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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says payment for issuance of National Identity Card would begin in 2022. NIMC Director General, Aliyu Aziz, said this at the lunch time reform seminar on National Digital Identity Ecosystem Strategic Road Map for enrollment of Nigerians and legal residents into National Identity Database (NIDB) in Abuja on Thursday. The event was organised by …

The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, says Nigerian leaders should be prepared to build more prisons and cemeteries if they fail to invest in education. The governor said there is a direct relationship between the unrest in the Niger Delta and the low level of education, unemployment and under-employment. Mr Dickson said this in Abuja on Thursday while receiving the …

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, has said the commission will investigate possible violation of campaign finance laws by the Federal Government through its TraderMoni scheme.  He stated that the electoral body had a mechanism for tracking campaign finance violations by candidates and their parties, adding that INEC would study public comments on the scheme and investigate …

Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, today launched the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Edo State to provide free meals for children in public schools in the state. During the launch of the programme at Eyaen Primary School in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the state, Osinbajo said the NHGSFP feeds 9.3 million children in 49,937 public …

Edo State Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) has declared the sum of N2.91 billion as total allocation that accrued to the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state for the month of December 2018. Addressing journalists after the JAAC meeting chaired by Governor Godwin Obaseki, Chairman, Etsako Central Local Government Area, Hon. John Akhigbe, announced that the Internally …

In the last few days, Edo PDP have been receiving many calls and enquiries to confirm if indeed we filed a suit in the federal high court against Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon in respect of false information supplied to INEC. At this juncture, I wish to confirm that the Peoples Democratic Party has asked the Federal High Court in Benin City …

The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) is holding a crucial meeting on Thursday in preparation of a resumption of their suspended nationwide strike. The union had threatened to resume the industrial action it suspended last May and the meeting was called after the two weeks’ ultimatum it gave the government to resolve “issues in dispute” elapsed today. “The meeting will …

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says the two leading political parties – the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party – do not deserve to return to power. Soyinka said this on Thursday at an interactive session at Freedom Park in Lagos titled, ‘Citizen Forum 2019’. The playwright had last month seemed to lean towards President Muhammadu Buhari when …

An opposition presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday said he would consider granting amnesty to corrupt persons willing to surrender their loot. Mr Abubakar said this while appearing with his running mate, Peter Obi, at a live town hall programme hosted by ace journalist, Kadaria Ahmed. Mr Abubakar said he would consider drawing a line during which corrupt former public …

The Court of Appeal On Wednesday rejected a request by suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen seeking to stop his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). It did this after deciding that the request was not in line with provisions of the law. In a ruling, the court said Section 306 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) …