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Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that it is part of the Buhari administration’s key objectives to ensure inclusive prosperity, saying that the Niger Delta deserves considerable developmental gains in the country. According to him, it is why the Federal Government is collaborating with State governments and increasing efforts towards ensuring the wholesome development of communities in the …

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has been declared the winner of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress held on Saturday. Announcing the result very early on Sunday, the Chairman of the governorship primary committee and Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, said Oyetola won the election, having garnered 222,169 votes, against 12,921 votes that his closest challenger, Moshood Adeoti …

Agency Report An airstrike by the Nigerian Army targeting ‘bandits’ has killed seven children and wounded five others by mistake in Niger, a local governor told AFP on Sunday. “There was a mistake with the Nigerian strikes on the border that resulted in victims on our territory in the village of Nachade on Friday,” said Chaibou Aboubacar, the governor of …

Edo State Government has intensified the campaign against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in rural communities in the state, warning that perpetrators of such crime run the risk of going to jail for four years. The government urged residents to desist from the heinous act so as not to run afoul of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law. At an …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja – Nigeria’s Federal Government, through its Attorney General and Minister of Justice has dropped the four-count charge against Olanrewaju Suraj, chairman of the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) and introduced two new charges in their place. The amended charges, with number FHC/ABJ.CR/370/2021, dated 11th February 2022 was signed by A.A Yusuf, deputy director and …

* Service conditions of judges must be good enough, befitting-VP *Calls for imposition of severe costs for delays in administration of justice Challenges affecting the administration of justice in Nigeria are being addressed and “there is much hope for the positive reform of the system as more result-oriented work is going on and some real changes expected”, according to Vice …

By Okhide Em’ya David Great Benin King, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has received two artefacts – Benin bronze statues of a Cockerel and an Oba Head from the United Kingdom. The presentation was made at the Oba Palace by the Nigeria High Commissioner to the United kingdom, Ambadssdor Tunji Ishola Sarafa. It was indeed …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has been named Governor of the Year 2021 by the Board of Editors of Vanguard Newspapers Limited for his sterling leadership acumen and the government’s developmental strides across all sectors of the state. Receiving the letter of notification from the Newspaper’s Deputy Editor, Adekunle Adekoya, at the Government House, Benin City, Obaseki said his …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – Femi Adesina, Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media, on Wednesday at the NUJ Press center in Abuja said that most Nigerians are generally unfair in their assessment of the performance of his principal in the past seven years of his administration. Adesina made the statement at a press briefing organized …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the appointment of nine permanent secretaries.In a statement today, Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said the swearing-in of the appointees will be announced at a later date. He said, “The Edo State Governor, His Excellency, Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, has approved the appointment of the underlisted persons as Permanent Secretaries …