By Simon Imobo-Tswam It is no longer news that Southern Governors met on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Asaba, the Delta capital. What is news is the communique they issued after the meeting, with its basketful of prescriptions for peace, unity and national stability. On face value, there is nothing new that the governors said: […]

I was pleased by the conclusions reached by the Southern Governors over herdsmen insecurity, restructuring and other issues, but the exclusion of Middlebelt governors at the  forefront of these problems just showed that Southern politicians are caged. How can they meet on these issues of herdsmen and state police without Benue Governor Ortom or those […]

***Task Buhari on immediate solution By Olasunkanmi Akoni Southern Governors and Senators have expressed concern over the intractable gridlock along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and Apapa ports environ, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to put the issue on priority list and address the situation head-on. The governors, under the platform of Southern Nigeria Governors Forum, made the […]

…Agree to ban open grazing in Southern Nigeria …Call for convocation of national dialogue …Insist on federal character …Reiterate Southerners’ commitment to Nigeria’s unity …Express concern over Oshodi-Apapa expressway gridlock …Buhari approves new security measures for South-East, South-South …Military tactics’ll no longer be publicised—NSA …Don’t be selective in handling situations, PANDEF tells FG By Festus […]

The Southern Governors Forum on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to urgently convoke a national dialogue to address the wide spread agitations in the country.