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In what real estate operators and business owners have described as a major turnaround for ease of doing business in the state, the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has slashed to a minimum of N50,000 the cost for processing Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O), assuring a 30-day turnaround for processing land titles. Obaseki, who disclosed this during an inspection of …

Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday played host to another former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa State. Mr Obasanjo was in Bayelsa for medical check-up as a guest of the Bayelsa government which launched a new health programme. He made a stop-over at Mr Jonathan’s home. Mr Jonathan, apparently delighted with the visit, later …

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to begin the probe of President Muhammadu Buhari’s security vote. Ortom who spoke to journalists after his broadcast said he never heard of where security vote was investigated. EFCC had on Monday claimed that it had begun investigation of the Benue State governor, house of assembly …

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole; and some senators elected on the platform of the party led by the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, on Wednesday met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting came amidst the gale of defections being witnessed in the party. Oshiomhole told State House …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, on Wednesday night in Abuja, told those who just defected to the former ruling party from the All Progressives Congress to be ready to fight a war. He said the battle to wrest power from the ruling party would be fierce as the APC would not want to yield …

The presidency has finally spoken on a bill that journalists and media advocates say could gag press freedom if passed into law. The Senate pushed the controversial Nigerian Press Council Amendment Bill through second reading earlier this year, eliciting widespread outrage from media practitioners who immediately identified it as an attempt to revive some of the relics of dictatorship that …

Benin City – Gunmen suspected to be cultists have killed a security guard few days after he was released from police custody in Benin City, Edo State Capital. The victim, Okwudili Okolie,35 was murdered at 19, Etinosa Street, off 2nd Ivbiore Street, Ihiogbe quarters, Benin City about 4pm, Sunday, July 22, 2018. Before his gruesome murder, he was said to …

…Electoral body urges eligible registrants in 18 LGAs to register at Commission’s offices The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise will be suspended on August 17, urging the electorates who haven’t registered to take advantage of the window to do so. A statement signed by the Administrative Secretary, Independent National Electoral …

With Monday’s purported impeachment of Eze Madumere as Imo deputy governor, the conversion of the acclaimed “Heartland” of the South-east to Rochas Okorocha’s comic show now appears complete. But the trouble is that the entire gallery is already deserted and the theatre crew left to seek pleasure only in self-entertainment. With another clown already being dressed up as replacement before …

—-Says he slows down development of country ABUJA-THE Federal Government on Wednesday said that the defection of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was a great relief to the party. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed would stated this while briefing State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, …