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A senior lawyer and human rights advocate, Femi Falana, has blamed some state government’s neglect for the basic education for the alarming rate of out-of-school children in the country, which is estimated at 20 million. A document he obtained from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in response to his …

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will today hold its inaugural meeting in the new political dispensation to deliberate on the state of their party and the unfolding events in the country. The meeting is the first meeting of the Forum since Bauchi State Governor …

Barring any last minute changes, there are strong indications that five ex-governors will feature in the President Bola Tinubu’s Ministerial list of nominees to be sent to the Senate for approval between now and next week. The President has less than 20 days left out of the 60 allowed by …

Some state governors have voiced their dismay over Nigeria’s escalating debt profile, with fears that the country could face severe consequences if immediate measures are not taken to reverse the trend. The governors spoke yesterday at the sidelines of the 2023 induction for re-elected and elected governors with the theme: …

Borno state Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has said the ruling All Progressives Congress APC will rely on President Muhammadu Buhari, its governors and other party leaders to decide on who emerges as the presidential flag-bearer of the party ahead of the 2023 general election. According to him, contending interests …

GOVERNORS, EX-GOVS, OTHERS MEET IN LAGOS OVER INSECURITY, 2023 POLLS Political leaders comprising former and incumbent governors, ex-senators as well as business leaders met in a seminar in Lagos on Saturday to discuss issues bordering on the state of the nation. While the highlight of the seminar tagged ‘2022 Group …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has declared that none of its members is involved in the alleged diversion of funds meant for local government administration in their states. While condemning the suppression of local government through funds diversion, the governors challenged the Federal Government to publish names of …

A report has said 15 states in Nigeria may go bankrupt as their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) in 2015 were far below 10% of their Federation Account Allocations (FAA) in one year from June 2015 to May 2016. ‎An investigation by the Economic Confidential, further indicates that the IGR of …

Governors of Nigeria’s 36 states are seeking to access about $3.2 billion from the World Bank to curtail the fiscal challenge faced across the states, the governors’ forum has said. The revelation was made on Thursday morning by some of the governors after their meeting at the Banquet Hall of …