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Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, weekend assured the citizens of the state that his government was elected to serve and nothing more, declaring that government was not a place to make money. Speaking at a luncheon held in his honour at Government House, Benin City, after his inauguration as the governor of Edo State, Governor Obaseki, insisted that …

The Federal Government’s draft National Oil Policy has proposed to consolidate Nigeria’s oil industry regulatory authorities into a single agency to be known as Petroleum Regulatory Commission, PRC, while scrapping all other regulators, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, and Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, among others. According to the document released by …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Monday in Benin, announced the appointment of Mr Osarodion Ogie as Secretary to the State Government Also appointed, according to him, are Mr. Taiwo Akerele as Chief of Staff and Mr. John Mayaki as his interim Chief Press Secretary. The governor, who made the announcement while addressing the Head of Service of the state …

(CNN) Hillary Clinton told donors in a conference call Saturday that FBI Director James Comey delivered a double whammy to her candidacy in the final days of the campaign by taking another look at emails related to Clinton’s private server before abruptly saying he found no wrongdoing. A member of her national finance committee who was on the call told …

As Mr. Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was being sworn in as the governor of Edo state, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the September 28 2016 Edo state governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Saturday appealed to all his supporters to remain calm, non-violent, hopeful and prayerful as he believes that he would reclaim his mandate as …

Edo State new governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said he would begin work immediately with a view to making the state the true heartbeat of the country. He spoke before a huge crowd that gathered at the Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium to witness the swearing in ceremony. He emerged the fifth governor of the state since it was created in …

Adams Oshiomhole, outgone governor of Edo State may have left office yesterday, but his unique style of leadership cannot easily be forgotten. Oshiomhole remained popular in the streets of Edo till the last day because of the way and manner he endeared himself to the common man. Immediately he assumed office in 2007, he invited his security details and told …

(CNN) They call it #Calexit. Interest in pushing for California’s secession from the United States has increased after Donald Trump won the presidency. The “Yes California” campaign is backing an independence referendum in support of a constitutional exit of the state from the US. In the wake of 60% of the state’s voters supporting the presidential loser, Hillary Clinton, the …

Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House Thursday, as both men put past antagonisms aside in a time honored ritual epitomizing the peaceful transfer of political power. Three days after mocking Trump as not fit to control the codes needed to launch nuclear weapons, Obama told his successor that he wanted him to succeed …

(CNN) President-elect Donald Trump is meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House, an historic encounter between two men who have been bitter enemies for years. Trump¹s first visit to Washington as the President-elect began around 10:30 a.m. when the plane emblazoned with his last name landed at Reagan National Airport, marking a new beginning for America. Trump is …