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Edo State Government has dismissed rumours that the government is conducting a screening exercise for pensioners in the state. In a statement on Thursday, the Functioning Permanent Secretary/Chairman, Edo State Pension Bureau, Abbe Osaro Washington, said the news is false and should be disregarded. He said, “The attention of the Edo State Government has been drawn to rumours making the rounds that the government is embarking on a …

The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has expressed deep sadness over the train accident which occurred in the early hours of Thursday in Lagos. The Minister has ordered an immediate and full investigation into the unfortunate incident. The accident involved a Nigerian Railway Corporation passenger train and a Lagos State Government staff bus that was conveying workers to their …

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a staff of The Polytechnic of Ibadan, Mr. Mosudi Osuolale Ashim, over alleged forgery and making false statements. Mr. Ashim was arraigned before the Hon. Justice Olalekan Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court 12, Ibadan on Monday, 6th March 2023. The Commission had filed a 3-count charge alleging …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it had not received the Certified True Copy, CTC, of the order of a federal high court mandating it to allow registered voters with Temporary Voter Cards, TVCs, to participate in the March 18 governorship and state assemblies elections. Also, the Commission described the order as contrary to the provisions of the Electoral …

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday,  ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards in the forthcoming governorship and state houses of assembly elections which has been slated for March 18. Two aggrieved Nigerians had filed a suit seeking the use of the Temporary Voter Card in the general elections in the …

Following report of collision of a passenger train and a bus in Lagos State, the Federal Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has directed experts of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, to commence immediate investigation. While describing the accident as unfortunate, Sirika, in a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Minister of Aviation on Public Affairs, James Odaudu, …

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed shock and sorrow over the early morning accident, on Thursday, involving a train and a Lagos State Government staff bus, which happened between Shogunle and Ikeja, axis of the state. According to the Vanguard, three persons reportedly died, while over 84 others sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident as confirmed by …

At least two persons have died while several others injured as a passenger train crushed a Lagos state government staff bus at PWD/Shogunle axis, Ikeja area of the state on Thursday morning. The train was coming from Agege area and met the bus with the Lagos state government workers on board crossing the rail to link Ikeja GRA, according to …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections fixed for March 11 to March 18. According to INEC, the decision is due to its inability to commence the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS, machines on time The Court of Appeal on Wednesday gave the commission the nod to reconfigure the BVAS used …

United States of America and several countries have called attention to the situation in Afghanistan, which, over the past year and a half, has seen one of the steepest declines globally in the respect for the human rights of women and girls.  This was contained in a joint statement issued today by: The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, …