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Nigerian state governors are in a difficult position and far from fiscal sustainability as a result of decreasing revenue from the federal account. As a result,...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to meet with state governors and Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, in the coming days in a...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, will, on Monday, hold a meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State, with the current insecurity and economic woes in the...
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has insisted that each state must implement its self-accounting law in dealing with Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). In a...
For the umpteenth time, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday reaffirmed its total rejection of the newly-formed South-East security outfit, EBUBEAGU. The IPOB Director...
The Senate on Monday challenged governors of the 36 states in the country to grant full autonomy to the judiciary in their various states. President Muhammadu...
The Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), on Friday, refuted allegations by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State that the federal government printed between N50 and N60 billion...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum on Monday, revealed that sponsors of the Boko Haram insurgency are the progenitors of the escalating banditry in the Northwest and kidnappings...
The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria has pledged to continue its nationwide strike action due to the refusal of state governors to meet their demands for...
The North-Central Governors’ Forum (NCGF) on Monday decried the attempted assassination of the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, and called for a thorough investigation by relevant...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has said it’s madness for anyone to think Nigeria will work under the current structure in the country. Soyinka stated this...
The governors of the 36 states in Nigeria, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), will on Thursday, March 4, meet over the COVID-19...
Governors of the 36 states in the country on Thursday agreed to compensate victims of herdsmen/farmers clashes in their domains. The governors took the decision at...
Governors of the 36 states in the country meet on Wednesday over the rising COVID-19 cases in the country. The governors, according to a statement issued...
The Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, said on Friday many governors in the country would be administered the COVID-19 vaccines on a live telecast to assure...
Governors of the 36 states in the country have challenged the Federal Government to expedite actions on local production of COVID-19 vaccines. The Ekiti State governor,...
The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi has called on state governors in the country to come down hard on banditry, kidnapping...
The National Assembly may compel the country’s next president to constitute his cabinet at least 30 days after inauguration or risk impeachment by the parliament. The...
Discussions on social media on Wednesday were mostly unrelated to Nigerian politics, except for the unending demand for an end to police brutality, which caused the...
The governors of the 36 states in the country will meet on Wednesday to review the internal security situation in Nigeria and the status of the...
Governors of the 36 states in the country on Thursday urged the Inspector- General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to “consult widely” before going ahead with the...
Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) on Thursday commended the scrapping of the notorious Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, following...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that no governor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) could point to any developmental project that could compete with...
Nigerian governors have said that they were spending so much to support the military and police in the fight against insecurity in the country and requested...
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, on Monday frowned at the large crowds that attended political campaign rallies in Edo State for the September 19...
Governors of the 36 states of the federation will meet on Wednesday to review its second corruption survey, policy patterns and trends at the sub-national level...
The Nigerian national constitution gives ‘dictatorial’ powers to not only the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic but generously to the...
The Nigeria Governors Forum on Monday met the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, on the Executive Order 10 signed by President Muhammadu...
The Buhari Support Organisation (BSO), South East zone, on Sunday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Executive Order 10, 2020, granting financial autonomy to state...
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) has called on lawmakers at the National Assembly to halt further deliberations on the Infectious Diseases Bill. More details coming….
The Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to scale down the total COVID-19 lockdown order imposed on Lagos, Ogun and...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) met on Wednesday in Abuja and agreed to implement inter-state lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country. Nigeria...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) will meet on April 22 to review the COVID-19 situation and various measures taken by state governments at various stages since...
The Federal Government on Friday appealed to state governors to stop playing politics with directives issued in order in order to contain the COVID-19 disease pandemic...
Governors of the 36 states of the federation under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have suspended indefinitely their meeting slated for Wednesday because...
The Senate on Thursday passed for second reading, a constitution amendment bill which prescribes Higher National Diploma or its equivalent as the minimum educational qualification requirement...
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) said on Friday the state governments had put in place monitoring infrastructure to ensure quick response and attention to anyone exhibiting...
The Federal Government and the governors of the six southwest states on Thursday agreed on the operational modality of the newly formed regional security outfit, Amotekun...
The National Industrial Court has declared as null and void, payment of pension and gratuity to former governors and deputy governors. The court gave the judgment...
A committee headed by Kayode Fayemi, the Chairman of the Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum, has begun preparation of a plan that will bestow full control of solid...
The Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) on Wednesday asked the National Chairman of the All progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, to immediately convene a National Executive Committee...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Wednesday asked the United States President, Donald Trump, to place a travel ban on seven Nigerian governors for...
As part of efforts to generate more revenue for their respective states, governors of the 36 states on Tuesday met with their commissioners of finance and...
Governors of the 36 states are meeting in Abuja to review deductions made from states accounts following a Federal Government N614billion bailout given to the states...
A clash between the Federal Government and state governors may be in the offing after a report emerged at the weekend that governors of the 36...
The incumbent governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has told those who care to listen, that he has no plans to chose who will succeed him...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), on Wednesday said it had won the latest round in the legal battle to compel the Code of Conduct...
The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, has lamented that Nigeria is now a failed state with the breakdown of security and various national institutions in the country....
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) over the CCB’s claim that it could not disclose...
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council has called for the return of the dreaded Bakassi Boys in the Southeast over fears of planned massive attacks by Fulani...
