Governor Timipre Sylva has warned ex-militants who have been clamouring for inclusion into the post-amnesty that his administration would tag them as criminals henceforth. Sylva, speaking during a meeting with a delegation of the amnesty committee at the Government House, Yenagoa, commended the committee for not succumbing to the demands of the protesting youths as […]
The Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has said the solution to Boko Haram upsurge and Jos crisis lies in a better communication among the religious, political and traditional leaders. Okorocha, who spoke to some international journalists on the sideline of the just concluded economic summit on Business in Nigeria at Washington DC, USA, […]
The Appeal Court sitting in Calabar has shifted the date for judgment on the appeal brought before it by the gubernatorial candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the April 26 election in Akwa Ibom State, Senator Akpan Udodehe, challenging the decision of the lower election tribunal which validated the election of Governor Godswill Akpabio of […]
The embattled Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State emerged yesterday from a crucial session with President Goodluck Jonathan, with a declaration that while he agreed with the President to ensure peace in the state, he is not God to end the Jos crises. The Governor who was in Aso Rock for over four hours was […]
ABUJA—The 19 Northern Governors are meeting tomorrow for the first time outside Kaduna, the regional headquarters of old Northern Region, due to threat to security in the northern parts of the country. Malam Danladi Ndayebo, Media Assistant to Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, said the venue of the meeting is being kept secret […]
•For Kogi primary, sale of form begins Monday Governors of Ada-mawa, Bayelsa, Cross River and Sokoto states hitherto beli-eved to be standing as candidates of their party, the Peoples Democratic Party, for the rescheduled gubernatorial elections in their states have more hurdles to cross after all. It emerged yesterday that they are to face PDP […]
THE Northern Governors’ Forum has announced that it will hold an emergency meeting to proffer lasting solutions to the security challenges facing the country. The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum, Malam Danladi Ndayebo, said the northern governors had agreed to move in to halt the […]
NIGER State governor, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has explained that transparent, free, fair and credible elections are the only antidote for democracy and good governance. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Ahmed Musa Ibeto, at the opening ceremony of a one-week training workshop for commissioners and electoral officers of the state Independent Electoral Commission […]
THERE was spontaneous anger among senior citizens, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, following the explosion, which rocked the United Nations building in Abuja. Obasanjo, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Emeka Ihedioha, and the Governor of Abia state, Chief Theodore Orji, condemned the attack, saying the perpetrators should be fished out […]
GOVERNORS deplored yesterday’s bombing of the United Nations (UN) office in Abuja, describing the perpetrators of the heinous crime as enemies of Nigeria. The governors included Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Theodore Orji (Abia) and Gabriel Suswam (Benue). Ajimobi, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Dr. Festus Adedayo, wondered what […]
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