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Obaseki Swears In New Perm Secs Tuesday

Newly appointed Permanent Secretaries in Edo State are to be sworn into office on Tuesday January 25, 2022 by the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. In a statement, Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said the swearing-in will hold at the New Festival Hall in Government House, Benin City, Edo state capital. The newly appointed Permanent Secretaries include: …

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Human Trafficking: Edo Vigilante Rescues 28 Victims In Benin

*Distress call numbers: Network Central Base Control Room:  09153333340 or 09153333341 Twenty eight victims of human trafficking have been rescued by a team of local vigilantes in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. The State coordinator, Edo State Community Vigilante Security Network, Oboh Emmanuel Otoide, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the weekend in Benin City. He said the victims, …

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APC: Court Strikes Out Suit Challenging Buni Led Committee

The Federal High Court, sitting in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State has struck out the suit challenging the competence of the Governor Mai Mala Buni led Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC.  . Delivery judgment on the Suit No: FHC/ABJ/857/2021brought before it Odjebobo Desire Onayefeme and others, the presiding Judge, Justice Pheobe Msuen Ayua struck out the …

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PDP Chairman, Former Governors In Closed-door Meeting With Obasanjo

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu, four former governors and members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) are currently holding a meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta. The meeting is holding at the former President’s penthouse in the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State. The PDP bigwigs arrived at …

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Okorocha Set To Declare For 2023 Presidency

Indications emerged at the weekend in Abuja that a former Governor of Imo state and senator representing Imo West, Owelle Rochas Okorocha is set to join the league of All Progressives Congress APC chieftains who have declared interest to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. Feelers from the Buhari House national secretariat of the party point to the …

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Terrorists Would Soon Be Crushed – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Kaduna State residents of the resolve of the Nigerian Armed Forces, under his watch, to crush terrorists and criminal gangs operating in the state and other parts of the country. The president’s media aide, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Friday, said the president stated this at a State Banquet to commemorate his official visit to …

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Why Is Divorce Rate On The Rise?

In time past, divorce was regarded as a shameful thing by many people, more so in our clime. Marriage was assumed to be a sacred institution where, once a woman steps into it, is not expected to look back again. Good or bad, it is her cross to bear till death do them part. Interestingly, the story has changed, and rapidly too. …

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70 Out Of 181: How House Of Representatives Violates Nigerian Constitution

The National Assembly is mandated by the Constitution to sit for at least 181 days in a year. Section 63 of the 1999 Constitution stipulates that “the Senate and the House of Representatives shall each sit for a period of not less than one hundred and eighty-one days in a year.” But in 2021, the House of Representatives only held …

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Factional Delegate Lists Threaten APC Convention, Party May Back Govs

Fresh tension is brewing in the ranks of the All Progressives Congress ahead of the party’s national convention slated for February 26, 2022. There are indications that delegates will be drawn from factions loyal to the governors or most senior Federal Government officials or political office holders in the states without APC governors, the PUNCH reported on Saturday. The exception …

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We Will Support, Provide For Our People Despite Resource Constraints – Osinbajo

*VP receives UN Emergency Response Coordinator *Also meets Igbobi old boys ahead of school’s   90th anniversary Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has assured that no matter the challenge or resource constraint, the government will always be in a position to support and make provisions for its people. Osinbajo gave the assurance when he received a delegation from the United …

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