Aliyu is standing trial alongside the State PDP Chairman, Tanko Beji and a former Commissioner of Environment, Umar Nasko, over alleged N4.568billion fraud and abuse of office.
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Aliyu was arraigned last week Tuesday on a six-count charge alongside Umar Nasko, the Chief of Staff under his administration and later the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2015 general election
The protesters, who stormed the hospital, parked their vehicles to barricade the entrance despite the huge presence of security men
The Councillors are being owed N3.5 million each
Among those impeached were the Speaker, Barrister Adamu Usman; and his deputy, Hon. Abdulrahaman Bala Gambo from Borgu
The members, who are 21 in number, out of the 27-member Assembly, already formed over the two-third majority required to carry out the impeachment process
The APC in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Jonathan Vatsa, on Monday in Minna disclosed that the people of Niger State will want to know what is stopping the project even though the said fund has been accessed
The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Yussuf Garba Tagwai, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Minna at a post-State Executive Council briefing
Aliyu, who stated this at a lecture organized to mark the 40th birthday of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Niger State, Hon. Umar Nasko, in Minna, said Buhari at 73 years lacks the capacity and energy to rule Nigeria, compared to a vibrant, younger candidate
The Minister of State for Agriculture, Hajiya Asma’u Asabe Ahmed, while speaking at the Presidential Women Rally at the Bako Kontagora Memorial Stadium in Minna, said youths must learn to be independent
The APCPCO said in a statement signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, that claims by Governor Aliyu that the presidential candidate of the APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, signed a single tenure pact is a figment of his imagination
The governor said this when he received the New Tradoc Commander, Major General Gabriel Abayomi, in the Government House, Minna
Speaking when he led a team of the Council of the Wise of Savannah Centre for Conflict Resolution, Democracy and Development to the Governor of Niger State, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu in Minna, Uwais said constitutionally, elections are suppose to hold 30 days before May 29, hence any shift now would affect the handing over day
Aliyu, who spoke during an interactive session between the media and governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos, also faulted some governors elected on the platform of the party who left to form the APC
The Forum described the recent bombings in Maiduguri, row Borno State capital, as an attempt by the Boko Haram terror group to create the impression they are unshaken by the ongoing military operations in their stronghold
Fielding questions from State House correspondents after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, Governor Aliyu said the issue of card readers is still being discussed
Dan-Salau said the bonds collected from the Capital Market by the Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu-led administration have been fully paid
The House approved a total of N80,815 402,545 out of which N42,164,221 001 is for recurrent expenditure and N38,651,181,544 is for capital estimates.
The governor made the clarification in Minna when he swore in three commissioners into the State Executive Council
The APC, in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jonathan Vatsa, blamed the huge debt hanging on the state and the indifference of the state government to the reckless loans collected over the years by the Aliyu administration