Tag: south south
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PIB: South-South Governors demand 10% for host community trust fund
…want NDDC funds escrowed till Buhari reconstitutes board Governors of the South-South States demanded an upward review of the provision of 2.5 percent as Host Community Trust Fund in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to 10 percent in the best interest of oil communities and the nation. The governors have also advised President Mohammadu Buhari…
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2023: Negotiate for power if you want it, Zulum tells South-South, South-East politicians
The Governor of Borno State, Prof Babagana Zulum on Friday advised politicians across the South South and South East region of the country to negotiate for power if they so desire as no other region will willingly hand it to them. The governor also said for the sake of fairness, power should return to the…
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APC appoints Oyegun chairman of South-South reconciliation committee
The Caretaker/ Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday appointed, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, as chairman of its South-South reconciliation committee. The was disclosed in a communique signed by the Secretary of the committee and an APC Chieftain from South-South, Lucky Imasuen shortly after a meeting of the party leaders from…
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Zamfara gold: Only a bastard won’t support resource control – Festus Keyamo
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has said any Niger Delta son that does not support resource control and fiscal federalism is a bastard of the region. Keyamo made the statement on Tuesday as Governors of the South South and leaders of the region met to state their position on the sales…
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UPDATE: Governors, people of South South demand restructuring, fiscal federalism
Governors and people of the South-South geopolitical zone have demanded for restructuring in line with the principle of true federalism, to guarantee peace, security and stability of Nigeria. The governors observed that the country is not at peace with itself and not working as it should, particularly, for the people of the South-South region. Chairman…
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Zamfara gold: South South leaders drop 7 demands on FG
Leaders in the South South region of Nigeria have dropped 7 demands on the federal government. The leaders made the demands at a Presidential meeting held in Port Harcourt following the sales of gold by the Zamfara State government to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Ambassador…
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FG stops South South Governors from meeting over Zamfara gold, Niger Delta oil
Leaders of the South South geopolitical zone have demanded public apology from the Federal Government over botched stakeholders meeting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Governors of the South South led by its Chairman and Governor of Delta, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, who were in Port Harcourt for the meeting, had informed the stakeholders comprising traditional rulers,…
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Democracy Day: Edwin Clark writes open letter to Buhari on alleged injustices to South South
LET US CALL A SPADE, A SPADE! OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, GCFR President and Commander-in-Chief, Federal Republic of Nigeria By Chief (Dr.) E. K. Clark, OFR, CON Mr. President, LET US CALL A SPADE, A SPADE! Let me, begin by, expressing earnest gratitude and appreciation to Mr. President, for congratulating me, both on…
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The crab mentality and the minority junction of Nigerian politics – Mideno Bayagbon
By Mideno Bayagbon I have spent countless hours pondering over the crab mentality among politicians from the Niger Delta region. It surprises me to no end, how they self immolate, inflict damages on themselves, their peers and their zone with selfish impunity. It usually starts out from failure to understand that there is unity in…
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Edwin Clark: Celebrating Nigeria’s encyclopedia of political anatomy @93
By Emman Ovuakporie It was in November 2007 that I met Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark at the Denis Osadebey Government House in Benin City for the first time as a career journalist. The news just filtered in that the voice of the South South was in government house to visit the then governor of the…