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The Labour Party’s #ObiDatti23 Forward Ever Rally scheduled to be held on October 1, 2022, suffered a setback on Wednesday as a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered the party and its supporters not to converge on the Lekki Toll-Gate. The court ruled that supporters of the Labour Party can pass through the Toll-Gate for its rally but must …

The Federal Government has declared Monday October 3, 2022, as public holiday to mark the nation’s 62nd Independence Anniversary Celebration. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government. According to a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Shuaib Belgore, the minister congratulated all Nigerians on this year’s celebration and …

…Calls for unity … Ignore doom Sayers – Emmanuel ….Wike, Makinde, Ortom, others absent The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has flagged off his campaign with an appeal to all party members to join him in the task of seeking the mandate of Nigerians to rebuild the nation. Atiku made the appeal in his address to …

The Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu has ordered the All Progressives Congress and the Independent National Electoral Commission to recognise Bashir Machina as Yobe North senatorial candidate of the party. The presiding judge, Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu, nullified the parallel primary election that produced the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, on June 9, 2022. The judge also ordered the APC …

A former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that the 2023 general election may make or break the country if “we do not watch it.” Obasanjo said this when the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Most Reverend Daniel Okoh, paid him a courtesy visit at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Penthouse residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun …

To tell own side of PDP crisis Friday Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state says he has no reason to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), no matter the situations threatening the unity of the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. Wike at a Rivers PDP stakeholders meeting in Port Harcourt Thursday, the first of such since the rancorous …

Edo State Government has declared a 24-hour curfew in the Obazagbon to Ogheghe axis of the Irhirhi-Arogba-Obazagbon-Ogheghe Road, starting from 12.00am Thursday, September 29, 2022 to 12am Friday, September 30, 2022. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., the government said the curfew is to make way for a security exercise in the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, launched the Edo State Tourism Master Plan, a thoroughly designed plan to make the state the choice destination among global tourists. With the master plan, the state plans to generate N2 trillion in the next 10 years from the sector. Obaseki who received the master plan from members of the state’s tourism …

Edo State Government is collaboration with the Bank of Industry (BoI), for an extension of credit lines to local manufacturers seeking loans of up to N20 million to expand their businesses and contribute to the state’s economic diversification drive. The loans, which are meant for production and small-scale manufacturers in the state, are at five percent interest with a five-year …

…Launches manhunt for assailant Edo State Government has vowed to prosecute individuals who harass and attack its officials in the line of duty, noting that such attacks will no longer be condoned. The Commissioner for Physical Planning, Housing, Urban and Regional Planning, Isoken Omo, gave the warning after the family and associates of one Braimah Isah, a land developer, were …