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Construction Of Benin Port Project is soon to begin, with the emergence of a preferred bidder, Mota Engil Africa as Preferred Bidder for the most ambitious legacy project of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Dr. Greg Ogbeifun, Chairman of the Benin Port Project, confirmed at the weekend, that Mota Engil Africa emerged after one-week evaluation exercise conducted on …

Justice Donatus Okorowo made the order after Mr. Michael Aondoaka, SAN, counsel to Dahiru, moved the ex-parte motion to the effect. In the ex-parte motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/935/2023, the APC candidate in the poll, sued INEC, the Attorney-General of the Federation, and another as respondents. Suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Yunusa-Ari Aondoaka while moving the motion on Monday, argued that …

Vilnius, Lithuania (AP) — Russia’s war in Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts hold a summit in Lithuania’s capital over two days starting Tuesday. They are expected to focus on ensuring that Ukraine has support as long as the conflict continues, how to bring the country even closer to NATO without actually …

After years of prevarication by successive federal governments, the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration bit the bullet on the removal of subsidy on the pump-gate price of petrol. Given the toll that subsidy has exerted on public finances, it is scant surprise that prognoses on the economy’s outlook have brightened. The new government floated the naira’s exchange rate too. Again, raising the prospects …

Expectations on the ministerial list have heightened as President Bola Tinubu clocks over 40 days in office. By law, Tinubu is required to name his cabinet within 60 days after taking the oath of office on May 29 and transmits it to the Senate for confirmation. With less than 18 days to submit his cabinet list to the National Assembly …

 The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Aisha Dahiru, popularly called “Binani,” has, again, sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the nullification of her declaration as governor of Adamawa in the March 18 governorship election. Binani, through her counsel, Michael Aondoaka, SAN, filed the fresh suit before Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High …

• El-Rufai, Ganduje, Bagudu, Badaru, Wike pencilled for portfolios• State factions submit multiple nominees, as Rivers APC denies ceding slot to Wike• Placeholder Masari, Rahman, Oshodi, 17 others to be confirmed as aides, given cabinet roles As the jostle for ministerial list reaches the home stretch, there are strong indications that no fewer than five former governors will feature in …

President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, in Guinea-Bissau, emerged the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, where he rallied members against coups. In his remarks, the Nigerian leader called on ECOWAS to “stand firm on democracy,” declaring that, “We will not accept coup after coup in West Africa again. …

President Bola Tinubu has emerged as the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States. Tinubu was elected chairman at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the regional bloc held on Sunday afternoon in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau, according to report by the PUNCH. “We will take democracy seriously, Democracy is …

*Training focuses on Open Contracting, Accountability In Procurement Processes Edo State Government through State’s Public Procurement Agency (EDPPA) has trained over 80 procurement officials in the State on open contracting and accountability in procurement procedures. The three-day training was organized in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) and Accountability Lab Nigeria (ALN). The programme, …