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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 …

Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. [Photo credit: Concise News] The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has officially declared his intention to run the for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mr Gbajabiamila made his declaration in Abuja Sunday afternoon. He tagged his campaign ‘Nation building, a joint task.’ Addressing …

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu, Friday cautioned those vying for the office of the senate president and speaker house of Reps to be mindful of their actions, noting that a repetition of what happened in 2015 would not be tolerated in 2019. Tinubu who conspicuously disclosed this to pressmen, said that party …

Following the Court of Appeal’s stay of execution order on a judgement by the Edo State High Court, which nullified the Edo State Sanitation and Pollution Management Law, the Edo Waste Management Board has re-activated the ‘Clean Up Edo’ campaign, deploying resources to clear major roads and streets in Benin City, of debris and dirt. Addressing journalists, General Manager, Edo …

The struggle for an N30,000 minimum wage for the least paid workers in Nigeria by organised labour appears to be nearing a joyous end as the National Assembly has transmitted a clean copy of the passed bill by the National Assembly to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. This came as  Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, MHWUN, has advised …

The national leader of Nigeria’s ruling party has opposed the federal government’s plan to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT). He said an increase in VAT will reduce the purchasing power of Nigerian consumers and is capable of increasing hardship in the country. “This is why I appeal on Mr Osinbajo (Yemi) and his team to put a huge question …