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By Alltimepost.com The Nigerian Observer, property of Edo State Government and one of the spectacular legacies of two-time governor of the defunct Bendel State, now Edo, late Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia may be sold any time soon, according to information reaching Alltimepost.com. At the same time, while the Obaseki administration plans to privatize the company, it is committed to reinvesting …

Edo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service(NIS) on Tuesday, announced that it has arrested and repatriated no fewer than 450 illegal immigrants from Edo in the first quarter of the year. The Comptroller of NIS, Edo command, Mr David Adi, made the disclosure at the presentation of a refurbished Hilus van by management of Okomu oil Palm Company PLC. …

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has assented to Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Establishment Bill 2017. He also signed the Petroleum Training Institute Amendment Act 2017. Sen. Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), said in a statement in Abuja on Monday that the acting president assented to the Bills on Friday. He explained that the …

The House of Representatives’ Ad-hoc Committee has resolved to invite ex-President Goodluck Jonathan over the alleged diversion of $1 billion. The committee is investigating the alleged corruption, malpractices, breach of due process in the award of Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 245, Rep. Rasak Atunwa, Chairman of the committee disclosed this while interacting with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja on the …

Indications of any detente between the Senate and the executive arm of government may have been thwarted, when the latter on Tuesday restated its advisory to the presidency on removal the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, or risk the non-consideration of any executive nominations. The lawmakers took the decision following an executive …

Primary school teachers in some parts of the country Tuesday expressed preference for the state government to run and manage their affairs instead of leaving them at the mercies of the local government administrators as being proposed. In Akwa Ibom State, they called on the National Assembly to exclude funding and management of primary education in its ongoing move to …

The Senate on Wednesday again cautioned the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, over his comments on the 2017 budget and the roles of the Senate, reminding the minister that the National Assembly is not Lagos State House of Assembly. Following a point of order raised by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation, Danjuma Goje, the Senate …

Last week, the Office of the Governor of Edo State issued a statement endorsed by the Secretary to the Government, Osarodion Ogie, disowning the Normadic Grazing Bill which has scaled second reading in the Edo State House of Assembly purportedly being sponsored by a private member. The governor bemoaned the inundation of his office with various public comments, criticisms regarding …

The Federal Government said it would soon announce a new policy on community policing to address kidnapping, robbery and other violent crimes across the country. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, who announced this on Tuesday in Abuja, explained that the policy would involve retired Inspectors-General of Police whose experience and expertise would be exploited to address the security challenges in the …

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos today ordered the Federal Government to “immediately release to Nigerians information about the names of high ranking public officials from whom public funds were recovered and the circumstances under which funds were recovered, as well as the exact amount of funds recovered from each public official.” The judgment was delivered today by Hon …