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President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken on the ruling of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, dismissing the case brought before it by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday. Reacting to the verdict through a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Wednesday, President Buhari …

Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC), has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), for driving Ease of Doing Business reforms, which has seen Nigeria move up fifteen (15) places in the World Bank Doing Business Ranking for 2020.The National Economic Council comprises of the nation’s 36 Governors, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister and Governor of the Central …

A Benin High Court has refused to grant the prayer of one Tony Kabaka Adun seeking an extension of the initial 14-day restraining order, which temporarily stopped the Edo State Government from removing his illegal building earlier marked for demolition. The court presided over by Justice D. I. Okungbowa yesterday declined the request by Mr. Adun’s lawyer, U.L Osa-Uwagie, during …

The Supreme Court has dismissed objection the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, raised against its decision to consolidate seven appeals relating to President Muhammad Buhari’s re-election. The apex court, in its first ruling that was delivered by a seven-man panel of Justices headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, consolidated all the …

Edo State Government has concluded plans for the launch of the state’s Compulsory Health Insurance Scheme on Thursday, October 31, which will ensure that affordable healthcare is accessible to residents in the state. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie made the disclosure in a press statement in Benin on Tuesday. Osagie said Governor …

Barely two weeks to 2019 edition of the Alaghodaro Summit, more local and international players in the business scene have made strong commitments to be at the event, which has become a rallying point for Nigeria’s business community. In a statement on Tuesday, Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie said the …

African Palm Oil Initiative (APOI) has commended the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on his commitment to ensuring sustainable oil palm production and reforestation in the state. The facilitator of APOI in Edo State, Mr. Churchill Oboh, gave the commendation during a training programme organised by Proforest for thirty APOI members, in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Members …

Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi Tuesday said that certain freight forwarders will be banned from operating in the ports for going against the Act establishing the Council for the Regulation of Freight  Forwarding of Nigeria (CRFFN). Speaking at the opening of the a two day ‘Sensitization Workshop on Freight Forwarding as a Career’ Amaechi said that said that …

…Calls for prevention of misguided minority from destroying the institution Nigerian Police force is without a doubt, “one of our proudest national assets,” the largest Police Force in Africa, with some of the best trained and best-educated men and women in any force, anywhere in the world, the nation’s Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo declared on Monday. “Our policemen and …

Lagos, Nigeria – The Civil Empowerment & Rule of Law Support Initiative, CERLSI, has hailed the World Bank decision to launch a new initiative to promote literacy among children after a research indicated that there was that half of all children in low and middle income countries, and nearly 90% of all those living in sub-Saharan Africa are unable to read …