Tag: South South Governors
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Ayade absent as South South govs move to join suit against FG on VAT, launch own security outfit ‘very soon’
Governors of the South-South have resolved that states in the region should join the suit filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) challenging the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) by states.
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Wike hosts South South Governors in Rivers
Governors of the South-South region of the country are meeting in Rivers State. The meeting, hosted by
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Wike to Akpabio: I’ll teach you a lesson if you talk ill of Rivers, South South Govs again
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has threatened to teach the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio a lesson if he dares talk ill of his state (Rivers) or South South Governors in general. The Governor, who spoke on Friday when he inaugurated an office complex his administration built for the Trade Union Congress (TUC)…
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Onnoghen’s CCT trial: South South Governors hold emergency meeting today
Six governors of the South-South region have called an emergency meeting to discuss the planned arraignment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. The governors said they felt duty-bound to prevent the development from escalating in a country with jarring ethnic and tribal fault lines. “It is a grave and dangerous escalation,…