Posts tagged as: Governors

The Illegality And Unstainability Of Pensions For Ex-Governors And their Deputies

By Ibru Nejuvie LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State who first courageously mooted the idea of scrapping the obnoxious and homogous pensions for Ex-Governors and their deputies in Lagos State.Apparently, his courage and convictions was put to test after external forces began to pressure him to forgo that line of […]

Crisis Looms In APC As Governors Split Over Bola Tinubu’s 2023 Presidential Ambition

LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, a fresh crisis is brewing in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, to suc­ceed President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s next leader. Even though Tinubu is yet to for­mally declare his interest in the pres­idential […]

PDP Spokesman Accuses Buhari Govt Of Using Security Agents To ‘Intimidate’ Govs To Join APC

LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWRANGERS)-The spokesperson of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, has alleged that the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is going about intimidating governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party to join the APC. While appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today monitored by […]

EndSARS: Police Urge Court To Halt Judicial Panels’ Probes

LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja praying for an order stopping the various states’ judicial panels of enquiry probing allegations of rights abuses and other acts of brutality of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police tactical units. The plaintiff in the […]

Lagos: Sanwo-Olu Proposes Abolition Of Payment Of Pensions To Ex-Govs, Deputies

LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has proposed to abolish the controversial pension and entitlements law of 2007 that approved payments of pensions and other ridiculous entitlements to former governors and deputy governors of the state. Sanwo-Olu made his intentions public when he presented the N1.154 trillion 2021 budget estimates to […]

Oshiomhole Breaks APC Govs’ Forum’s Rank, Wins Support Of 13 Governors

LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There may be temporal respite for the embattled national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, as he has won the support of 13 APC Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) after breaking their ranks. A reliable source close to the pro-Oshiomhole governors’ camp told Daily Sun in confidence that as […]

Crime War: Joints South West Region Security Outfit Sets To Kick Off

LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Western Region Of Nigeria Security Outfit codenamed Operation Amotekun (leopard).is  billed to be inaugurated in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, was the outcome of a security summit organised by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria for the region’s six governors last year to tackle the kidnappings, ritual killings and other violent […]

APC Chieftain Goes To Court, Seeks Third Term For Buhari, Governors, Others

LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi state, Hon. Charles Oko Enya, has beseeched a Federal High Court in Abakiliki, Ebonyi state, to direct the National Assembly and the Attorney-General of the Federation and minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to expunge constitutional clauses barring elected President and […]

Bayelsa, Kogi Polls: IGP wWithdraws Security Aides From Governors, Politicians

LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed that with effect from Friday, 15th November, 2019, all security aides attached to the Governors, their Deputies and all other public office holders, politicians and any other personality involved in the elections in the Bayelsa and Kogi States be withdrawn until the conclusion […]

Buhari Orders Forensic Audit Of NDDC Activities From 2001-2019

LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday ordered a forensic audit of the operations of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from 2001 to 2019. The President was worried by the persistent criticisms of the operations of the NDDC. Buhari gave the directive while receiving governors of the states that make up the Commission […]

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