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…dazzles investors, guests with progress of Benin Port, Enterprise Park, others The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday showcased investment opportunities in Edo as well as the impacts of the public-private partnerships that have translated to the remarkable transformation of various sectors of the State’s economy including education, agriculture, healthcare, public service, security, infrastructure, among others. Obaseki, who …

The National Assembly is to get N70 billion in the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill to improve the working conditions of its new members. Conversely, farmers who suffered the devastating 2022 floods across the country, will be getting N19 billion. These are contained in the bill considered by the House of Representatives on Thursday during plenary. A breakdown and details of …

The Department of State Services has said the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele had been charged to court. An Abuja High Court had on Thursday ordered the DSS to either release Emefiele or charge him to court. Reacting in a statement by its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, the DSS said the service had in 2022 applied …

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to permit his administration to go ahead with the processing of a $800m loan facility from the World Bank requested by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari to finance the National Safety Net Programme. The president’s request was in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at the plenary on …

…to distribute free grains to farmers, households ⁣Tinubu also approved that all matters pertaining to food and water availability and affordability, as essential livelihood items, be included within the purview of the National Security Council.⁣ ⁣Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after consultations with key stakeholders …

Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has called for the immediate dismissal and prosecution of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, over the role he played in the 2023 presidential elections. Osuntokun also demanded that a forensic financial investigation be conducted on all expenditures and donations received by the …

Agency Report Oyo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Ibadan on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by the Allied Peoples’ Movement against the March 18 victory of Governor Seyi Makinde of the State. The APM had challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission declaration of Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner after polling 563,756 votes. The News Agency …

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has approved the request of President Bola Tinubu for an amendment to the 2022 appropriation act. The approval followed Tinubu’s request for N500 billion for palliatives to Nigerians in order to reduce the hardship caused by subsidy removal. The amendment passed the first, second, and third readings during plenary on Wednesday. However, the House on Thursday …

Following revenue earnings shortfall in Edo State, the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has directed that all revenue collection functions of Government will now come under the direct supervision of the Governor’s Office. This new development was contained in a statement released today by the Special Adviser to the governor on Media Projects, Mr. Crusoe Osagie. According to him, at …

A high court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday issued a one-week ultimatum to the Department of State Security Service to either charge the detained suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele to Court or release him. Justice Hamza Muazu gave the order while delivering a ruling in a fundamental human rights suit instituted against the …