Taraba state governor Agbu Kefas has said that he inherited an empty treasury from his predecessor, Darius Ishaku. Speaking on Monday while declaring open a five-day workshop on professional development for secretaries in ministry, departments, and agencies (MDAs) in Jalingo, the state capital, the governor said, despite the challenging financial situation, he made sure that…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Saturday, met with former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal and Yakubu Dogara, former Speaker, House of Representatives in the state. According to THISDAY newspaper, Dogara and Lawal, who are top chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC), met behind closed-doors with Governor Wike of…
Rivers State governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike has said that for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must unite to win the 2023 elections. The governor spoke on Monday in an interview with journalists during a visit to former National Caretaker Chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi at his residence in Kaduna. He said the ruling…
Rivers state governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said that there will be challenges with implementation, financial autonomy for the judiciary. This, according to him, is because the executive and not the judiciary is responsible for presenting the budget to the legislature. Speaking on Thursday while commissioning of the industrial court judges quarters in Porthacourt, Wike said,…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Prof. Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Aina succeeds Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, whose two-term tenure expires on July 31, 2026. In a statement, Bayo Onanuga, Presidential spokesman, described Aina who will be 40 in July, as a distinguished academic and systems…
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed an application by the federal government, seeking to extradite Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), to the United States to face criminal charges. Kyari is wanted in the United States over alleged conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft. Delivering judgment on Monday,…
