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…Sen. Obende flays attack on entourage …Idahosa: ‘Oshiomhole is not fit, proper to be APC National Chair’ …Those involved must be prosecuted – Ojezua, Edo APC chair Saturday’s alleged attack on Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, Chancellor, Edo University, Iyamho, Dr. Aderemi Makanjuola and other guests at the residence of the National …

Thugs already mobilised from within and outside the states to disrupt process IG Adamu pledges 64,241 policemen The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned of impending violence ahead of the Kogi and Bayelsa states governorship elections.  INEC’s Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, who gave the warning at the inter-agency security meeting between the Commission and security agencies yesterday, said there …

Enrollment for scheme commences January next year The Federal Government has commended the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki for launching the Edo State Social Health Insurance Scheme, designed to make healthcare affordable and accessible to residents across the state. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, gave the commendation in a keynote address at the official launch of the …

…Rues sector players’ insufficient investment The Federal Government, Saturday, expressed concerns that in spite of huge resources sunk into the power sector, not much improvement has been recorded in the five years of the privatisation of the power assets. It regretted that instead of the citizens enjoying constant electricity supply, the nation’s electricity industry was characterised with daunting challenges of …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday departed Makkah via Abdul’aziz International Airport, Jeddah for London, United Kingdom after he successfully performed the lesser Hajj. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the President left Makkah for Jeddah around 1.30 p.m. (local time) while his presidential aircraft took-off for London at exactly 3.05 p.m. The departure was after all the airport protocol led by …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), wednesday insisted on embarking on industrial action if the federal government stops the payment of their salaries for their refusal to enroll in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The Benin, Sokoto and Ilorin zonal branches of the union said yesterday that their members would resort to their “no pay, no …

Belgian police found 12 migrants alive in a refrigerated truck at a motorway parking area in northern Belgium on Wednesday after the driver alerted authorities, a federal police spokeswoman said. The driver, who was transporting fruit and vegetables, called the police who found 12 adult men of Syrian and Sudanese origin and took them to the Immigration Office in the …

•It’s shamefully pathetic — FG•Reps to seek protection for political leaders while abroad•PDP, Lawan, Omo-Agege condemn attack•Attack not in Igbo character, says APC Forum Nnamdi  Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, insisted, yesterday, that the attack on the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in Nuremberg, Germany, was a ‘courageous act’ and ‘polite warning.’ Reacting in …

A Magistrate Court in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, on Wednesday, 30th October 2019 discharged and acquitted 4 protesters arrested on August 5, 2019, during the RevolutionNow protest. The court presided over by Magistrate II, Mr O. A. Onaguruwa, upheld the no-case submission made on behalf of the 4 protesters by Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Inibehe …

…As VP Osinbajo receives Vietnamese Deputy PM …Both countries sign waiver of Visa requirements for holders of valid diplomatic & official passports Nigeria and Vietnam have agreed on the establishment of a joint commission on trade and strengthening the bilateral ties between the two countries. This was one of the highlights of a high-level meeting between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo …