Gov. Babatunde Fashola was on Sunday, sworn-in for a second term of four years at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos where he promised to consolidate on the achievements recorded by his administration in the last four years.

Governor-elect Saidu Dakingari of Kebbi State and his deputy, Alhaji Ibrahim Aliyu, were, Sunday, sworn- in for another four-year tenure.

Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger state has said that he will still count on the wisdom of the two former Heads of State, Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar to propel the state to a success, saying, “If I fail, it means you have failed and if I succeed, it means you have made me to succeed”.

Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State, weekend assured the people of the State that completion of all ongoing projects would be his priority in the first year of the new tenure noting that it would be meaningless for him to exit from governance leaving behind a plethora of uncompleted projects.

Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State, has called for reconciliation among political stakeholders and the people of the state in order to usher in the much desired stability and socio-economic growth.

IT was not just all about oath taking for a fresh term of four years for Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi , Sunday, in Port Harcourt as it was also a day the governor publicly reunited with his erstwhile political boss, former governor of the state, Dr Peter Odili.

Supporters of the PDP in Kano took to the streets of the city, Sunday, to celebrate the inauguration of the new governor of the state, Dr Rabi’u Kwankwaso.

GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, Sunday took his oath office for a second tenure at exactly 8.58am, with a promise to focus his attention in creating five hundred thousand new jobs towards tackling youth unemployment in the state.

Details of the 2011 Appropriation Bill signed into law by President Goodluck Jonathan showed N1.136 trillion deficit. The deficit is about 2.96 percent of GDP (compared to 4.23 percent of GDP in the Appropriation Bill passed in March), according to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Segun Aganga, in Abuja, yesterday.

Nigeria still bears the paradoxical and ugly reputation of a country with abundant resources, but where the wealth from this abundance fuelled corruption and spawned privileged elites that engaged in internecine struggles for the control of the wealth.

Former governor of Central Bank, Professor Chukuemeka Charles Soludo, says the only way out of the economic quagmire in Nigeria is for government to stop depending solely on oil and focus on other economic ventures especially agriculture.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ogun State has described the departure of out-going governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, for the United Kingdom (UK) Friday, as a serious security lapse and charged President Goodluck Jonathan to leave no stone unturned to ensure his immediate repatriation and prosecution for alleged crimes he perpetrated while in office.