Tag: governors

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Mazi EmekaAugust 5, 2016

‘Fayose and Mimiko are far better than Ambode’ – PDP

The Lagos state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, said that contrary to a recent poll by the African Leadership ...

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Isime EseneJuly 26, 2016

Photos from Pres. Buhari’s meeting with APC governors today

Earlier today YNaija reported a meeting taking place at the Presidential Villa, Abuja with President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi ...

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Mazi EmekaJuly 13, 2016

‘Sheriff’s emergence is an act of God’ | Sheriff’s PDP claims support of 12 governors

The factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, on Tuesday, claimed that he has the support of ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 11, 2016

Nigerian governors are worried over the Abia state confusion

Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum and Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has revealed that the governors in the nation are ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 11, 2016

Sheriff, Makarfi, PDP governors may clash over reopening of party office

Even though reconcilatory moves are reportedly being made by the warring factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Ali ...

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Mazi EmekaJuly 7, 2016

State governors dragged to ICC over salary arrears

Human rights group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a petition against Nigerian state governors owing workers ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJuly 7, 2016

New militant group threatens to blow things up unless…

One of the militant groups that recently emerged, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) has given a list of ...

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Isime EseneJune 29, 2016

YNaija Editorial: Partnership among states‎ remains the antidote to bankruptcy

One of the dominant headlines over the past two years has been the dwindling allocation to states as a result ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 28, 2016

Opinion: The madness of Nigerian governors; a case study of Mimiko

by Gbenga Adene Ojo Oladimeji will agree with me that I’ve given up on arguing anything related to Nigeria/politics because ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 23, 2016

Opinion: How Governor Dickson wrecked his state with wire-tapping

by Peresuo D. Fubara For a state governor ever vociferous and self-assured – sometimes thoughtlessly so – in the murky terrain ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoJune 13, 2016

Die-hard Sheriff preaches crisis, insists he’s PDP chairman

The leadership crisis of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has refused to go away even as Ali Modu Sheriff who ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJune 3, 2016

Ministers, FG officials from Niger Delta deployed home to make peace with militants

Political office holders, federal government officials and ministers from Niger Delta have been deployed to the region by the Presidency ...

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Dele BenjaminMay 31, 2016

Why some former ministers, governors and senators will soon be arrested

In September 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari directed illegal holders of diplomatic/official passports to return them. But many refused to comply. ...

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Op-Ed EditorMay 30, 2016

Opinion: If Lai Mohammed needs more excuses, he can blame Amaechi

By Reno Omokri On January 22, 2016, I tweeted a joke which went viral. I had said that at meetings ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 29, 2016

PDP Governors back Makarfi

Following the crisis generated by the removal of Ali Modu-Sheriff as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governors ...

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Op-Ed EditorMay 28, 2016

Opinion: State governors and the truncation of governance at the local government level

By Ayodele lawal Adio In a landmark judgement by Justice Abdulfatai of the Lagos state high court, the erudite judged ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 23, 2016

I have no personal reason to support Sheriff- Wike

The Governor of River state and Chairman of the 2016 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention Planning Committee, Nyesom Wike has ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 21, 2016

Akpabio, Wike, other PDP governors insist that convention will go on

Despite a court order barring the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its national convention billed to hold in Port ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoMay 4, 2016

‘In death, we are one’ | APC governors vow to find perpertrators of Enugu massacre

Governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, under the aegis of Progressives Governors Forum, on Tuesday, May 3, pledged to ...

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Mazi EmekaApril 29, 2016

Economy meeting: Here’s what was discussed between Buhari and state governors

Despite the bailout funds made available to states by federal government, Nigerian Governors Forum, on Thursday, pushed for a new ...

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Azubuike AzikweApril 29, 2016

‘South East governors traded Ndigbo for crumbs’ – IPOB

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused South East governors and politicians of betraying Ndigbo for ‘crumbs’ from the ...

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Op-Ed EditorApril 23, 2016

Ugoji Egbujo: The cowardice of Okonjo-Iweala

Okonjo Iweala, the famed technocrat , has returned to the pulpit. The gospel of good governance, like that of Christ, ...

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Kolapo OlapojuApril 7, 2016

‘My father told me not to resign when my mother was abducted’ – Okonjo-Iweala

Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has revealed that her mother was abducted – simply because she urged former President, ...

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Mallam YeroMarch 26, 2016

Ali Modu Sheriff ‘has brought PDP back to life’

Serving Senators and former Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoFebruary 28, 2016

Opinion: The unstable Naira and the role of spendthrift Nigerian governors

The naira has been on a steady decline for the past few months. The disparity between rates at the Central ...

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Mazi EmekaFebruary 24, 2016

‘Those challenging Ali Modu Sheriff couldn’t win 10 percent of their states’ – Fayose

The opinionated governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, on Tuesday, called into question the political weight of several members of ...

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Kolapo OlapojuFebruary 6, 2016

Oshiomhole to Obasanjo: ‘You’re more of an emperor than Nigerian governors’

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole says former President, Olusegun Obasanjo is more deserving of being tagged an ’emperor’, than the ...

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Mazi EmekaFebruary 1, 2016

‘Some Nigerian governors live like emperors’ – Obasanjo

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, upbraided some Nigeria governors for living like emperors while asking Nigerian citizens to make ...

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Kolapo OlapojuJanuary 18, 2016

15 former governors, 4 ministers, others stole N1.34tr in 8 years – Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Development has revealed that state governors, ministers, business leaders, public officials and ...

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