The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has put the blame for his recent ordeal on some leaders of the ruling party, that include the governor of Edo State. In his first public reaction a day after the FCT High Court suspended him as the chairman of the ruling party, Mr Oshiomhole said he will overcome his …
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we are glad to note that gradually but surely, the political leadership in the North has started making bold moves to eradicate street begging, especially by the Almajirai pupils of Islamic schools. A 2014 report by the United Nations Education Fund, UNICEF, indicated that Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children (13.2 million) in the world, and the North …
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Some students and lecturers in the Geology Department of the University of Benin who were abducted by suspected kidnappers have been released. They were released by some vigilance groups with the support of policemen on Tuesday night, The Nation reports. The kidnappers had abducted them while they were going to Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo local government area on field work. Police sources …
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Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced an aggressive drive, with the objective of reaching a target of over 500,000 members ahead of the 2020 gubernatorial election, the state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki disclosed during the week. Obaseki was speaking during the sensitization of executives and leaders of the APC in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government …
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Edo State Government has secured the sum of N5 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for farmers in the state through its agripreneur program, according to the Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security Programme, Prince Joe Okojie. Prince Joe Okoji disclosed this to journalists during the week after an inspection tour of a …
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Edo Development and Property Agency (EDPA) in conjunction with JARA Nigeria will on Friday, March 6, 2020 open a new discount supermarket on Sakponda Road, Benin City, the Edo State capital. The new supermarket is a product of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the state government through the EDPA and JARA (EDLP Nigeria Ltd), for the setting up of …
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…Rebuilds 16 magistrate courts across Edo Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has inaugurated the Edo Small Claims Court, in Benin City, to make settlement of commercial disputes seamless and fast, demonstrating the state government’s commitment to deepening Ease of Doing Business reform. R-L: Edo State Chief Judge, Justice Esther Edigin; Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; Speaker, Edo State …
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National Vice Chairman, Northwest of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Mustapha Salihu has backed the order of a Federal Capital Territory FCT High Court which suspended the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Wednesday. Salihu who has been having a running battle with the national chairman over the party’s choice of Arch. Waziri Bulama as National Secretary, …
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The head of Nigeria’s disease control agency, NCDC, Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said he is on self-isolation and not quarantine as said by the health minister. PREMIUM TIMES reported the statement of the health minister, Osagie Ehanire, when he appeared before senators to speak on Nigeria’s preparedness for the coronavirus. Mr Ehanire said Mr Ihekweazu’s recent trip to China necessitated the …
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The Kano State House of Assembly has begun a fresh probe of the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi. The lawmakers said Wednesday that they received two petitions against the emir. During the assembly’s plenary, the chairman of the committee on local government and chieftaincy affairs, Zubairu Hamza-Masu, said he received a petition from one Muhammad Mukhtar of Ja’en Yamma quarters …
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