According to a statement signed by Governor Aliyu’s Chief Press Secretary, Danladi Ndayebo: “We are calling on Security Agencies to stop the senseless killing of defenceless citizens and attack on places of worship and educational facilities, especially in the North East region where the dreaded Boko Haram group has killed several innocent people since 2009 when it commenced acts of violence in the region
Browsing: Governor Babangida Aliyu
The inferno also spread to the second floor of the build where the office of the Director of Final Account in the Ministry of Finance was also gutted by the fire
Aliyu, who spoke when he received the Commander, Corps of Artillery, Nigerian Army, Kotangora, Niger State, Major General Hussein Abayomi Saliu, declared that “the PDP has the capacity to resolve whatever differences it has”
The Director General of the state MDGs, Alhaji Dattijo Aliyu, who disclosed this during an interactive session with newsmen in Minna, the state capital, on Monday, said that after the last implementation assessment of the programme in 2011, Niger State was adjourned the best performing state in the implementation in the country
The governor stated this on Tuesday at the PDP stakeholders meeting in Minna, the Niger State capital, where he briefed members on what transpired at the party’s Special National Convention in Abuja
Aliyu, alongside four other northern governors, are believed to be opposed to President Jonathan’s 2015 reelection ambition
Aliyu explained that the poor performance of the NNDC has necessitated the need for some of its investments, such as the Arewa Hotels, to be sold off to the public
The application for registration by the new party, it was learnt at the weekend, has been filed with the Independent National Electoral Commission, which is processing it
The state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Alhaji Muazu Bawa, said this while conducting journalists on an inspection tour of the projects executed by the Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu
The Forum, in a statement signed by a 1993 members of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Zang, however, said it was the right of Jonathan to stand for reelection
The governors – Rabiyu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State, Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, Sule Lamido of Jigawa State and Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State – were on a solidarity visit to the Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi
The governors made the call in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in a communiqué jointly signed by them after a solidarity visit to Governor Chibuike Amaechi
The protesters had besieged the airport shortly before the arrival of Governors Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), Sule Lamido (Jigawa) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano) at the Port Harcourt International Airport
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Adewunmi Adesina, while commending the positive steps the Niger State Government has taken to transform the agricultural sector of its economy, assured Aliyu that the Federal Government will continually support the state’s agricultural sector
Aliyu denied advocating for only northern candidates to seek the presidency of the country in 2015
According to him: “India will continue to cooperate with Nigeria to improve her economy, and we will assist Nigeria in the capacity building of workers in both the public and sector as one of the ways to revamp Nigeria’s economy
Aliyu said some politicians had concluded arrangements to print posters announcing his intention to vie for the presidency in 2015 contrary to the position of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, putting all 2015 election campaigns on hold
Aliyu said if the Federal Government should proceed to dialogue with faceless members of Boko Haram, the peace process could be hijacked by fraudsters