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The Federal Government has submitted proposed guidelines for the reopening of schools across the country to the National Assembly. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba made the presentation on Tuesday during a meeting with the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, he intimated the lawmakers of the ministry’s plans for students to resume …

A High Court of Justice in Ekpoma Judicial Division, has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and others, from removing, preventing or purporting to exclude the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki or any of other aspirant who has been cleared by the party from participating in the gubernatorial primary slated for 25th June, …

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 said on Monday it had started reviewing the guidelines for lifting of the ban on interstate travels. Speaking at the daily press briefing of the PTF in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the task force, Dr Sani Aliyu, said the roads would be opened when the bus termini in the country all had COVID-19 …

The judge, E. A Obile, however, did not grant that prayer. The judge asked that the motion seeking to bar Mr Obaseki be served on the defendants including Mr Obaseki via newspaper publication. A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has refused to bar Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State Governor, from participating in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election …

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Command of the Nigeria Police Force to seal off the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Vanguard learned that the order was necessitated by the need to ensure public order and safety in and around the secretariat. At press time, some of the …

• Protesters demand NWC dissolution, emergency NEC meeting • After suspension, Giadom writes INEC, says Edo primary illegal The All Progressives Congress  National Reconciliation Committee has received no fewer than 170 petitions from aggrieved party members across the country. The committee’s Secretary, Senator John Enoh, who disclosed this in an interview with one of our correspondents on Monday, said the …

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has barred Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State from participating in the Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary slated for Thursday, June 25, 2020. According to the court documents, which were made available to our correspondent, the suit was instituted by one of the governorship aspirants on the PDP, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has set-up an investigation committee to unravel the cause of the fire which razed parts of Oba Market in Kings Square, Benin City, the Edo State capital. The governor disclosed this during a visit to the market for an on-the-spot assessment of the incident reported to have occurred in the early hours of Monday, …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, assured state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressive Congress that the crisis rocking the ruling party will soon be resolved. The Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after leading some of his colleagues to a meeting with Buhari on …

The Federal High Court in Benin, Edo State, on Monday adjourned a ruling to July 6 to decide either to drop or continue with the case on the direct mode of primary adopted by the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress for the nomination of the party’s governorship candidate. The Presiding Judge, Justice Mohammed Umar, adjourned the suit …