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…Assures of warm reception back home Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged Bendel Insurance Football Club team to go for victory as they travel to Algeria for the return leg game against Aso Chlef FC of Algeria, scheduled for Saturday, 26th August 2023. The Benin Arsenals are heading into the return-leg with a home win advantage after defeating …

…Canvasses votes for PDP candidates …Says Tom Obaseki has experience, expertise to transform Oredo LGA Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, in a rare move by an incumbent governor in recent years took to the campaign grounds on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 charging voters to vote for his brother, Dr. Tom Obaseki as Chairman of Oredo Local Government Area of …

NEW DELHI — India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday — a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water, and a technological triumph for the world’s most populous nation. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath addresses the media after the successful …

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said the implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) will begin in September 2023. The CCMAS document is expected to guide institutions in the design of curricula for their programmes while bringing necessary innovation into the content and delivery of their programmes towards achieving the overall goals of education and training in …

For the consecutive time, the scheduled arraignment of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on alleged N6.9 billion breach of procurement laws and contract inflation has been stalled amid indications that the defendant has embraced the plea bargain policy. The arraignment on a 20-count charges fixed for Wednesday August 23 by a High Court …

Daniel Bwala, an aide to the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has asked former Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state  to learn humility on his job as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Recall that Wike, following his assuming of office on Monday, vowed to demolish houses illegally constructed within the nation’s capital, no matter whose …

Peeved by the growing level of filth and haphazard transportation system in the nation’s capital, Abuja, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has charged top officials of the administration to sit up or seek redeployment elsewhere. Specifically, he ordered the director in charge of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board, AEPB, to clean up the city, saying …

A Federal Capital Territory High court has struck out two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits by two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney General of the Federation and the Department of State Services. The two brothers, George Emefiele and Okanta Emefiele, had separately approached the court, seeking an order of …

President Bola Tinubu has relieved the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Aziz, of his job and ordered him to commence “90-day pre-retirement leave.” President Tinubu’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, who announced the removal in a statement, did not give any reason for it, only saying the pre-retirement leave will lead “to his eventual retirement from service on …

says update is free The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has urged prepaid meter users to update their meters before November 2024. NERC shared the update on its X handle (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday. The electricity regulatory commission added that the update, which is free of charge, would not affect the current prepaid units of users. It further advised users to …