Tag: Governors
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Nine APC, PDP governors, other dignitaries storm Ekiti for Fayemi’s 55th birthday
Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, was agog on Sunday for the 55th birthday of Governor John Kayode Fayemi. Governors, top politicians, monarchs, clerics, friends, students, farmers, the young and the elderly, gaily dressed market men and women as well as other well-wishers accompanied the governor to St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, Agere in the capital town.…
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Minimum wage: Labour prepares for showdown with 15 governors as deadline expires
Organized labour has commenced mobilization of workers in 15 states of the federation for a strike to press home demand for the full implementation of the new minimum wage of N30,000. The states, according to labour sources, are yet to demonstrate enough commitment in keying into the new dispensation. The bone of contention in most…
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Falana urges governors to enact laws for operation of Amotekun
Activist-Lawyer Femi Falana has advised Southwest governors to enact laws to legitimise Operation Amotekun. In a statement in Lagos on Tuesday, Falana urged the governors to forward a bill to the Houses of Assembly of their respective states for the establishment of Amotekun. The statement said: “In the absence of an enabling legal instrument for…
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Forget alternate security plans, Military tells governors after meeting Buhari
The military high command seems to have sealed the fate of state governments seeking to establish their own security outfit, with an admonition to such states on Friday to forget their move. The service chiefs, rising from a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, advised all Nigerians and other “stakeholders, local and state governments,…
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Amotekuun not different from IPOB – Northern Youths
The Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has faulted the creation of Amotekun in the South-West, claiming it is not different from the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). Recall tha TheNewsguru, TNG reported that the Amotekun was launched in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday as part of measures to curb crime in Yoruba land.…
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Buhari allays fears, says troops withdrawal from troubled communities will be gradual
President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that withdrawal of the military from areas where peace had been restored will not be done in a manner that will expose communities to more risks of attacks. The president said the withdraw exercise will be gradual and carefully planned, not abrupt or arbitrary to jeopardise the success already…
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Labour gears up, set to war with ‘disobedient’ governors
Organized Labour on Friday said it was ready to go to war with any governor that fails to implement the N30,000 minimum wage and the consequential adjustment that follows for workers in their states. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the new minimum wage Act into law on April 18, 2019. Six months after Buhari signed the…
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No state will pay less than N30,000 minimum wage – Governors
Nigeria governors said they cannot backtrack on their decision to pay the N30,000 minimum wage, describing it as “a settled matter”. NGF Chairman and Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi made the clarification in Abuja while answering questions from newsmen at the end of the forum meeting held at forum Secretariat in Abuja. Fayemi denied…
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‘Governors plotting to oust Oshiomhole, crown Yari as APC chair’
Former lawmaker representing Zamfara East Senatorial District, Kabir Marafa has said some governors are plotting to replace Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with AbdulAziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara state. Marafa made the statement while speaking with journalists in Zamfara on Friday. Marafa alleged that the governors are out to…
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Conviction of ex-govs: Is it only Christians that steal? – FFK asks Buhari
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, believes that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has only targetted former governors of Christian faith for corruption charges. In this post he shared on his Facebook page, he wondered if it is only Christians that are stealing. His post comes days after a Federal High Court in Lagos sentenced…