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Among those expected at the event on Monday are president of Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma; Senegalese president Macky Sall; Niger Republic president, Mohamed Bazoum; and Chadian president, Mahamat Déby. President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday commission the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote refinery located at the Lekki free zone near Lagos. The pipeline infrastructure at the refinery is said to be …

For Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, it is about determination and doggedness, steeped in fortitude that is today yielding dividends.  For eleven, consecutive years, he has been the richest man in Africa according to both Forbes and Bloomberg.  President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote A graduate of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, Dangote began his business career in …

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has directed its members to resume work today (Monday) following a five-day nationwide warning strike embarked upon by its members, according to report by the PUNCH. NARD, after its three-hour Extraordinary National Executive Council meeting, however, said it would review Federal Government’s commitment to resolving the issues in the next two weeks. The association …

Ahead of today’s ruling on the application for live transmission of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and the All Progressives Congress have disagreed over the need for the hearing to be broadcast by the media. The PDP and LP told The PUNCH on Sunday that the live telecast of the court …

Saudi Arabia Kingdom and the United States of America announced that on May 20, 2023, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, representatives of the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces signed an Agreement on a Short-Term Ceasefire and Humanitarian Arrangements.  The short-term ceasefire, which enters into force 48 hours after the signing of the Agreement, shall remain in effect for …

Edo State Government has concluded a comprehensive two-week onboarding program for newly recruited and absorbed officers into the state’s civil/public service. The State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa Esq., reaffirmed the government’s commitment to prioritizing the development and welfare of the state’s civil/public servants, while addressing participants during the closing ceremony at the John Odigie-Oyegun Public Service Academy (JOOPSA) in …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Operatives of the Intelligence Rapid Response Squad of Edo State Police Command have foiled cult-related killings and arrested two members of the state Vigilante Group and a tipper driver in Benin City. The two vigilante commanders, Bright Amadin, 34 and Stanley Omoregie, 27 were paraded along with one Brown Amadin,29 a tipper driver …

By Eben Enasco A coalition of oil producing host communities’ youths in Edo State has alleged marginalization and relegation in the scheme of things by the Nigeria Government. At a gathering last Friday in Benin City, the Edo State Capital, representative of the group, Engineer Ehis Osagie charged Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu to revisit the process of engaging representatives of …

• Line up 50 witnesses against Tinubu, INEC The Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, have told the election petition court that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied them access to carry out forensic examination on the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) in flagrant disobedience of the order of the court. Meanwhile, Obi has disclosed …

The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, in 2019, ignored a request for information on the $460 million and the status of the Abuja CCTV project the money was meant to be used for. The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the government of outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari to “account for the spending of $460 million Chinese loan to fund the failed …