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Constitution, Governors
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Indications emerged on Tuesday that the Nigerian Governors’ Forum was poised for a showdown with President Goodluck Jonathan over issues like the constitutional amendments, the Sovereign Wealth Fund and the Excess Crude Account. THE PUNCH learnt that the governors at their meeting in Abuja on Tuesday resolved to mobilise their state houses of assembly to […]
