PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has reminded state governors-elect that the tenure of incumbent governors, who failed to get re-election would end on May 29 and, therefore, should be allowed to carry on with the business of governance without harassment. He spoke at the 2011 induction/symposium organised by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) for newly elected and […]
ALAAFIN of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi,Wednesday, said that the out-going Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, should be probed immediately the new government takes over on May 29. Oba Adeyemi urged the incoming Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, to investigate particularly how government residential areas across the state were sold and the whereabouts of the money […]
NINE outgoing state governors across the country who have enjoyed immunity for the past four or eight years may soon be guests of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as their tenures expire on May 29. Sources at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, told Vanguard, weekend, that the anti-graft agency was going […]
THE issue of zoning of political offices in the next dispensation in the country featured prominently yesterday evening as governors of the South-East geo-political zone met in Enugu. Although the governors refused to disclose in details their discussion in the meeting which also involved former Vice President Alex Ekwueme and National Vice Chairman of the […]
The South-east governors met with former vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme in Enugu yesterday to discuss the vexed issue of zoning and sharing of political positions at the federal level, which appears not to be in favour of the zone. Also in attendance at the meeting, which held for about two hours at the Enugu […]
Ahead of his inauguration for a second term in office, Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has pressed forward to continue work on the state’s light rail programme as he undertook a pre-shipment inspection of the trains in Canada to be used by Ekorail, the operators of the programme. The 27 kilometre light metro […]
The Contracts/Consultancy Review Committee (CCRC) set up by the Ekiti State Government has indicted ousted governor Segun Oni of embezzlement of public funds to the tune of N5.4 billion in the award of various contracts during his three-and-half-year tenure. According to the draft White Paper on the report of the panel released to the media […]
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs Farida Waziri, has ordered an immediate investigation into allegations that a judge of the federal high court has been paid a whopping N10 billion to thwart the course of justice in the ongoing trial of former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinendion. The EFCC boss […]
The Association of Opposition Political Parties, under the aegis of Patriotic Alliance of Nigeria (PAN) in Imo, on Saturday described the defeat of Gov Ikedi Ohakim as “a new dawn” for the state. In the same vein, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) says the emergence of Chief Rochas Okorocha also signalled “the end […]
INEC suspends election in Oguta || As the collation of the results for the Imo supplementary poll continues today, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Owelle Rockas Okorocha, and his closest rival, Governor Ikedi Ohakim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), appeared to be running neck-to-neck, going by the results collated […]
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