Governors
SERAP to governors, Wike: Disclose details of Chinese loans, liabilities, repayments
Following the brouhaha that erupted over alleged breach of agreement between Ogun State Government and a Chinese company which caused Nigeria an international...
Five more ex-governors make Tinubu’s second ministerial list
Five more former governors have been included in list of President Bola Tinubu’s second batch of ministerial nominees sent to the Senate on...
Endemic poverty among Nigerians, FG spanks governors for neglecting people’s welfare for bogus projects
...Sokoto State is ranked highest, closely followed by oil-rich Bayelsa in the poverty scale
774 councils’ autonomy gets judicial stamp as court bars governors from tampering with their funds
A landmark judgment was delivered on Monday in Abuja barring state governors from controlling and disbursing local government funds across the country. Persecondnews...
Buhari, APC Governors in virtual meeting
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a virtual meeting with Governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The...
COVID-19: Compel 36 governors to fund healthcare with security votes, SERAP urges court
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken the 36 state governors to court asking for an order to ccompel...
El-Rufai orders removal of roadblocks at state boundaries
Kaduna State Government on Monday directed that all roadblocks at the various boundaries of the state be dismantled and replaced by barricades that...
Judiciary, legislature autonomy: Governors stall gazetting of Executive Order 10 by FG
The Federal Government is to delay the gazetting of Presidential Executive Order 10 that gave autonomy to state legislature and the judiciary...
COVID-19: Buhari holds first virtual interactive session with governors
Sequel to the cancellation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s scheduled broadcast today, the President on Monday held the first-ever virtual...
NDDC has become a cash cow for politicians – Wike
Says Niger Delta Governors demanded for forensic audit due to massive rot in commission Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that...
Probe governors, council chairs for ‘pocketing’ LGA allocations, SERAP tells Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to “direct the Attorney General...
SERAP seeks travel ban for Nigerian governors jailing journalists, others
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) Wednesday wants US President Donald Trump to exercise his constitutional powers “pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations...
Bailouts: Governors reject N162m monthly repayment plan
The governors under the platform of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) have rejected the proposed plan by the Federal Government to extend...
PDP governors’ visit Buhari in the dead of night, says Wike
Speaking at the at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Emohua, during the funeral service of the mother of a PDP leader in the state,...
Insecurity: Southwest, Southeast Governors in Crackdown on Herdsmen, Arms-carrying
In a desperate move to stop killing of people by bandits, Southeast governors have banned AK-47 rifles and other lethal weapons among herdsmen...
Governors meet over NFIU guidelines, SDGs, others
Governors of the 36 States of the Federation under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) met in Abuja Wednesday night. Top...
