Tag: Nigerian governors
US embassy calls out Nigerian governors for wasteful public fund use
Many citizens feel that these funds could be better used to improve essential services such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure.
List of governors who announced over 70,000 minimum wage
This decision, endorsed by President Bola Tinubu on July 29, 2024, comes after intense negotiations between the Tripartite Committee, including…
Nigerian governors hit with ultimatum to disclose details of Chinese loans
SERAP also urged them to “clarify any investment agreements with Chinese companies and repayment histories of any loans, liabilities and…
Nigerian Governors lock in meeting over LG autonomy in Abuja
The meeting being presided over by the Forum Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara already have in attendance the governors…
S/Court judgement: 36 governors, Wike get 7-day ultimatum to return LGA funds
“If the governors and FCT minister fail to account for and return the funds meant for local governments in their…
Obasanjo: Nigerian governors must focus more on food security
Obasanjo described food security as a priority, followed by personal health and security situation, adding, "good feeling enhances health and…
Wike, Sani, others sued ‘over failure to account for N5.9trn, $4.6bn loans
“Many years of allegations of corruption and mismanagement of public funds including the loans obtained by the states and FCT…
What Tinubu told Nigerian governors when they visited him in Lagos
Speaking during a meeting with the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) at his residence in Lagos on Tuesday, the President reiterated…
WHO, Nigerian governors to sign health compact agreement
The decision to sign an agreement with WHO was reached at the council after a presentation on Nigeria’s Health Sector…
36 State governors dragged to court over life pension for ex-governors
Over N40 billion has been reportedly paid to 47 former governors from 21 of the 36 states in pensions and…
36 governors drag Buhari’s FG to appeal court
The governors made the appeal through their Attorneys General in a statement signed by five Senor Advocates of Nigeria ,…
Just In: 36 governors lose to Federal Govt. in court
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the 418 million dollars Paris Club debt suit filed by the 36…
Governors parading themselves as chief security officers of states mischievous
In law and by application of the law, it is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who is…
36 governors: We didn’t get N243.8B from Buhari govt
Bello-Barkindo described the allegation as a big lie and a figment of the imagination of its author.
Nigeria’s 36 governors to meet Wednesday
Governors of the 36 states of Nigeria are to meet on May 19, to address matters arising from a variety…
COVID-19: Governors, deputies to be vaccinated March 10
State governors and their deputies are to take the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, March 10.
Just IN: 36 governors say it’s time to abandon old style cattle rearing
The 36 state governors have reached a consensus on the need for Nigeria to transition into modern systems of cattle…
We’ll support performance assessment by AGF – Nigerian Governors
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has pledged to provide appropriate health and security measures for the 2019 Annual Performance Assessment…
Meet 6 Nigerian ex-governors who have been to prison
Political corruption is, unfortunately, a persistent phenomenon in Nigeria. In 2012, Nigeria was estimated to have lost over $400 billion…
Nigerian governors working for own defeat in 2019 – TUC
Eromosele Ebhomele The Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Sunday came hard on some Nigerian governors and ministers in the cabinet…
8 governors urge Amaechi brief Jonathan on security
A delegation of eight Nigerian governors has advised Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state , to personally visit President Goodluck…
Akinyemi: Abuja money makes Nigerian governors lazy
A former Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, has advised state governors to deeply harness available state resources…
Mr President, Pick Up Your Inaugural Speech! —Dimeji Daniels
I doubt if President Jonathan ever bothered to read his inaugural speech after May 29, 2011. Jonathan, like most presidents…
Supreme Court sacks 5 Nigerian governors
A seven- man panel of the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision this morning sacked Governors Liyel Imoke, Murtala Nyako,…