The Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari, on Monday said creation of state police would help in addressing spate of insecurity in the country. Mr. Yari, also the Zamfara State governor, said this at the end of a two-day summit organised by the Senate Ad hoc Committee on Review of Current Security Infrastructure in […]
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There seems to be hope of a blissful Christmas and New Year celebration for civil servants who are being owed salaries and allowances, as 27 states have collected their dues from the Paris Club Refund. It is expected that a large chunk of the funds will be used to offset arrears of workers’ salaries and […]
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has frozen seven separate accounts used by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum to launder the sum of N10bn said to be derived from the proceeds of the Paris Club refund. Justice Gabriel Kolawole directed on Wednesday that the freezing order would last for 45 days within which the EFCC must […]
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Governors from the southern part of Nigeria are calling for true federalism and devolution of powers to states. Their demand was made during a meeting which held in Lagos on Monday. In a communique read by Akinwunmi Ambode, the host, the governors resolved to collaborate with one another for the growth and development. Ambode said […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over unpaid salaries and allowances by state governments. Receiving a group of governors led by Abdul’Aziz Yari, chairman of the Nigerian governors’ forum (NGF), at the presidential villa in Abuja on Tuesday, Buhari wondered the effect of interventions by the federal government. He said the plight of workers need urgent […]
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Chairman of South-East governor’s forum and governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, has responded to questions on why he and his colleagues to proscribe the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), stressing that anyone who wants to foment trouble must be crushed. Speaking to journalists in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital, on Saturday, he […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to state governors to pay salaries and pensions, as workers depend on it to pay their rents and care for their families. The President made the appeal when he met with traditional rulers at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday. Workers and pensioners in many states in the country […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari was full of smile as he welcomed the seven governors who visited him in London on Wednesday. The recuperating president went on to pose for photographs with his guests. The president’s wife was also seen in one of the pictures. The governors who visited the president are Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), […]
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Six Nigerian governors will depart the country tonight to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been on medical vacation in London since May 7. Presidential spokespersons, Femi Adesina, Garba Shehu and Laolu Akande, made the disclosure during an interactive session with state house correspondents, stating that the meeting will hold by 3pm on Wednesday. The presidential […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, In a statement issued by Mr Samuel Olowokere, Deputy Director Press in the ministry, warned state governors against reducing workers’ salaries and hours of work.Ngige said the warning has become necessary to restore industrial harmony and forestall breakdown of law and order, as there have been […]
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