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The Senate, on Monday, disagreed with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State over his call on the Federal Government to come up with a law that will ban the movement of cattle from the North to other parts of the country, saying that if enacted such a law would not be constitutional. Speaking with Vanguard on Monday, Chairman, Senate Committee …

The official said pockets of coronavirus infections had been observed among public servants in the state. Following the rising cases of COVID-19 infections in Lagos State, the state government on Sunday announced an extension of the work-at-home order for public servants. In a statement signed by the Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, public servants will now resume on February 26, against …

Prince Momoh was a veteran journalist, lawyer, politician and former Minister of Information and Culture (1986–1990) during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. Momoh was born on April 27, 1939 in Auchi, Edo State, to the royal Momoh family. He was also the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Jos. His last major public intervention was …

“If you are the commander-in-chief and banditry is taking place in your backyard, then you have to wake up.” Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has, again, criticised President Muhammadu Buhari over his handling of the security challenges rocking the country. Mr Obasanjo said it is pathetic that despite being the commander-in-chief of armed forces, banditry still occurs at Mr Buhari’s backyard’. …

The Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Abdulkarim Lawan, on Monday, faulted claims made by Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed and the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Gabriel Olonisakin that all the 27 Local Government Areas in the state have been liberated from the hands of Boko Haram sect and fully under the control …

“What we know is that we do not have any of the Chibok schoolgirls in our custody. If they’re not with us, what do you want us to confirm to you?” The Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, on Sunday denied media reports that Nigerian troops had rescued some of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls. In 2014 about 270 schoolgirls were abducted …

The three states of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara that made up Sokoto basin have called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to spearhead the exploration of oil in the Sokoto Basin. The call was made on behalf of the governments of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara, where the Basin is, by the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. According …

(CNN) Amid the phenomenal response to Amanda Gorman, who delivered a poem to wide acclaim at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, lurked a bleaker current: responses that summoned for me the story of enslaved early American poet Phillis Wheatley. In 1773, Wheatley became not just one of the first Black women but one of the first American women to be published when …

The National Industrial Court sitting at the Benin Judicial Division, has restrained the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) from proceeding on any strike action in Edo State Primary schools. Hon. Justice A. A. Adewemimo, gave the order on Monday, February 1, after listening to submissions put forward by the Edo State Solicitor-General, Oluwole Iyamu, SAN. The Edo State Government and …

Edo Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) has commenced the implementation of the Edo State Gaming Law 2020, with a focus to regulating the operations of online betting, lottery, lotto and other gaming businesses in Edo State. The Executive Chairman, EIRS, Igbinidu Inneh, in a chat with journalists, said that the service has reorganised its operations leveraging technology to engage with the …