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By Alltimepost.com Edo State Government has commenced discussions with the Nigerian Bottling Company about a power purchase agreement from the company’s Benin plant, to light up government buildings and streets across Benin metropolis. The State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, made the disclosure when he paid a working visit to the NBC Benin Plant located at Eyaen in Benin during the …

A rufaigainst the backdrop of speculations that the new 25,000 teachers to be recruited in Kaduna State will be given contract appointments, Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has said that all the new teachers being recruited will get permanent and pensionable appointments. El-Rufai said this on Monday during a meeting with the chairmen of the 23 local government councils and their …

Tchikwuhe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, said it has deployed more of its depots and other throughput facilities to enforce the N133.28 per litre Ex-Depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, to marketers directly. A press statement signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, quoted the Managing …

The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu on Monday paid a surprise visit to the newly appointed Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Opeyemi Oke. The EFCC Chairman, who had a closed door meeting with Justice Oke for over an hour, arrived at the Lagos State High Court premises in Ikeja after the official working …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said he was shocked by media reports that quoted the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, as saying that he (Osinbajo) was warned ahead of the January 1 killings in Logo and Guma Local Government areas of the state. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice-President …

By Alltimepost.com Former President of Nigeria, Retired General Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that Edo State Government needs the far-reaching support of the Federal Government and well-meaning international organizations to stem the tide of human trafficking. Obasanjo, who said this today during a courtesy visit to Governor Obaseki at the Government House, Benin City, the Edo State capital, stressed that the …

By Alltimepost.com President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has assured that all the perpetrators of violence in Benue state would be made to face the wrath of the law, calling on the government and people of the state to exercise restraint following the recent attacks on some of their communities. The President made the statement while receiving a delegation of political …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has concluded arrangement with the State Command of the Nigeria Police Force to curb vandalism, theft and encroachment on school properties under its jurisdiction across the state. Towards this end the agency has commenced the roll out of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s reforms for the education sector. Acting Chairperson of SUBEB and …

Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, has said that the state is negotiating with the Federal Government to relocate the Ikoyi Prison. Kazeem said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode initiated the plan to move the prison from Ikoyi, to a more spacious location in a less heavily-built-up part of the state, possibly Epe. Kazeem, who is the Esquire …

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has appealed to the Federal Government to pay compensation to herdsmen affected by all forms of crisis in the country. The National Secretary of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, made the appeal while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Sunday on the position of the association to the crisis between farmers and herdsmen …