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 News -- Governors who may not come back in 2007   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The calculation within the political circles in the sunshine state is that the governor has deviated from some of the campaign promises he made prior to his election in 2003 when he dislodged the former governor, Adebayo adefarati.
The manifestation of the rating of the present government in the state came to the fore recently during the visit of the former governor, Adefarati to the state.
His opponent from the PDP in the next election is said to cut across not only among the people of the state but some of the present crops of governors who have pledged their support for his victory at the poll.
odili.net /news/source/2006/jan/28/621.html   (1148 words)

  
 Nigeria
State broadcasters and journalists remain important tools for civilian governors; these officials use the state-owned media to showcase the state's accomplishments and to stress the extent to which their states are in political accord with the Government.
Many states allow the teaching of Koranic or Biblical knowledge in primary and secondary schools; however, in almost all states with religious minorities, there are reports that students are forced to take classes that violate their religious principles.
State authorities claim that students are permitted to decline to attend these classes or to request a teacher of their own religion to provide alternative instruction.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/index.cfm?docid=700   (18223 words)

  
 Vanguard - Cover Stories : Constitution: S-West, S-East, North-East back 3rd term
Governor Danjuma Goje of Gombe State was asked by the compere to deliver the opening remarks on behalf of the governors, apparently on the prompting of the Senate Leader, Alhaji Sarki Tafida.
Governor Bukar Abba Ibrahim in his submission said the restriction on the tenure of the president and the state governors should either be expunged from the constitution or a single tenure of six years only should replace the present provision of two-term tenure of four years each.
Governors Sam Egwu of Ebonyi State (the host), Governors Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu State, Governor Achike Udenwa of Imo State and Governor Chris Ngige of Anambra State led delegations from their various states while their Abia State counterpart, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu was conspicuously absent.
www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/cover/february06/23022006/f323022006.html   (2598 words)

  
 PEOPLE AND POLITICS BY MOHAMMED HARUNA
Long before then the governor had queried the emir for traveling locally and abroad without as much as informing the chairman of his local government or the governor, never mind seeking their permission.
For example, he has often been heard to boast that many an emir have seen the back of governors who challenged their authority, and if Kure thought he would be an exception, he would need to think again, especially since he has only two odd years left as governor.
I am reliably informed that recently, he, for example, pleaded with the governor to appoint Alhaji Suleimanu Barau, whom the kingmakers had preferred, the Chief Liberian of the soon to be established state university.
www.gamji.com /haruna/haruna110.htm   (2048 words)

  
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The realit y is that we are confronted by the grave crisis of a neo-colonial capitalist state operated by anti-poor political elites both in the legislature and the executive.
The heads of state noted that in the spirit of partnership and development co-operation the invitation from the Director General of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) to host the third meeting of the summit\'94 (NEPAD) \'93 in Rome, Italy during the food submit in 2002 has\'85\'85..been accepted\'94.
Things are so bad that even frontline state apparatuses like the army, police, immigration, prisons, etc, are increasingly finding it impossible to pay the salaries and allowances of their non-commissioned officers as well as the allowanc es of their pensioners.
www.socialistnigeria.org /downloads/2002/perspectives2002.rtf   (19108 words)

  
 Assessing States and Universities in Nigeria
I guess that is what some state governors and university vice-chancellors in Nigeria have been saying in recent days – except that the subject matter is quality of governance and education in their states and universities rather than in Chemistry and in English.
Haruna said some governors had taken the award philosophically, "particularly some of us who allowed ourselves to be visited, unlike governors in AD-controlled states who shut their doors to everybody because they knew the likely outcome of the media tour".
Furthermore, it is interesting to note that all of the states that were awarded "Excellence in Education" medals were recently listed as part of the 26 "educationally disadvantaged" in Nigeria and hence in need of preferential treatment.
www.nigerdeltacongress.com /articles/assessing_states_and_universitie.htm   (2994 words)

  
 CORRUPTION: EFCC names 31 governors •15 in court next week - Economic and Financial Crimes Commission - EFCC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The EFCC boss who stormed the chamber about 12 noon yesterday told the senate that 31 serving governors alleged to be involved in money laundering, diversion of council's fund misappropriation of state fund are being investigated by the commission.
He told the Senate that one of the former governors had since disappeared from the country, adding that the commission was working with some relevant foreign agencies on his whereabouts.
According to Ribadu, the commission's investigation showed that most of the governors misappropriated both the state and council funds in connivance with the council chairmen.
www.efccnigeria.org /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1051&Itemid=2   (350 words)

  
 Neutralizing Qaddafi: Containing Libyan Aggression
In the future Libyans will be obliged to purchase all their needs at the state owned supermarkets which are being constructed in every urban center According to Qaddafils political The revolutionary committees Overnight, Libyan cab No compensation was offered to the 14 These policies have spawned major problems.
The state supermarkets lack an organized distribution network and, consequently, bottlenecks and shortages are commonplace.
State of the Union 2007: Recognizing the Threat of Strategic Oil Dependency by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. January 24, 2007
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 News -- Indivisible Northern governors divided over Third Term
Whereas its Chairman, Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki, in a communiqué read to newsmen at the end of the well-attended meeting said the governors could not reach a consensus on the ongoing constitution amendment process, four other governors addressed a press conference specifically condemning an extra tenure for the President.
The party chairman spoke during a visit to him by a delegation of PDP members in Plateau State and reiterated that the PDP position was to support the proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution.
Boni Haruna of Adamawa State and Prince Ajene, deputy governor of Benue State.
odili.net /news/source/2006/apr/28/200.html   (1141 words)

  
 Not All Governors Are Corrupt – Ribadu
The governors also on Thursday replaced the chairman of their forum, the Akwa Ibom State governor, Obong Victor Attah, who is pursuing a presidential ambition.
The stage for the change in baton of the leadership of the Governor’s Forum was in Abuja, at an emergency parley they held immediately after the Council of State meeting.
Kebbi State Governor, Adamu Aliero, announced the change to reporters, having "deliberated extensively on the leadership of the Governors Forum and resolved that we should change it.
www.independentngonline.com /news/44/ARTICLE/12143/2006-09-29.html   (715 words)

  
 Ezekwesili, Mimiko, 10 others on new cabinet list * Senate begins screening today - OnlineNigeria.com
She was the wife of the late military governor of the old South Eastern State, Brig.- Gen. J.
He was Commissioner for Education in Edo State between 1992 and 1993, a member of the 1995 Constitutional Conference and was a member of the Governing Council of the University of Jos between 1999 and 2004.
Tapgun made his name as Governor of the old Plateau State in the Third Republic and was subsequently, Nigerian Ambassador to Kenya between 2000 until his recall to head the President’s re-election campaign in 2002.
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 Breaking News: Nigerian Governors Indicted - Nairaland
Jigawa: Governor accused of diversion of funds and using stolen funds to sponsor pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for hajj.Kwara: Former Kwara Governor Muhammad Lawal being investigated.
He cited the governor’s mother, the governor and his daughter, brothers and personal aides in the alleged illegal siphoning of the state’s resources.He described Zamfara State as one of the worst cases facing the commission with the governor of the state, Yerima Sani, fingered as being involved in direct stealing of state funds.
Governor Tinubu’s case, the EFCC boss said, was, however, of an international dimension.
www.nairaland.com /nigeria/topic-25031.0.html   (3069 words)

  
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In Borno State, he added that the governor and the local council chairmen were being investigated for allegedly diverting funds.
The EFCC chairman said that in Imo State, Udenwa engaged in the extortion of N56m from each of the state’s 24 local councils as contribution for a road construction project that was abandoned a long time ago.
Ribadu said that the Rivers State Governor, Dr. Peter Odili, was also being investigated along with three local council chairmen for alleged embezzlement and diversion of public funds.
www.againstbabangida.com /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=253&Itemid=0   (1361 words)

  
 Vanguard - Cover Stories : Okogie, Oritsajefor, others warn: Those who killed our people must not go scot free
At least 35 churches were burnt in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State and one reverend father and many Pentecostal pastors dead.
There is also the school of thought that believes that the perpetrators of the mayhem in that part of the country may also have derived their script from outside this country to reduce the number of Christians in Nigeria or at best frighten them from the proposed national population census scheduled for March.
Mike Gajere, was killed during the protest in the Borno State capital, said the incident showed the protesters “as intolerant, aggressive, and unaccommodating,” berating the Federal Government for “its insensitivity to security issues and failure to safeguard lives and properties of citizens.
www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/cover/february06/260022006/f426022006.html   (1248 words)

  
 USAfricaonline - Nigeria's New Civilian Governors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The final result of the January 9, 1999 election for governor has been concluded with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winning 20 state governorships out of the 35 where polls were held.
Elections did not take place in the riverine Bayelsa state due to recent clashes between security agents and Ijaw youths demanding a greater share in the oil wealth of Nigeria and protection of their environment.
The following is a list of the country's governors-elect.
www.usafricaonline.com /Governors.html   (133 words)

  
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Chief Sampson Agbaru - fomer SSG in the state
Alhaji Jafaru Makarfi - State Chairman of JNI
Alhaji Saidu Barda former governor of the state
www.nigerianmuse.com /projects/SNCProject/NPRC_Membership_list.htm   (839 words)

  
 News - National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Bornu State Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, is unarguably one of the few governors who fought hard enough to earn his current position.
The new approach, approved by the Federal Government, involves the submission of the list of all police divisions and stations throughout the country to the Federal Ministry of Finance for direct fund allocation, through the Force Headquarters.
The three tiers of government (Federal, States and Local Governments) shared a net total of N10.618 trillion between June 1999 and July 2004 from the Federation Account, an analysis of net allocations released by the Ministry of Finance has shown.
www.nas-int.org /news.html   (2382 words)

  
 All Nigeria American Congress
The postponement of the state congress took both the aspirants and the delegates by surprise as they had all gathered at the Umuahia Township stadium for the event only to be told that it could no longer hold.
In Edo State, Prof Osunbor Osrhiere emerged as the partyís flagbearer in the primaries in the State.
She stated she did not believe that Obasanjo committed any crime, because he announced his intentions to acquire the stocks beforehand and, secondly, that he had sold off the shares and therefore divested his interests in the company.
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Buhari was Nigeria's head of state between 1982 and 1985, and since the emergence of democracy, especially in 2003, he has remained a political force to reckon with.
The OTC condemned in April 2006, Irukwu's embrace of Obasanjo's 3rd term stating "For the avoidance of doubt, Ohanaeze Ndigbo reaffirms that the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria must come from either the South-East or the South-South for equity, justice and fairness.
Neither he (who has been head of state for a total of nine years during the period) nor any of his colleagues (most of whom are still alive) has apologised or shown remorse for their crimes against humanity.
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 NIGERIAN TRIBUNE - Politics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Pat Utomi of the Lagos Business School, Governor Ahmed Makarfi of Kaduna state Special Envoy on Darfur Crisis, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, former military governor of Borno and Lagos states, Brig.
This category of people are regarded as likely to have imbibed the economic reform agenda of the government and are seen as more disposed to deepening the policies.
Among the governors, Duke, Odili, Makarfi and Mua’Zu stand as the possibles, while Marwa and Buhari are seen as the possible candidates the President may back from the class of the retired military men.
www.tribune.com.ng /09092006/politics.html   (1413 words)

  
 Nigeria - NigeriaExchange - Personalities - Bolaji Aluko's Monday Quarterbacking
I guess that is what some state governors and university vice-chancellors in Nigeria have been saying in recent days - except that the subject matter is quality of governance and education in their states and universities rather than in Chemistry and in English.
With a population of 120 million, a current literacy rate of 57% and a university-age population 18 - 25 of about 20%, that would mean 380,000 university-going citizens per state.
Left to this “yours-truly” university professor, any state governor whose state university scored a failing MAQ score - that is below 2.5 out of 5 - should not be re-elected.
www.ngex.com /personalities/voices/mqb031802baluko.htm   (2954 words)

  
 USA/Africa No. 217: Accountability in African Politics III
NW - Governor Ahmed Sani Yerima of Zamfara State (ANPP)
NW - Governor Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano State (ANPP)
Other governors will be added in due course, but those who are not on the above list are free to provide unsolicited the information that we have asked of the above governors.
www.utexas.edu /conferences/africa/ads/217.html   (498 words)

  
 ANUS HORRIBILIS IGBORUM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The lynch mob was led again by the intempestous and ambitious Abia State governor, Uzor Kalu.
There is no reason, why a Nigerian born in another state should not aspire to the highest office in that state.
None of these states have found it possible to appoint or elect their citizens of Igbo extraction to any public office.
nigerdeltacongress.com /articles/anus_horribilis_igborum.htm   (2156 words)

  
 List of Governors of Borno State at AllExperts
List of Governors of Borno State at AllExperts
List of Governors of Borno State: Encyclopedia BETA
This is a list of Borno State leaders:
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