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By Eben Enasco Hon Blessing Agbebaku has been elected the Speaker of the 8th Edo State House of Assembly which was inaugurated today. He was administered the oath of office by the Clerk of the House Alhaji Yahaya Omogbai, promising to uphold the principal of the ethics of conduct as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria …

By Eben Enasco Outgoing Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly Rt Hon Marcus Onobun has Charged members of the Eight Assembly-elect to be more concerned about the plight of their constituents, not their leaders. This is because, Onobun believes that achieving the primacy of veritable representatives and the provision of democratic dividends, should form a larger part of their …

The National Population Commission (NPC) has reiterated its commitment to conduct the best and first-ever digital population and housing census in Nigeria. The NPC, however, said there is no new date for the conduct of the 2023 census after the initial scheduled date of  May 3 to 7 was postponed. Addressing journalists on the status of the 2023 census and the …

The former JAMB registrar Dibu Ojerinde is facing multiple charges of corruption before different judges. The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Thursday, arraigned a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dibu Ojerinde, on charges of official corruption and abuse of office. Mr Ojerinde, a professor, was arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja, alongside …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Policy Advisory Council has recommended the declaration of a state of emergency on revenue generation in the country. The council also proposed the merger of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigerian Customs Service, and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency into the Nigerian Revenue Service in order to enable an efficient collection of all direct …

The appointments are contained in a list of eight special advisers announced by a State House information official. President Bola Tinubu has named eight individuals as special advisers. They include a former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, and a former Lagos Commissioner for Information, Dele Alake, who has been a close aide of Mr Tinubu …

Meanwhile, the Nigerian government announced Wednesday that the implementation of the student loan will commence in September. Missed reactions have trailed Nigeria’s Access to Tertiary Education Act, otherwise known as Student Loan Act, as recently assented to by President Bola Tinubu. The Act, according to the Nigerian government, is aimed at providing interest-free loans to Nigerians seeking higher education. But one of the conditions …

NBA had vowed to write to ICPC and the police to probe and prosecute Mr Bulkachuwa for his comments confessing to influencing his wife’s decision as a judge of the Court of Appeal. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has formally requested the police and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to probe and prosecute former senator Adamu Bulkachuwa …

A Professor of Mathematics, Eric Ofoedu, yesterday testified before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, in the case candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, filed to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election victory. Prof. Ofoedu, in his testimony, told the court that over 18,088 result sheets the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, uploaded to its election result viewing …

Following a summon issued on him, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, yesterday produced before the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, a document that contained President Bola Tinubu’s age. The document, known as Form EC9, was an affidavit of personal particulars which President Tinubu submitted to the INEC in aid of his …