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The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has described the two years detention of journalist Jones Abiri as outright conviction and ordered government to pay N10 million in damages to Mr Abiri. Mr Abiri was arrested in August 2016 and detained for two years till his lawyers, led by human rights activist, Femi Falana filed a fundamental suit against …

The Lagos State Chapter of All Progressives Congress on Wednesday said it had not adopted any governorship aspirant as its candidate for the 2019 elections. The Chairman of the chapter’s Elders’ Forum, Alhaji Tajudeen Olusi, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. He was reacting to media reports that the chapter had adopted an …

Former Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has declared his bid to run for president on the platform of the Labour party in 2019. Mimiko made the declaration at exactly 12:15pm, at an event held at the National Secretariat of the Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam-led LP, in Abuja, on Thursday. He said there comes a time in the life of a nation …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved with effect from September 14, 2018 the appointment of Yusuf Magaji Bichi (fwc), as new Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS). The appointee is a core Secret Service operative, according to a statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu. Bichi attended Danbatta Secondary School, the …

Benin City, Nigeria – Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has hailed Edo State government on its expression of interest to participate as a key sub-national Open Government Partnership (OGP) player in Nigeria. Since signing on to the Open Government Partnership in 2016, Nigeria and the OGP have worked assiduously to get subnational governments in the 36 states …

…Say port in Gelegele would boost tourism, economy Hotel owners in Edo State have thrown their weight behind the efforts of Governor Godwin Obaseki to industrialise the state, and have begun positioning themselves to take their share of the resulting tourist traffic. Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Association of Hotel Proprietors, Edo State chapter, Mr Roland Osunde, who led …

A day after Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State officially declared his bid for a second term, there is a threat to impeach the governor, TheCable has reported. The impeachment threat is not unconnected to an ongoing rift between Ambode and APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Ambode had on Monday obtained his expression of interest and nomination forms at …

The Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says President Muhammadu Buhari, will lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 73rd United Nations General Assembly in New York. The 73rd UNGA will begin September 18 at the UN Headquarters, New York, while the General Debate will hold from September 25 to October 1. Onyeama, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a news …

Edo State Government has begun enforcement of the order on illegal burrows, by shutting operations of not less than 10 burrow pits in Benin City, the state capital, in a renewed drive to safeguard the state’s environmental integrity. The enforcement team was led by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Sustainability, Mr. Bright Emeodume Esq. and the Ministry’s Director …

“While it is true he is older than me age wise, I’m senior to him politically because I was in the House of Representatives in 1979 when he was an employee of Nigerian Customs Services. And if age is the criterion for standing election, then he should drop out for Buhari” ABUJA– Erstwhile governor of Jigawa State and Presidential hopeful …