Tag: govs
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Buhari Meets Govs, Mum On Preferred Candidate
Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary, President Muhammadu Buhari has met with governors who are members of the party, Daily Trust learnt from credible sources. The sources told this newspaper that the president met with the governors on Tuesday night. The meeting, it was gathered was convened to discuss issues revolving around…
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Nigeria on edge as Buhari, govs decide party presidential flag bearer; Tinubu, Osinbajo, Fayemi, Nwajiuba favoured
The race for the 2023 presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC was this weekend entering the final stretch with the presidency and the party’s governors engaged in a battle of wits with one another in the battle to produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s potential successor. Also in close contest for the ticket are…
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Govs, not Buhari to blame for Nigeria’s challenges, says Yaguda
A former governor of Bauchi State, Mallam Isa Yuguda, Wednesday, came hard on the 36 states governors in the country, describing them as “selfish persons” who were not development-driven. He said that rather than blaming the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the challenges facing the country, the governors should accept responsibility due to…
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APC Leadership: Adamu Emerges Chair As Govs Defy Buhari On Key NWC Posts
All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have gone against the wish of President Muhammadu Buhari in the choice of persons to man key offices of the ruling party as they produced a consensus list which excluded four out of the five men endorsed by the president. Though the governors kicked against majority of those nominated by…
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$418m Paris Club refund: Court dismisses governors suit against FG
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit by governors of the 36 states seeking to stop deductions of $418 million Paris Club refund debt. Justice Inyang Ekwo on Friday held that the suit was lacking in merit. The judge also held that the action, brought by the attorneys general of the 36…
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BREAKING: 3 Govs placed under watch by security agencies over plot to destabilise Nigeria
Three serving governors in the country have run into trouble with security agencies over their alleged plot to incite violence that may engulf the northern part of the country, if not checkmated. The three governors, who are in their final term of office, are reportedly drawn from the North East, North Central and the South-South…
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Wike, Obaseki continue verbal war, govs allege betrayal, unguarded comments
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, as a politician who is given to serial betrayal of those who helped to advance his political aspiration. Wike spoke at the inauguration of Community Secondary School, Omuanwa, in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state on Monday. He said he owed…
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Governors reject power bill, insist states can handle electricity
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has rejected the electricity bill being considered by the Senate. In a letter dated February 22 and addressed to Gabriel Suswam, chairman of the Senate committee on power, Kayode Fayemi, NGF chairman, said it is “unconstitutional” for the upper legislative chamber to consider and pass a bill that treats the…
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BREAKING: Buhari, 18 APC govs in ‘make or break’ meeting over convention
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently holding a closed door meeting with governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The meeting is taking place at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. In attendance are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and 18 governors, including those of Yobe, Kano, Kogi, Ekiti, Nasarawa, Kwara, Ebonyi, Jigawa,…
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IPOB blasts S-East govs for weekly closure of markets, banks on Mondays
NNEWI—THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, accused South East governors of benefiting from continued closure of markets and banks in the southeast on the pretext of observing fake sit-at-home allegedly ordered and being implemented by miscreants, who want to tarnish IPOBs name and paint a bad picture of its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB…