Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-West, on Friday, cautioned presidential aspirants from the zone to guard against their utterances while campaigning for the party’s ticket. It was learnt that the meeting, which was held behind closed doors at the Lagos House, Marina, also resolved that name calling and other […]
…says NJC lacks authority to sanction erring officers TheChairmanof NigeriaGovernors’Forum (NGF) Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said governors fund the police more than the Federal Government. The Ekiti State governor, who spoke at a multi-stakeholders summit on peace and inclusive security organised by the NGF in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy & Development, said governors […]
…says we helped Buhari sack PDP Ndubuisi Ugah The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has recounted how he assisted some former and current governors in the Southwest to reclaim their mandates at the courts. Tinubu, a presidential hopeful on the platform of APC, disclosed this when he […]
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Friday signed the 2022 Appropriation Act of N100, 753,993,241.60K into law with a promise to complete all ongoing legacy projects and consolidate on other achievements recorded in the past three years. The 2022 Appropriation Act, christened ‘Budget of Legacy and Consolidation’, was presented to the governor by the […]
The Ekiti state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has said that his government would establish another five model colleges to replace those that had been returned to missionaries. The governor spoke in Ado Ekiti on Friday while commissioning a model school named after an elder statesman and former Chairman, Standing Committee for the creation of Ekiti […]
Ekiti State Government recently created additional 19 Local Councils Development Areas (LCDAs) to the existing 16 local governments in the state. The government said the objective of the decision is for development purposes and to bring government nearer to the people. But the LCDA creation has generated a lot of controversies and resentment as some […]
SWAGA, a political group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in support of the 2023 Presidential ambition of APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is currently engaged in supremacy battle with another group loyal to Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, known as ‘JKF Tokantokan’. The South-West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA) which was launched […]
Governors of the 36 states of the country have disagreed with the Federal Government over the ownership of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) recently passed by the National Assembly. The governors, who met yesterday under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) said they support the […]
Though state governors have, at regional and partisan levels, proffered solutions to the nation’s security challenges, Nigerians are, however, of the opinion that such can have much impact if it comes from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), the umbrella body of Nigeria’s governors, writes ONYEKACHI EZE For Nigeria’s former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and one […]
Ekiti State Muslim Ummah has cried out over alleged ploy by some power brokers and stakeholders in the judiciary to manipulate issues and pave way for the dethronement of the Alawo of Awo Ekiti, Oba Abdulazees Olaleye. The Muslims, who addressed newsmen in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, via the National Council of Muslim Youth Organisation […]