NAIJANEWS.COM The details of the meeting between the South-South Governors and the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has emerged. Speaking on Friday with reporters in Asaba the Delta State capital, Irabor stated that the meeting was held…
PUNCH NEWS Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa; former governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan; and the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, have condemned the lack of attention given to the Niger Delta region, especially being the mainstay of the economy of the nation.…
THE PUNCH The Pan Niger Delta Forum has convoked an emergency “general assembly” for Monday over a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to amend the Constitution to remove the 13 per cent oil derivation formula being enjoyed by…
PREMIUM TIMES Governors of South-south states have resolved to join the suit currently before the Supreme Court over the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT). The VAT case is between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Rivers Government.…
CHANNELS TV Southern Governors have set September 1, 2021, as the deadline for the promulgation of anti-open grazing law among its member states. The governors jointly agreed on the date during their meeting on Monday in Lagos. “The forum frowns…
THE GUARDIAN Following their May 11, 2021 declaration in Asaba Delta State, the 17 Southern governors will again converge on Lagos tomorrow for the second leg of the first gathering. The meeting is to be hosted by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu…
THE GUARDIAN Representatives of the Federal Government billed to attend a stakeholders meeting with Governors and leaders of the South-South zone at Government House, Port Harcourt Rivers State, yesterday, shunned the meeting. The presidency had fixed a meeting for yesterday…