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Edwin Clark Criticizes Northern Governors’ Opposition to Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bills

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:30:55 +0000

Elder statesman and leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Edwin Clark, has condemned the opposition by the 19 northern governors to President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform bills, insisting that the reforms must proceed. Clark expressed his views on Sunday during an appearance on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political program aired on Channels [...]

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Northern Governors Clarify Stance on Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bill

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:00:33 +0000

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has stated that Northern governors cannot oppose President Bola Tinubu, whom he described as a leader they collectively helped to elect. This comes amid reports of Northern governors rejecting aspects of a tax reform bill sent to the National Assembly by President Tinubu’s administration. In a communiqué issued Monday, the [...]

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Northern Governors Oppose New Derivation Model for VAT Distribution in Tax Bill

Temitope Nlewemchi — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:15:25 +0000

The recent proposal for a new derivation model for the distribution of Value Added Tax (VAT) has faced strong opposition from governors in Nigeria’s northern states. As discussions surrounding the tax bill intensify, the northern governors have expressed their concerns over the implications of the proposed changes on revenue allocation and economic equity among the [...]

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Bipartisan Efforts to Combat Malnutrition in Northern Nigeria Highlighted at Policy Dialogue

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 12:00:35 +0000

In a landmark moment of bipartisan, national, and sub-national cooperation, the Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health, has brought critical focus to the escalating issue of malnutrition in Northern Nigeria. At a policy dialogue organized by the Athena Centre, held at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja on Thursday, [...]

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Northern Governors Forum: Meeting After Meeting

Adewale A. — Sat, 04 May 2024 19:19:00 +0000

Northern Governors went to America for a security meeting for 3 weeks, came back to Nigeria to hold another meeting in Kaduna, then issued a communique signed by Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya whose state the people are crying for portable water and blackout while he is building a N14billion Governor’s lodge. In the communique [...]

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Electricity: Northern Governors Are Playing With Fire – Yahaya Moh’d Usman

Adewale A. — Sat, 04 May 2024 19:05:20 +0000

The issue of lack of electricity that has pervaded almost all northern states is a national security risk that Northern Governors are playing with, if they do not do something to resolve it, it has the potential to unite the masses with a call to action across the North and even Nigeria. Recall how Endsars [...]

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Akeredolu Carpets Northern Governors Over Stance On Rotational Presidency

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 20:00:11 +0000

The Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Monday, disclosed that the Northern Governors’ Forum was merely exercising its rights to freedom of expression over its stance on 2023 presidency. Akeredolu, emphasised that the resolution reached by the northern governors who unanimously condemned the statement by the Southern [...]

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2023: It’s Not Constitutional For South To Demand On Producing Next President, Says Northern Governors

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 19:30:24 +0000

The Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said that the South’s insistence on producing the next president of Nigeria, contradicts the provisions of the constitution. They stated their position after a meeting in Kaduna on Monday. In a communique signed by the Governor of Plateau State and Chairman of the Forum, Simon Lalong, the governors said [...]

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2023: Shehu Sani Tackles Edo Deputy Governor, Shuaibu Over Alleged Secession Comments

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:00:02 +0000

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has condemned threat of secession reportedly attributed to the Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shuaibu on the event that power does not shift to the south in 2023. Shehu Sani, who was reacting to the alleged comment on Wednesday, also noted that the reported threats and intimidation against the [...]

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I Did Not Wish For The End Of PDP – Kashim Shettima

David Folami — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:00:31 +0000

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has denied saying that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should be banned in Nigeria. Shettima was reported to have made the comment on Tuesday, January 3, during a visit to Benue State. The report was denied via a statement issued by Shettima’s Special Adviser on Communications and Strategy, Isa Gusau. [...]

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Northern Governors Set To Begin Oil And Gas Exploration In The Northeast In 2016

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 12:05:08 +0000

The New Nigeria Development Company (NNDC) owned by the 19 Northern States of Nigeria, on Friday, said it would begin oil and gas exploration in the north-east in the first quarter of 2016. Chairman of the company, Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu, stated this while briefing journalists at NNDC’s 47th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Kaduna. According [...]

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Pro-Biafra Protests: Northern State Governors Condemn Onitsha Violence, Take Firm Measures To Prevent Spillover

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 22:28:30 +0000

Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) comprising governors of the 19 northern states, yesterday condemned Wednesday’s violence in Onitsha, Anambra State as a result of activities of members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), calling for calm as well as preventive measures against any [...]

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Sultan Challenges Northern Governors To Produce Billions Of Naira Collected For IDPs Welfare

Wale Adebayo — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 10:54:27 +0000

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Monday challenged Northern states’ governors to bring out the several billions of Naira collected for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the region. Speaking at the opening of the 2nd General Assembly of the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council in Kaduna, the monarch said, “People are suffering, billions of [...]

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