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As the National Assembly begins another process of review of the 1999 Constitution, Senators have been divided sharply over renewed calls for a return to the regional system of government. Recall that there have been calls in some parts of the country that since regionalism had been tested and discovered to be a system of government that can tackle the …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Operatives of Edo State police Command have apprehended five suspected criminals and recovered from them a 300kva and 100kva electricity transformers, two drums of 2.5mm flex cable wire, guns and ammunition. Also recovered are vehicles, motorcycles, gold chains and bracelets stolen from crime victims. The suspects, KC Okojie Prince, 50, Richard John Abdullahi, 40, Ifeanyi Okpara, 26, …

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, October 1, 2024, a public holiday to commemorate the nation’s 64th Independence Day. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on Saturday on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Magdalene Ajani. Tunji-Ojo congratulated Nigerians at home and abroad on the occasion …

The House of Representatives, on Friday, summoned EFCC’s Chairperson Ola Olukoyede, social media influencer VDM (born Martins Otse) and Bobrisky over the allegations of bribery involving the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Nigeria Correctional Service. According to Channels TV, this was contained in a letter written by the Lead Chairperson of the joint committee, Jon Ginger Onwusibe, to parties …

Edo Governor-elect Monday Okpebholo, on Thursday, said his election as governor signalled a new dawn for the state. Mr Okpebholo made the remarks while briefing State House correspondents after presenting his certificate of return to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa. He promised to work with the opposition if they had good ideas. “I think Edo people have spoken with their …

Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and his deputy, Hon. Denis Idahosa, were presented with their certificates of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, September 26, 2024. The certificates were handed over by Mrs. Rhoda Gomos, a national commissioner representing INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. The presentation of the certificates follows their victory in the recently …

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan and ex-governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, during his tenure, and now Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, yesterday openly disagreed over the sack of the latter. Sanusi had said in the book he co-authored with the former Minister of Finance, Shamsudeen Usman, that the former President sacked him because he blew the whistle …

A former House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, has said that President Bola Tinubu wasn’t the one that removed subsidy on petroleum products. He said though the President made the pronouncement that ‘subsidy is gone’, he was not the one that put the policy in motion. Dogara explained that before Tinubu was elected, there was no provision for subsidy payment …

Seven months after it began negotiations that ended with N70,000 as the new minimum wage, the Federal Government on Thursday began payment of the new salary and its consequential adjustments to public servants across all levels of the federal civil service, The PUNCH reports. This means over 1.2 million civil servants on the payroll of the Federal Government will be …