NewsReports

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on Wednesday, sought Senate approval for $800 million loan to finance the National Social Safety Network Programme. The request was contained in a letter read by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, to lawmakers on the floor of the Senate. The President partly wrote, “Please note that the Federal Executive Council approved …

In what officials described as a result of reforms by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to promote transparency and accountability and prudent management of resources, Edo State has bagged World Bank’s Public Expenditure Efficiency, and Fiscal Transparency and Accountability Awards. The State received the two awards at the Federal Government of Nigeria/World Bank States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) …

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, left Nigeria for Europe on a working visit. This is coming Two weeks after he returned to the country from a trip to London, Saudi Arabia and Paris. This was contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Tunde Rahman. According to the statement, Tinubu will use the opportunity of the trip to …

…Gov blames nation’s declining health system for Ekweremadu’s ordeal Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, got the commendation of Chief Medical Directors from across the country for his sustained investment in health and other sectors of the state’s economy, acknowledging the governor as one of the best-performing governors in the country. The governor got the commendation when he …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, vowed to investigate the findings of Ambrose Ali University (AAU), Ekpoma Special Intervention Team, reaffirming his government’s commitment to repositioning the university and restoring the lost glory of the state-owned tertiary institution. The governor made this known when he received an interim report of the Special Intervention Team on Wednesday. Obaseki, while receiving …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Ibrahim Adamu, 25 and a Navy officer, has confessed that he took to car snatching during his course in Sapele town in Delta State. The navy officer and his alleged partner in crime, one Abdullahi Abdulwahab,26, a personnel of the Nigeria Correctional Service, serving in Kaduna State were paraded by Edo State Police …

New York (AP) — A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. The verdict was split: Jurors rejected Carroll’s claim that she was raped, finding Trump responsible for a lesser …

By Eben Enasco  A High Court of Justice in Okada Judicial Division has set June 13, 2023, for a definite hearing over who becomes the authentic Odionwere (Village head) of the Iyowa Community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. The melee is between two factions of Pa Samson Obazee, a 93-year-old man, and one Pa Enotiemwomwan …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, on Tuesday, met with the Chairman of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Tony Aziegbemi, and other members of the PDP State Executive Committee, to strategize ahead of the forthcoming local government elections in the state. Obaseki, who spoke to journalists after a closed-door …

*Highlights FG’s strides in sector   *US firm, G.E says how VP intervened to save project *Infusion of new money by indigenous investors. Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria could become one of the best electricity power markets in the world.Osinbajo’s statement was predicated on what he called the sustenance of “the significant strides made by the Buhari …