Buhari’s candidacy for 2019 elections seems laid out
Atiku may opt for PDM, Kwankwaso still hopeful Except he declines, there may be no stopping the President Muhammadu Buhari’s political train as the march towards picking a presidential candidate...
View Article2019, PDP lawmakers and gale of defections
Senate President, Bukola Saraki For 16 years during the period the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held sway at the helm of affairs in the country, it benefitted immensely from the mass defection of...
View ArticleCourt adjourns hearing in suit against Tambuwal till Feb. 28
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State. The Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday adjourned hearing till Feb. 28 in a fresh suit seeking to remove the Sokoto State Governor. Aminu Tambuwal from office....
View ArticleBid to unseat Tambuwal reopens at Abuja high court
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal PHOTO: nationalmirroronline.net A fresh legal battle to remove Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal from office began yesterday at the Federal High Court, Abuja. This was as an...
View ArticleCourt strikes out suit seeking Tambuwal’s removal
The application was filed on the grounds that the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that produced Tambuwal for the 2015 governorship election was not validly conducted. Justice...
View ArticleSokoto guber: Court strikes out suit seeking to remove Tambuwal
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State. Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday struck out a case seeking to remove Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal. The dismissed...
View ArticleWhy is Governor’s office so seductive?
Martins Oloja The ecclesiastical saying that there is a time for everything comes in handy today to interrogate some political matters that are weightier than the stale and inevitable tango between the...
View ArticleTambuwal appoints VC for state varsity
Until his appointment, Dangoggo was the Director, Sokoto Energy Research Centre, Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has approved the appointment of Prof. Sani...
View ArticleTambuwal to upgrade Health Tech School to College
Aminu Tambuwal Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State said the state government would upgrade into a college, the Sultan Abdulrahman School of Health Technology, Gwadabawa. The governor’s Special Adviser,...
View ArticleTambuwal wants review of revenue allocation formula
Tambuwal said:” A situation where the federal government is now getting more money than the states and local governments should change. Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has called for an urgent...
View ArticleReligious groups to support fight against polio
Tambuwal further called on stakeholders not to relent until the country was free from the dreaded polio virus. Governor Aminu Tambuwal has incorporated the Jama’atul Nasril Islam (JNI), and the...
View ArticleTambuwal lauds Fayose, says Ekiti governor a factor in Nigerian politics
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has said his Ekiti counterpart, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has transformed the southwest state with the various developmental...
View Article200 girls to study medicine abroad on Sokoto State scholarship
Sokoto State governor Aminu Tambuwal Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, says his administration has concluded plans to send 200 students to India and other countries to study medicine. The News...
View ArticleAvoid provocative statements, Tambuwal tells Nigerians
Tambuwal Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has urged Nigerians to avoid inflammatory remarks that can bring disunity among the people. He made the plea on Friday evening when he invited the members...
View Article'Recession hindering my zeal to deliver dividends of democracy'
Tambuwal stated this in Sokoto on Sunday at the quarterly stakeholders’ meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) Party in the state. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State said the current recession in...
View ArticleCourt affirms Tambuwal’s election
The court dismissed the suit filed by Sen. Umar Dahiru, challenging the nomination of Tambuwal as the governor candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the April 2015 general elections. The...
View ArticleSokoto State governorship tussle: FHC affirms Tambuwal's election
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal The Federal High Court, Abuja Division, yesterday affirmed the election of Aminu Tambuwal, as the duly elected governor of Sokoto State. Consequently, the court dismissed a suit...
View ArticleTambuwal approves appointment of Sokoto zakkat commission chair
Aminu Waziri Tambuwal PHOTO: nationalmirroronline.net Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has approved the appointment of Alhaji Lawal Maidoki as the substantive Chairman of the state’s Zakkat and...
View ArticleTerrorism, conflicts bane of poor foreign investment in Africa
Jakaya Kikwete Terrorism, wars, conflicts, and political instability have been described as the bane of poor foreign direct investment into Nigeria and other African countries. To reverse the trend,...
View ArticleWeekly political notes
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State INEC Shortlists 37 Parties For Anambra Governorship The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Anambra State, has published names of 37...
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