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Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Oko George in Makurdi Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of utmost urgency, stem the tide of endless ethnic and religious tension spreading like wildfire in the country. The governors also called for a review of the current revenue sharing formula for better management of the nation’s resources. Lamenting the growing divisions on ethnic and religious lines, the governors i...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former president Asif Zardari has warned against efforts to roll back the 18th Constitution Amendment, alleging that “those hatching conspiracies against the amendment are actually playing with the country’s solidarity”. This was stated by Mr Zardari in a statement on the occasion of the Constitution Day observed in the country on Saturday to mark the approval of the 1973 Constitution by parliament on this day in 1973. In his message, Mr ...

Governors elected on the platform of the country’s main opposition group, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), met in Makurdi, Benue State, on Friday and gave the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari the thumbs down for the troubles bedevilling Nigeria. Meeting under the aegis of the People’s Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, PDP–GF, the state chief executives reviewed the country’s affairs and common developments and returned their damning verdict. With Cross River�...

Insecurity: PDP governors demand devolution of powers, restructuring The PDP governors say Nigeria is in dire need of leadership at the federal level to avert the looming disaster. 4 min read Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rose from a meeting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Friday and demanded the devolution of power and restructuring of the country, Channels Television has reported. The governors said that Nigerians were more divided along ethnic and re...

[FILES] Buhari. Photo: TWITTER/NIGERIAGOVGovernors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have warned that if the alarming drift of Nigeria under the watch of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government continues, the country could become a failed state. According to a statement issued by Kelvin Ebiri, Special Assistant (Media) to Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, the PDP governors expressed deep concern about the deteriorating relations between various ethnic groups in Nigeria. ...

COMMUNIQUE OF THE PDP GOVERNORS’ FORUM MEETING HELD ON 9TH APRIL, 2021 AT MAKURDI, BENUE STATE. Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, met in Makurdi, Benue State on 9th April, 2021, under the aegis of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, PDP–GF, to review the state of affairs in the country and common developments in their states and issued the following Communique at the end of their meeting; 1. The meeting noted and condemned the alarming drif...

  Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) say the country is gradually moving towards becoming a failed state if the current trend of security challenges continues. Speaking on Friday after a meeting of the PDP governors’ forum in Makurdi, Benue state capital, Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto and chairman of the forum, said the country is experiencing an alarming drift under the watch of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).   Tambuwal, who read the c...

A fierce contest for power is playing out in the small Polynesian nation of Samoa ahead of its next general election on April 9. Election outcomes in the central Pacific Island nation of about 199,000 people, located northeast of Fiji, have, for more than 20 years, been predictable.  With little opposition, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has led the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) to victory at every five-year vote since 1998. The party itself has been in government for nearl...

• Sindh continues to air reservations over population figures • HEC to solidify regional centres to boost liaison with provinces ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI), at a meeting on Wednesday, again failed to reach consensus on the controversial national population census-2017 as Sindh continued to express strong reservations over its results. The CCI has been unable to approve the census, which has been on its agenda for the past three years, due to failure of the Centr...

April 2, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday made a formal offer to the opposition on the floor of the National Assembly for constitution of a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan moved a motion in the House, authorizing the speaker to constitute a parliamentary committee on electoral reforms comprising members from both government and opposition benches. The members from the main opposition parties, including the PM...