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…Vows to arrest, prosecute fleeing land-grabbers Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, met with community members and other stakeholders over the 1229 hectares of land repossessed from land grabbers for the state’s new town development project, reassuring that the government will compensate persons with authentic claims to landed properties in the repossessed area. Obaseki met with Ogheghe, Obayantor …

By Okhide Em’ya David Nigeria’s National Population Commission (NPC), says it will conduct accurate, credible 2023 National population and housing census that is verifiable and generally acceptable by Nigerians and the international communities. The Federal Commissioner of the Commission representing Edo State Dr. Tony Aiyejina, said to achieve this noble aim it has introduced an online e-recruitment Porter which will …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inspected ongoing road projects, including Textile Mill Road, Technical College Road and 19 Street along Adolor College Road, in Benin metropolis, reassuring his administration’s commitment to developing road infrastructure in the state. Governor Obaseki was accompanied on the inspection tour by the Chief of Staff, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha; Special Adviser, Strategy, Policy, Projects …

Ahead of next week’s Nigerian Economic Summit, an annual event where the public and private sector stakeholders deliberate on developmental issues, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, says, focusing on few pressing national issues should be the objective of the meeting this year. “Sometimes we talk about a lot of important things, but there are pressing, immediate things with significance for …

Abuja, Nigeria – Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has described the half-salary payment to its members by the federal government following the suspension of its eight months old strike as an aberration. It regretted that after it suspended the strike, the response of government towards ASUU’s demonstration of trust was the so-called ‘pro-rata’ payment for eighteen days as the …

Nigeria’s House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has given reasons why the Federal Government may not pay full salary of university lecturers for the eighth months that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU spent on strike. This was contained in a statement issued by Gbajabiamila and obtained by Vanguard on Monday, titled, “Statement by the Speaker of the House …

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, will no longer attend debates where other candidates are not present, the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Party has said.   The Vanguard reports that Doyin Okupe, Director-General, PCC, LP, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. He said that the absence of presidential candidates in debates has …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate distribution of additional batches of uniforms well-suited to discharge policing services professionally before, during and after the 2023 General Elections. The kits include accoutrements and anti-riot equipment comprising bullet-proof vests with armored plates, ballistic helmets, long and short-range tear gas for civil …

Newly elected National Chairman of the Movement for National Reformation (MNR), Sen Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo has called on his members to ensure that restructuring becomes topical issue of national discourse and debates. This calls is coming as Nigerians prepare to elect their leaders in February 2023, amid discontent among the citizenry in the manner the nation’s political leaders have run …

Nigerians today live under more dire strait and the pillars of a modern state are collapsing in Nigeria, according to pro-democracy organization – the Movement for National Reformation (MNR). The grim picture of a country, once known and reputed as the giant of Africa, was painted by the organization, while examining the state of the nation, in a statement recently …