GOVERNORS

Worried by the security challenges facing the country, 16 state governors have endorsed the establishment of state police. The National Economic Council (NEC) disclosed this on Thursday in a report submitted to the Council at its…

Governors of 36 states of the federation have debunked the alleged disbursement of the sum of N243.8 billion to states as Paris Club refund. NGF secretariat disclosed this in a statement issued by its Head, Media and Public Affairs,…

Presidency has on Monday faulted the recent resolutions of southern governors, including the ban on open grazing in the entire southern part of the country. It would be recalled that state governors in the South resolved to ban open…

Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, Governor Kayode Fayemi, has announced that governors will take the COVID-19 vaccine on live television to demonstrate that the vaccine is safe for use. Governor Fayemi made this known on Friday to…

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has urged journalists to hold government officials accountable, rather than give them awards on the basis of “friendship”. Wike made this known on Friday when the national leadership of the…

Elder statesman, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has called on governors, in states where protests against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) forced declaration of curfews, to immediately demand the withdrawal of soldiers deployed by the Federal…

President Muhammadu Buhari has met with members of National Food Security Council (NFSC) in the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja on Thursday, September 10. The meeting, which is being attended by six out of the seven…

President Muhammadu Buhari has on Monday met with the six state governors from the Northeast of the country and security chiefs. The meeting which is currently holding at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, is part of efforts to curtail the…

President Buhari has charged Governors to work closely with COVID-19 Presidential Task Force (PTF) in order to foster better harmony and join forces in keeping the coronavirus at bay. The President said this during an online meeting…

Governors of the 36 States in Nigeria have on Wednesday unanimously agreed to the implementation of an inter-state lockdown in the country over the next two weeks to mitigate the spread of the pandemic COVID-19 virus from State to State.…

Federal Government of Nigeria has said state governors will henceforth be in charge of the distribution of palliative measures in their respective states. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,…

Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu. Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has said 90 percent of COVID-19 patients recover without any…

Chairman of Nigeria Governors' Forum and Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi. Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has advised citizens to quarantine themselves if they observe symptoms of the virus. The forum said this on February 28…

Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II Emir of Kano Sanusi Lamido Sanusi ll has said the northern region is at the verge of destroying itself, if the leadership attitude does not change. He sounded this warning to northern Nigerian…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared winners in 22 of the 29 states where the governorship election held on March 9. The ruling party- All Progressives Congress (APC)won 13 states ahead of the Peoples…