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The event will take place at the House of Representatives Chamber which has the capacity to accommodate members of the two chambers and the president’s entourage. 1:10 p.m. – Guests are arriving the National Assembly complex. Notable amongst them is the Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari. Some other ministers are trooping in one after the other. The Senators had gone …

Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has described the attacks on Governor Godwin Obaseki by Gen. Charles Airhiavbere, over the bestowal of the 2019 Best Performing Governor award on him by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), as ‘futile and retrogressive’. In a statement, Osagie said the award has been “like …

Edo State Government has distributed relief materials to flood victims in five local government areas across the state, including Igueben, Egor, Oredo, Ovia South-West, Ikpoba-Okha and Uhunmwonde. Some of the distributed items include 500 bags of rice, 300 bags of beans, 300 bags of garri, 2000 cartoons of instant noddles, gallons of vegetable oil and palm oil. Addressing journalists during …

Security in and around the National Assembly Complex had been tightened ahead of the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari for the presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill. Men of the Department of State Services, Nigerian Police Force, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and Sergeant-at-arms were present at all entry points to restrict access into the premises. Apart from lawmakers …

Civil Empowerment & Rule of Law Support Initiative (CERLSI) has called on state governors in Nigeria that have adopted the Child Rights Act in the 36 states to quickly begin to implement it, to save Nigerian children from religious and cultural practices which expose them to torture and abuse. Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, CERLSI deputy executive director, in making this call …

By Hon. Josef Omorotionmwan In contemporary Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, had no iota of doubt that she had a good husband. She also knew that her husband was a team player. She knew that many good Nigerians worked hard to see her husband through the 2015 elections. To her utter consternation, however, no sooner had the elections been …

The President of Trade Union Congress, Quadri Olaleye, said organised labour would not go on a warning strike before the main industrial action, if government failed to meet workers’ demand on the implementation of the new minimum wage by the close of work on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. In a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting of leaders …

The Kwara State House of Assembly has said it directed the seizure of the Alimi Chalet and an expanse of land, popularly called ‘Ile Arugbo’, allegedly acquired by a former Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The Assembly said the property belonged to the state government and there was no evidence the politician paid for them. In a statement by the Special …

The closure of Nigeria’s land borders may be impelling local rice producers to raise their capacities in response to concerns about the consequent shortage, which has induced price hike. Rice is the most popular food staple in Nigeria with local demand in excess of seven million tonnes. But until the border closure policy was enforced in August, widespread and largely …

Rights group, the Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has thrown its weight behind a call by the Edo State Government for a forensic probe of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC).  The call by Edo State Government is premised on the shoddy, incomplete, abandoned and substandard projects executed at the cost of N20 billion by …