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Great Benin King, Oba Ewuare II, on Monday began the first public performance of Ugie Ododua in his Palace, Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. Historically, Ugie Ododua is said to have started during the reign of Oba Esigie in about 1504 A.D. The ceremony which is a commemoration of the return of Oranmiyan, the son of Ododua to Benin …

President Muhammadu Buhari for the second time has said the National Assembly inflated the debt figures to be repaid by the federal government to some states. He asked the lawmakers to send details of the amounts they approved for Delta and Taraba States. He said he would go ahead to pay the amount earlier approved by the federal executive council …

PORT HARCOURT – Incumbent Nyesom Wike of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has snapped eight of 10 local government areas, LGA, results so far presented by collation officers at resumed Rivers state governorship election. Closest contending All Progressives Congress, APC, backed Biokpomabo Awara, candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC took the two others as the Collation Team declared a break …

The Nigerian Police, Tuesday published the names and photos of those who murdered Mr Kolade Johnson, a football fan who was watching football match on Sunday. Recall that after his reported death, Nigerians especially celebrities took to their various social media handles, to criticize his death. Many wrote personal letters to President Muhammadu Buhari to end SARS, insisting that the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday resumed the collation of results of the Rivers State governorship election. National Commissioner supervising Bayelsa, Edo and Rivers States, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu, while announcing the resumption of the governorship results collation, assured party agents and other stakeholders of a fair, credible and peaceful collation process. She said, “In view of that incident on …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by the African Action Congress and three of its members seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission from concluding and collating the results of the March 9, 2019 governorship and House of Assembly Elections in Rivers State. Dismissing the suit in a judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo upheld …

Rivers Police Command on Monday said it has commenced the deployment of personnel at strategic areas and collation centres for election results collation scheduled to begin in the state on Tuesday. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, made this known in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday. The Independent National Electoral Commission had, on March 21, announced the …

International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank, has expressed interest to collaborate with Edo State Government in boosting the capacity of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to scale their operations and increase productivity in the state. This was disclosed by the Senior Economist, IFC, Denny Lewis-Bynoe, who led a delegation of the IFC on a courtesy visit …

Edo Geographic Information Service (EdoGIS) Agency has disclosed plans to kickstart the deployment of its Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data in resolving inter-community boundary disputes. The Managing Director, EdoGIS, Arch. Francis Evbuomwan disclosed this during a tour of the agency’s office by a delegation of the World Bank led by Senior Social Development Specialist, West Africa Social Development, World Bank Group, …

Two House of Representatives members-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have declared their support for Femi Gbajabiamila who is seeking to become the Speaker of the house. Wole Oke representing Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency of Osun State and Jerry Alagbaso representing Orlu /Oru East /Orsu Federal Constituency of Imo State said Mr Gbajabiamila was their preferred candidate. They spoke during …