Amaechi To LGA Chairmen, Use Council Funds Wisely



Amaechi To LGA Chairmen, Use Council Funds Wisely
The Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has enjoined council chairmen in the 23 Local Government Areas of the state to ensure the proper use of council funds for the benefit of their people.
Governor Amaechi gave the charge at the weekend during the commissioning ceremony of an 8,000-sitting capacity Gokana Central Stadium complex in Gokana Local Government Area of the state.

Yobe State Local Government Election

Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Geidam, on Saturday, declared that the successful conduct of local government election in the state has proven the Federal Government and the INEC wrong over earlier fears that election may not hold in states under emergency.

CNPP To APC: Stop Admitting PDP members

CNPP To APC: Stop Admitting PDP members
CNPP To APC: Stop Admitting PDP members
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, has faulted the admission of more Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, decampees into the All Progressives Congress, APC.

It, therefore, called on the APC to stop further admission of PDP members to avoid returning Nigeria into a one party state.

Amaechi- Rivers State PDP ask Governor To Pay Youths

Amaechi over SURE-P
 Amaechi- Rivers State PDP ask Governor To Pay Youths
Amaechi over SURE-P

 Amaechi- Rivers State PDP ask Governor To Pay YouthsRivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described as criminal and unacceptable, the alleged conversion of the Federal Government’s oil Subsidy Reinvestment Programme, SURE-P, to membership hunting enterprise for All Progressives Congress, APC.

Amaechi - Why We Don't Need SWF

Amaechi - Why We Don't Need SWF
By Daniel Abia  -  Snr Correspondent, P/Harcourt

Gov. Rotimi Amaechi

As controversy over the setting up the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) continued to rage with the 36 states of the federation telling to the Supreme Court during the week that talks aimed at amicably resolving the issue had collapsed and urged the court to proceed with the hearing of the case, it has now been revealed real reason most states are opposed to the institution of the fund.

Gov, of Kano,- APC can stop Jonathan

Gov, of Kano,- APC can stop Jonathan

By  Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North

Governor Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State is a lucky politician. After winning the first term in 1999, he lost out in 2003 but returned to his seat in 2011 to continue from where he stopped. His imprints are all over Kano and he does not seem to be in a hurry to give up his fight to reposition the state, even after crossing from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress, APC. After one hour interaction with Sunday Vanguard at the expansive Government House, Kano, Kwankwaso gives an insight into his kind of politics, his developmental strides and defended his defection to the APC.
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