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…Earmarks N223bn for recurrent expenditure…N381bn for capital projects Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has presented an appropriation bill and a budget estimate of N605 billion for the 2025 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly.While presenting the 2025 budget at the main chamber of the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) on Tuesday, the governor highlighted that it …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON The crisis in Ugbineh Community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, continues to worsen despite a clear directive from the Palace of the Oba of Benin. The Oba’s Palace through its Dispute Resolution Committee had last April urged both elders and youths in the community to disregard the purported removal of the Community Youth …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, said the new Port Harcourt refinery is over 90 percent completed. The Port Harcourt Refining Company, PHRC, operates two refineries; the old plant with a capacity of 60,000 barrels per stream day (bpsd) and a new facility with 150,000 bpsd, bringing the refinery’s combined crude processing capacity to 210,000 bpsd. The Group Chief …

The United Nations declared December 10 every year as International Human Rights Day, mainly to highlight the rights now recognized globally as enuring to and enjoyed by human beings by virtue of their humanity. Although there is still so much ground to cover in the areas of protection of human rights, the decision to set aside a day for this …

The Arewa Consultative Forum, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and other stakeholders attacked the Presidency for stating that President Bola Tinubu would stay in power till 2031. Instead of obsessing over the 2027 election, the ACF admonished the Tinubu administration to focus on delivering good governance to Nigerians. The Secretary to the Government of …

Ghana’s president-elect, John Mahama, says the last eight years under the outgoing administration have been among the darkest moments in the country’s history, noting that Ghanaians have expressed their intolerance for bad governance. Mr Mahama made this statement in his victory speech on Monday after the Electoral Commission (EC) declared him the winner of Saturday’s presidential election. He defeated the incumbent …

…You’ll suffer if you protest in Ekiti, group tells agitators A Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, yesterday, granted a N50 million bail to human rights lawyer and activist, Mr Dele Farotimi, over an alleged 12-count cybercrime charge preferred against him by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. Farotimi was last week arraigned before a magistrate’s court, in Ado-Ekiti, …

Okpebholo alleged that Obaseki who governed the state on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not distribute the books to students because they featured President Tinubu’s image on the cover. Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has accused his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, of deliberately withholding books donated to the state by President Bola Tinubu from students …

The Assad regime’s outgoing prime minister has agreed to hand over power to Syria’s rebels after the insurgents seized the capital Damascus and toppled longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Russia. A transitional prime minister has yet to be picked, a source told CNN. Led by Islamist militant group HTS, which was formed out of an al Qaeda affiliate, the rebels said they will soon name …

KANO—The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Monday, said he told his daughters to make sure they retaliate when they were slapped by their husbands. The monarch made this known at the National Dialogue Conference on Gender-Based Violence, GBV, prevention from an Islamic perspective themed: ‘Islamic teachings and community collaboration for ending Gender-Based Violence’ organised by the Centre for …