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Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has urged President Muhammadu Buhari administration to talk about the renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, over his alleged link to bandits. The Governor said this while speaking on the rearrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. …

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has rejected the position of the Southern governors that the 2023 presidency should be zoned to the Southern part of the country, arguing that the presidency is a democratic office and not a rotational position. In its response yesterday to Monday’s ‘Lagos Declaration’, the Forum …

An anti-terrorism simulation will hold at the National Stadium and Abuja Metro Station today. Please stay away from those locations and do not panic.

Governor Dapo Abiodun has said the bad roads in Ogun State cannot completed in the next 20 years. Abiodun said this on Tuesday while addressing the people of Iberekodo and Arakanga, in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the State. Gov Abiodun said the condition of the roads in the …

At the virtual meeting of Northern Governors Forum held on February 9, 2021, the members unanimously resolved to ban open grazing. According to the communique issued at the end of the meeting, it was stated that the Forum noted with concern “the growing wave of insecurity in the country particularly …

Your Excellency Mr. President, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of my colleague, the Honourable Minister of State for Works and Housing, Engineer Abubakar D. Aliyu, the serving and previous Permanent Secretaries, serving and previous directors and members of staff of the Ministry of Works and Housing, I am delighted …

  GOV ORTOM BACKS SOUTHERN GOVERNORS OVER ANTI-OPEN GRAZING LAWS, ROTATIONAL PRESIDENCY Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom describes the decision of Southern Governors Forum to enact laws to ban open grazing of livestock in the region as a bold and patriotic move that will bring to an end the lingering …

Southern Reps back region’s govs on 2023 presidency, PIB, Electoral Act Members of the House of Representatives from the southern part of Nigeria have adopted the resolutions by the Southern Governors’ Forum on the Petroleum Industry Bill, Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill and the rotation of the Presidency in 2023. Chairman …

  Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, elderstatesman and Second Republic presidential liaison officer to former President Shehu Shagari in this interview with Newsextra24, speaks on the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), debate on a new constitution for the country and other issues. Excerpts: Several …

of North-East Governors’ Forum, Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, and his colleagues in the North-East have arrived Jalingo for a two-day meeting. Zulum was received by the Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Haruna Manu, at Danbaba Suntai airport. Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State and his entourage also arrived …