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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. …

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 …

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 …

*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 …

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 …