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The Ondo State House of Assembly has resolved that the state deputy governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, resumes as the acting governor of the state. The Speaker of the House, Hon Olamide Oladiji who announced the receipt of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s notice of medical vacation to the House, said the Governor has directed that Aiyedatiwa should takes over in acting capacity. …

.’Solution to Ondo’s political crisis lies with gladiators, not Tinubu’ Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has transmitted power to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to pilot the affairs of the state in an acting capacity. The development was not unconnected with the resolution of the meeting held at the Presidential Villa where President Bola Tinubu met with Aiyedatiwa and some stakeholders …

The Rivers State House of Assembly has declared the seats of the 27 members who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party the All Progressives Congress vacant. Rivers State House of Assembly The 27 lawmakers loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, defected from the party recently amid moves to impeach the state governor, Sim Fubara. …

Governor Siminalayi Fubara has presented the 2024 Rivers State appropriation bill. Governor Siminalayi Fubara presents the Rivers State 2024 budget proposal. The governor arrived at the plenary of the assembly under the speakership of Rt. Hon. Edison Ehie, around 9:00 a.m. Fubara was accompanied by the Secretary to the State Government, Tammy Danagogo, Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu, the Commissioner for Information …

Prominent member and gubernatorial aspirant of the Labour Party (LP) in Edo State, Dr. Dennis Osahon Aikoriogie has resigned his membership of the party, following what he described as a hijack of the party by money bags, undermining the democratic process. The reason behind his decision which sent shock waves through the party is his belief that the party’s primary …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Eighty suspected cultists were paraded on Monday by the Commissioner of police in Edo State (CP) Mohammed Dankwara amid ongoing intensified fight against the menacing cult-related violent crimes ravaging in the state. Arms and live ammunitions recovered from some of them were displayed during the parade at the Edo State Police Command Headquarters, Benin City on December …

A Catholic priest in Nebraska died Sunday after being stabbed at a parish rectory, the Archdiocese of Omaha said. Police identified a suspect in the case late on Sunday. The archdiocese said in a statement, published by the Catholic News Agency that Father Stephen Gutgsell was assaulted “during an invasion at the rectory of St. John the Baptist Parish in …

• We are dying of hunger, citizens cry out • Minimum wage earners to spend 90% of income on rice• I pretend there’s no Christmas, says school teacher • Improve business environment to create jobs, FG urged. Many households are not finding it easy as the ability to purchase daily and basic needs is becoming a tall order for many …

The organised Labour and the Federal Government are on a collision course over the government’s failure to sustain the payment of N35,000 wage award to workers. Workers in the Federal Civil Service, in separate interviews with our correspondent on Monday, noted that the Federal Government only paid N35,000 wage award for September. Following the removal of the fuel subsidy by …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigeria’s Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen, on winning the CAF 2023 Men’s Player of the Year award. The president, in a release issued on Tuesday by his Media Adviser, Ajuri Ngelale, also celebrated the remarkable achievements of Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria’s Super Falcons, who clinched the 2023 CAF Women’s Player of The Year for the …