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Edo State Government has approved funds for the construction and renovation of more schools across the state as part of efforts to ensure a conducive learning environment for students under the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation (EdoBEST) programme. In a statement at the weekend, Executive Chairperson of the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (EdoSUBEB), Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe, said …

Edo State Government has concluded plans to acquire a mobile digital mapper, as part of efforts to improve land management in the state, the Managing Director, Edo State Geographic Information Service Agency (EdoGIS), Arch. Frank Evbuomwan, disclosed in a chat with journalists in Benin City at the weekend. Evbuomwan also disclosed that the agency plans to open zonal offices in …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Delta State Police Command has denied allegation of arrest of two undergraduates who had been reportedly kidnapped, but released by their abductors while their colleague was reportedly killed in the operation. The two undergraduates Mr. Divine Omajuwa of Geology Department and Miss Hamza Hussiena Jennifer of Pharmacology Department, Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka had been reportedly kidnapped …

In its years in power the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was flayed for being undemocratic by critics, especially in its internal affairs. With the All Progressives Congress, APC in power, the current ruling party is now being flayed as unprogressive Apparently, ruling parties in Nigeria have a problem keeping to the meaning of the middle word in their names. The …

Following the emergence of the Delta variant of coronavirus infection in the country and the rising number of new cases and hospitalisations, the Nigerian government has put six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on a red alert. The affected states, which are spread across four of the country’s six geopolitical zones of South-west, South-south, North-West and North-central …

Against the general clamour for a lasting solution to the myriad of electoral problems facing the country, 50 members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate and two of their counterparts in the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, on Thursday voted against electronic transmission of election results in the forthcoming general elections. Notwithstanding the constitutionally guaranteed independence …

…reveals commission, NCC, telcos committee okayed e-transmission capacity Despite the rejection of electronic transmission of election results by the National Assembly in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, the use of the technology will be feasible in the deepening of democracy in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission said on Saturday. The commission premised its optimism on the fact that its …

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has given reasons to justify the position taken by the Senate on the electronic transmission of election results. The Senate on Thursday, while considering the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill, voted that “The Commission(INEC) may consider electronic transmission of results, provided the national coverage is adjudged to be adequate and secure by the National …

Omo-Agege justifies rejection of e-transmission clause Canvasses stiff sanctions against electoral offenders Amid controversies over the inclusion of the electronic transmission of results clause in the Electoral Amendment Bill, a document commissioned by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in 2020 put 2-G network coverage at 89% of the country’s population. Despite the indisputable statistics in the document, the Deputy Senate President, …

As the race for the 2023 presidency gains momentum, members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State have called on the national chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, to zone its presidential ticket to the North-central region. The PDP members, under the auspices of Sarakiyya 2023, said in the spirit of fairness, the leadership of the main …