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About 28 ministers are currently in attendance at the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Council Chamber Presidential Villa Abuja. The unprecedented number of ministers at the FEC may not be unconnected with the ‘no nonsense’ stance of the Acting President since he took over the realm of leadership from …

Candidates for next year’s election will be picked through direct primary, the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has decided. Leaders of the party adopted the model at a “stakeholders consultative meeting” at the party secretariat yesterday. Giving the advantage of the system, which was adopted to pick the candidate of the party for the September 22 …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday saluted the roles of the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II and the European Union in the fight against human trafficking and illegal migration in the state, in the last one year. Obaseki gave the commendation while taking stock of the activities of the Edo State Task Force against Human Trafficking, during …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has issued letters of contract award to contractors that won the bids to construct the over 25 kilometre-road spanning St. Saviour-Oba-Obazagbon- Obadoloivbiyeyi communities to Idogbo/Agbor Road Bypass and PZ-Okabere-Oka Market-Upper Sokponba Road, in Benin City. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, disclosed this on Wednesday, after the state’s …

Great Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has made a case for the establishment of a Council of Traditional Rulers to support efforts at riding the West African sub-region of cross-border crimes. Oba Ewuare II made the submission in his lecture entitled “The Role of Traditional Institutions in the Preservation of Cultural Values and the …

The Federal Government says it will involve commissioners of education and school proprietors in its partnership with a Chinese Firm to promote the establishment of digital classrooms across the country. The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the inauguration of a digital classroom donated by NetDragon Websoft limited. The project was executed by …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has extended the Voters’ registration exercise by two weeks. The exercise which was supposed to end on August 17th will now last till August 31st.

In compliance with the Presidential directive that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) be overhauled, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris on Tuesday renamed the outfit. The outfit according to the Police chief will be known as Federal SpecialAnti-Robbery Squad (FSARS). The IG has also directed that all personnel under the new outfit should undergo medical and psychological evaluation. …

Following persistent complaints and reports on the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) that border on allegations of human rights violations, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to, with immediate effect, overhaul the management and activities of SARS. Any unit that will emerge from the process, he said, should be intelligence-driven and …

Edo State Government has taken into custody two abandoned children, around the Faith Mediplex complex and the third junction axis of the state. The Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, which took custody of the children, promised to reconnect them with their families. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Magdalene Ohenhen, who was at the Faith …