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Nigeria Erosion Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) in Edo State has said the project has the capacity to complete all interventions across the state before June 2022. The Project Coordinator, Edo State NEWMAP, Dr. Tom Obaseki disclosed this during an assessment and monitoring tour of projects in the state by the Director, International Economic Relations in the Federal Ministry of Finance, …

Enlarged ‘caucus’ meeting of the People’s Democratic Party, Delta state chapter, which was held ahead of Saturday’s Mega Rally to determine who will succeed governor Ifeanyi Okowa, was said to have ended in deadlock. The meeting held at the Government House on Friday night in Asaba was attended by Okowa, former governors James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan; Senator James Manager; …

…To pay hospital bills of victims …Govt apologizes over traffic gridlock Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, condoled with the Edo State Tipper Drivers Association over the death of their member, Mr. Austin Esangbedo, who was allegedly killed by personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the state. Obaseki, who led other top government officials on …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Protest by tipper drivers over the killing of their colleague rocked Benin City, the Edo State capital in Southern part of Nigeria, Tuesday, January 18, 2022. The protest left many commuters stranded and economic activities paralyzed for the several hours it lasted. A trigger-happy operative of the Department of State Services, Edo State …

An Umuahia High Court has ordered the Federal Government and the Nigeria Army to pay N1billion to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for invading his house in September 2017. The federal government and the Army were also ordered to apologise to Kanu for the violation of his Fundamental Rights. Justice Benson Anya made the …

A State High Court in Umuahia, Nigeria’s South-east, has ruled that the Nigerian government violated the fundamental human rights of the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, when the military invaded his home in Abia State in September 2017. The court handed down the ruling, Wednesday, in a fundamental human rights suit filed by Mr Kanu through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor. The court said the …

The Senate has amended and passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The lawmakers rescinded their decision on a clause in the bill. Clause 87, deals with the mode of primary election to be used by political parties to select candidates for elective offices. In the bill earlier passed by the National Assembly, the lawmakers prescribed that political parties use only a …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), until February, after the secessionist was re-arraigned on fresh charges filed against him by the Nigerian government. The federal government filed an amended 15-count charge against him on Monday. Mr Kanu was accused of various offences, including treasonable …

Nigeria will receive no fewer than 1,030 Benin artefacts from Germany this year, Director-General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Abba Tijani, has said. Tijani told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan yesterday that many artefacts had been received from the European nation, but the commission would receive at least an additional 1,030 in 2022. The objects were …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to disregard claims by a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) Ahmed Bola Tinubu that the Permanent Voters’ Cards PVCs have an expiry date. According to the commission, Nigerians who already have the PVCs do not need to register again as the cards have not expired, adding that they remain valid …