Tag: Governors

“Insecurity, next phase of our struggle” – Tinubu tells VP, Govs.

Aminu Imam
Tinubu tells VP, Govs.

President Bola Tinubu, yesterday in Lagos, said his administration will intensify efforts to tackle the challenges of insecurity across various parts of the country, assuring that the safety and well-being of citizens featured at the meetings held in the United Kingdom. President Tinubu, who hosted the Vice-President Kashim Shettima and 23 state governors at his Lagos home for the Eid el-Fitr, said that he had followed up on support for modern security interventions with French President, Emmanuel Macron. He said: “Your presence here today and the number show your sincerity,…

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Public Funds Usage: “Hold Govs., LGs accountable, don’t bombard me alone” – Tinubu urges Media

Aminu Imam
Asiwaju on Public Funds

President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian media executives to extend their scrutiny beyond the Federal Government and hold state governors and local government authorities accountable for the use of public funds. The President made the call on Friday, during an interfaith breaking of fast he hosted for media proprietors, editors, and executives at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The event brought together leaders from the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON). Tinubu highlighted his administration’s reforms to…

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2027: Cold war rocks APC, as Govs. move to clip lawmakers’ wings 

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Cold war rocks APC

A fresh power struggle is brewing within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as governors elected on the party’s platform are reportedly scheming to “get their pound of flesh” from senators and members of the House of Representatives over what they perceive as betrayal on recent amendments to the Electoral Act and other grievances. According to reports, the simmering cold war between APC governors and federal lawmakers from their respective states escalated over the weekend after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hinted at his desire to see the return of most…

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2027: “We don’t need Govs. to mobilise support for Tinubu” – Wike

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FCT Police urge NLC2

…Launches pro-Tinubu radio station in Rivers Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said supporters of President Bola Tinubu in Rivers State do not require the involvement of state governors to mobilise political support ahead of the 2027 general election. Wike stated this  yesterday, at the inauguration of the Port-Harcourt office of the ‘Renewed Hope Ambassadors’, a political support group. According to him, existing political structures in the state are sufficient to organise independently. He said, “We don’t need a governor to mobilise us. We have senators,…

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Kaduna: Govs. absent, as NWDC holds inaugural summit 

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NWDC KD summit

Reports indicate that the maiden North-West Stakeholders Development Summit, (NWDC), held on January 31, 2026, at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Conference Centre in Kaduna, was overshadowed by the absence of all seven state governors from the region.  According to reports, none of the governors from Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Kebbi, Sokoto, or Zamfara attended the summit in person. While the governors themselves did not attend, they were  reportedly  represented by their Deputies, Secretaries to the State Government (SSG), or Commissioners. It was gathered that the Protem-Chairman of the Northern Reconciliation…

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Bago backs single-term tenure for Governors

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Bago backs single term

Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago, of Niger state, has supported a single-term in office for state governors, for good governance. The Governor, who has spent two years in his first term in office, did not however recommend the duration of the single-term, or the effective year for the take-off. Bago, who was speaking at the swearing-in of newly appointed Commissioners and new local government council chairmen and their deputies, as well as some permanent secretaries and members of some Boards and Agencies, observed that looking for a second-term in office is…

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Controversy over Local Govt’s fiscal autonomy lingers

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Tinubu, AGF, Governors

…As Tinubu, AGF, Governors clash over implementation The debate over the fiscal autonomy of Nigeria’s 774 local governments continues, despite last year’s Supreme Court ruling affirming their independence.  Recent remarks by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during a New Year homage by State governors and Vice-President Kashim Shettima have fueled the controversy, raising questions about the autonomy’s implementation. Recall that President Tinubu, while emphasising grassroots development, has reiterated that there was no disagreement with the State governors over autonomy. However, he urged them to ensure local governments fulfill their mandate, calling…

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INEC faults SERAP over prosecution of Govs, Deputies as electoral offenders

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has faulted the Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP on its alleged neglect and non-prosecution of offenders arising from the 2023 General Election, especially Governors and Deputies found wanting for violations of electoral laws, describing the assertion by SERAP as misleading. INEC in a statement by a National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun said the allegations are untrue and fly in the face of facts already in the public domain. INEC stressed that Governors and Deputy Governors have constitutional…

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Supreme Court reserves judgement in Govs suit seeking to scrap EFCC

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S'Court reserves judgement in EFCC

Nigeria’s Supreme Court has reserved judgement in a suit filed by 16 state governments challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and others. According reports, a 7-member panel of justices presided over by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, yestetday reserved the matter after the lawyers in the matter argued their applications. The suit, which was originally filed by the Kogi State Government through its Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, had other states seeking to join as co-plaintiffs. The States that joined in the suit,…

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Booting of Northern Traditional Institutions, Dereliction of Duties by the Leaders and Security Implications for the Regio,

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Sultan Sa'ad Abubakar III

By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir The Northern States of Nigeria, especially the North West geopolitical area is today a war zone with citizens mown down in cold blood in hundreds and villages sacked at will with residents daily kidnapped for ransom and many more sold into captivity and slavery. All are not unconnected with near absence of good governance. With each transition since return to democracy or civil rule, the situation gets worse especially in the last 17 years. Sadly, the Northern Governors seem almost bereaved of ideas on how to…

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