Aliyu, who was reacting to the reported killing of 22 persons in Mavo, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, lamented the spate of violence in the region, just as he reiterated the forum’s call on security agencies to do all within their powers to arrest the trend
Browsing: Governor Babangida Aliyu
In a statement signed by Governor Aliyu’s Chief Press Secretary, Danladi Ndayebo, the forum commended Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of Kaduna State and security agencies in the state whose quick intervention averted a reprisal
Emerging from the meeting, the host, General Babangida, declined to decline to speak with journalists.
It commiserated with the families of the victims and prayed God to grant eternal rest to the deceased and quick recovery to those who sustained injuries during the attacks
The Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Danladi Umar Abdulhamid, who disclosed this in Minna on Friday while addressing newsmen at the end of the State Executive Council meeting, said that government will spend over N55 million on the project.
Aliyu said President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan consulted him as the leader of the party in Niger State when the recent ministerial nominee from the state, Hajia Asabe Abubakar, was to be chosen
Exchanging views with the Commander of the Nigeria Air Force base in Minna, Air Commodore Dahiru Lawal Sanda, who paid him a courtesy call at the Government House on Wednesday, Aliyu said it now takes between two and a half hours and three hours for motorists to travel between Minna and Abuja, a journey that should normally last just 45 minutes
Aliyu said this at the 2014 budget retreat/dinner organised by the State Planning Commission in Minna, Niger State
According to sources close to the Government House, Minna, Mahmoud was on a private visit to Aliyu as her name was not among the names on the protocol list to see the governor
Aliyu said this in Minna when he received members of the State Executive Committee of the PDP, who came on a solidarity visit.
He said: “When I was calling for meetings of the G-7 governors, I told them that the issue was not to leave the party but to improve it
Apart from the governors, others attending the meeting and who have already arrived are the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the PDP, Tony Anenih; and the National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki
Information reaching The Eagle Online has it that some governors loyal to Jonathan are also going to attend the meeting
Ribadu said that officials of the party were working hard to set up a durable structure that would give a level-playing field to all its members
Addressing the crowd at the Government House, they said they were in the state to extend their hands of fellowship to Aliyu and the citizens of the state to join the APC
Aliyu, who spoke to newsmen on the reason for the meeting, said it was in furtherance of their consultation with PDP elders over the crisis rocking the ruling party
The state government on Tuesday in Awuru Gungu, old Awuru and Tunga Tanko communities distributed relief materials to those dislodged by the flood, which occurred over the weekend
This development has nullified the repeated claim by the leader of the party in the state and Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, that there is no division in the party in the state
The boat was said to be conveying about 80 people when it split and the passengers in it were thrown into the river
Vatsa said the factory, Dada Dairy Processing Limited, is to establish its plants in Minna and Agwara towns under the terms of an agreement reached between the state and the company
Governor Aliyu stated this in Minna, the state capital, during the launch and distribution of 50 Toyota Hiace buses to the 25 local government areas in Niger State under the SURE-P Mass Transit Scheme.
According to him: “I commend you (state Chairman) for keeping the party intact despite the crisis we have been facing