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By Ola Airenakho Benin City – As Edo people prepare for the poll to elect a new governor, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged all gubernatorial candidates to carry out their campaigns in peace and harmony. The Royal father and spiritual leader made the appeal while speaking during a visit to Governor Adams Oshiomhole …

Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, said enforcement of the speed limiters on commercial vehicles operating in the country would commence nationwide on October 1, 2016. FRSC’s Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, who spoke during a meeting with stakeholders from relevant government agencies and road transport unions at the FRSC national headquarters in Abuja, said the enforcement would be total and …

The Borno Government said it received a cash donation of one million U.S. dollars from the Bill Gates Foundation for victims of Boko Haram insurgency in the state. Gov. Kashim Shettima announced this on Sunday in Mainok, Kaga Local Government Area, while distributing food items and farm inputs purchased by the government. “We are gathered here today to commence distribution …

Meanwhile, as more Nigerians complained of hardship, the Federal Government has continued to blame past administrations for the current economic crisis that has left many families struggling to feed and to survive. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke at the just concluded 2016 edition of the All Nigeria Editors Conference in Port Harcourt said that Nigerians are …

The man championing the campaign to unseat Speaker Yakubu Dogara for alleged padding of the budget, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has himself gone to court to stop the police from arresting or questioning him over allegations bordering on claims of his complicity in the matter. Besides that Saturday Vanguard has also obtained court papers in which Jibrin is also seeking judicial relief …

The rising rate of ethnic disturbances and religious extremism in parts of Nigeria took the centre stage yesterday, as the Federal Government was urged to prevent religion and ethnicity from becoming Nigeria’s national identity. The government was also urged to forge national cohesion in its efforts to douse ethno-religious tension as the country’s leadership must rise to the challenges posed …

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Thursday met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting, which lasted about an hour, was held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Soyinka was accompanied by a former Managing Director, Daily Times of Nigeria, Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi. The agenda of the meeting described as a private one was not …

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday in Abuja released what it called the final list of candidates for the Edo State governorship election. The election is scheduled to hold on Saturday, September 10. In a document signed and issued by the Secretary to the commission, Mrs. Augusta C. Ogakwu, the commission said that 19 political parties and their candidates …

The Federal Government has disclosed plans to release N100bn for capital projects in a few days’ time, having earlier released N322bn for the same purpose. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this on Thursday in Lagos during the Presidential Policy Dialogue session organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He said, “We have also pledged to keep capital budget …

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday said no member of the National Assembly could be investigated or prosecuted for performing the legislative duty of passing an Appropriation Act. He also took on critics, who joined a former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, to accuse him of padding the budget, saying they lacked the …