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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, said national debt rose from N39.6tn in December 2021 to N42.8tn in June 2022. This was as he said the budget for the past year saw a deficit of N4.6tn, 63 per cent of the estimated deficit for the 2022 fiscal year. Buhari revealed this while presenting the 2023 appropriation bill …

Edo State Government has assured improved access to quality and affordable healthcare for senior citizens in the state. Addressing journalists during a free medical outreach for the elderly in Benin City, the Executive Secretary, the Edo State Primary Health Care Development Agency (EDSPHCDA), Dr. Izedonmwen Omosigho, said the outreach was organised in collaboration with Momentum Routine Immunization Transformation and Equity …

Benin City…..Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Rev. David Ugolor, has lost his mother, Mrs. Agnes Akora Ugolor (Nee Umukoro). She died on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at the age of 87. She is survived by children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She hailed from Oghara in Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State and was …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Benin City, Nigeria. On September 16, 2022, Godwin Obaseki, Edo State governor posted a tweet, titled ‘Light Up Edo’ project extends to New Lagos Road (Uselu Shell – Akpakpava). On that tweet which had 644 views, the governor included an aerial video of what looks like a well-lit street in a section of Benin city. The …

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has called on African states, non-governmental organisations, private organisations and other stakeholders to synergise efforts at harnessing seabed resources to boost the continent’s Blue Economy. Osinbajo made the call in his keynote address at the 4th African Deep Seabed Resources (ADSR) Workshop on Wednesday in Abuja. The workshop was organised by the International Seabed …

The Pension Reform Act 2014 provides that pensions should be increased after every five years or whenever there is an increase in the salaries of active workers. (This is the second of a three-part series) Essentially, the national policy on ageing is premised on the Nigerian constitution which guarantees the rights of everyone in Nigeria. The National Senior Citizens Centre …

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary. – Andrew Jackson INTRODUCTION The above evergreen postulation of Andrew Jackson, a highly cerebral American lawyer, first class general, and statesman of repute, who served as the 7th President of the United States …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the final list of candidates that will contest the governorship and houses of assembly election in 28 states of the federation in the 2023 elections. In a statement signed on Wednesday by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, the list contained 18 political parties that fielded 837 …

The Obajana Cement was purportedly sold by the Kogi government to Dangote Cement in 2002, but the current administration questions the acquisition. The Kogi State House of Assembly Wednesday directed ordered the shutdown of a factory of Dangote Cement Plc situated at Obajana in the north-central state, saying the asset was not legitimately acquired by the firm. Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest …

…Fixes today for motion to stay execution of NIC judgement The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal yesterday urged the Federal Government and the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to further explore an out-of-court resolution of their dispute. Consequently, the appellate court in a unanimous decision by a three-man panel of Justices, deferred hearing …