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Inflation in Nigeria increased by 0.08 percent points hitting 12.34% in April, as against  12.26 percent rate recorded in March 2020, according to a monthly data report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS) on Thursday. According to the document, on month-on-month basis, the headline index increased by 1.02 percent in April 2020. This is 0.18 percent rate higher …

*Oyegun is twisting facts, Edosomwan responds Former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Thursday, urged the party to give Governor Godwin Obaseki (Edo) and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) second term tickets in line with a recent peace deal. In the alternative, the former governor of Edo State said, free and fair primaries should be held. …

Edo State Government has commenced evaluation exercise for top bidders for the provision of Transaction Advisory (TA) Services for the Benin City River Port Project, in Gelegele area of the state. Chairman, Benin City River Port-Project Technical Committee (BRP-PTC), Engr. Greg Ogbeifun, disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, during the bid evaluation exercise, which held in Government House on …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says all governorship aspirants in Edo and Ondo State will pay N22.5 million as part of the requirements for contesting in the states’ governorship elections on September 19 and October 10. In a timetable released in Abuja on Wednesday, APC National Organising Secretary, Emma Ibediro, said the party would begin the primaries with the sale of nomination …

As part of preparations for the governorship election in Ondo and Edo states, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released timetable for the election of its governorship candidates in the two states, stating that sale of forms will commence on June 22 while notice of election to the state will be issued on June 2. According to the National Organising …

The Senate on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to consider a comprehensive review of the power privatisation policy with a view to reversing the current arrangement. The red chamber said Nigerians would not enjoy stable power supply in the next 10 years if the activities of the distribution companies were not reviewed and restructured. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, stated …

A nongovernment organization, Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, PRAWA, Tuesday, organised capacity building for Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, officers on handling violators of Coronavirus, COVID-19 lockdown order. This was made known in a statement by the Deputy Director, PRAWA, Ogechi Ogu, which 13 guidelines regarding effective supervision and penalty meted out to violators serving Non-Custodial sentences in the Federal Capital …

…demand written statement on status of essential workers from police The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA has directed doctors in state to proceed on an indefinite sit-at-home order to protest what they described as ‘conflicting directives by the government and incessant police harassment’ on medical doctors and other health workers in the state. In a press …

Residents of Sokoto State now rely on the soldiers of Niger Republic for protection against armed bandits as Nigerian Army has completely abandoned them, Ibrahim Gobir, the senator representing Sokoto East, has said. For this reason, he said, not less than 5,000 people in the affected areas have migrated to Niger Republic for safety. Mr Gobir made this submission during plenary on …

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has ordered strict enforcement of the national curfew and inter-state movement restriction orders emplaced by the Federal Government as part of measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The IGP gave this directive to the Zonal Assistant-Inspectors General of Police and State Commissioners of Police during …