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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration has restored 218 hectares of forest land across the state in furtherance of efforts to boost the state’s green economy. The governor said, while addressing participants at the Wood Expo 2021, in Abuja, that part of the state’s strategy on reforestation include replanting of the degraded forest compartments of 256 …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected Sen. Iyorchia Ayu as its National Chairman, as Taofeek Arapaja emerges National Deputy Chairman (South). Sen. Iyorchia Ayu has been elected the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as Taofeek Arapaja also emerged the National Deputy Chairman (South). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ayu, who was the consensus candidate …

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, Saturday, slammed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government for what he termed its poor management of the nation’s economy, stressing the need to rescue the nation and set it on the path of prosperity. Atiku who stated this at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP national elective convention in Abuja,  scored the All Progressives Congress, …

As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) National Convention gets underway, here are images from the Eagles Square venue of the event, as captured by Vanguard News Nigeria. Before the convention, the 13 PDP governors made it clear they weren’t interested in a fierce political contest but in a consensus arrangement that would see them pick the 21-man national officers’ list …

Presidential posters and banners of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and those of former President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki have flooded Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of the ongoing Special National Convention of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Presidential campaign Posters and banners of Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, his Bauchi State Counterpart, Bala Mohammed, former governor of …

Malami’s media aide wrote: “It is important to set the records straight that as the Chief Law Officer of the Federation, Malami will not stoop so low as to be associated with an apparent in-elegant and nasty court process on the strength of which the purported search warrant was procured. Attorney General and Minister of Justice of of the Federal …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Bar Peter Uwadia is an erudite scholar and lawyer. When you are in his office, you easily know that he is a very busy man, especially with the pile of files on his desk, and the retinue of visitors that he has to deal with daily. Only look in Bar Uwadia’s eyes and you get the …

With more than 20 years in the House of Representatives, Nicholas Mutu, 61, is the longest-serving member of Nigeria’s lower legislative chamber, the House of Representatives. But apart from his record-making stay in parliament, Mr Mutu, who represents the Bomadi/Patani Federal Constituency in the oil-rich but poverty-stricken Delta State, has also been in the news for fraud-related reasons. On February …

The tenure of the present National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will continue till 9 December, even as the national convention holds on Saturday, a party official has said. The Chairman of the party National Convention Organising Committee, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, disclosed this on Friday, while briefing journalists on the party preparations for the …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday asked Pope Francis to visit India, a significant opening towards the head of the Catholic Church who has long sought an official invitation to the Hindu-majority country. Modi, 71, invited Francis during a meeting at the Vatican on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome. “Had a very warm meeting with Pope Francis. I …