Calls for Akpabio’s Resignation. [responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Angry youths in their hundreds on Friday threatened to shut down all oil installations in Edo State, as well as the East-west Road and other access roads to the state if the president, Muhammadu Buhari, did not sack the sole administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC whom…
Delta State Govt, Lawmakers, Others in Fierce Battle with FG over £4.2 million Ibori Loot
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The decision of the federal government to keep for its use the £4.2 million expected to be repatriated from Britain being recovered funds from former Delta State governor, James Onanefe Ibori has sparked off a big row with the state government and prominent Deltans insisting on its return to the state. The Attorney…
Edo 2020: Appeal Court Nullifies Verdict Disqualifying Ize-Iyamu, Running Mate
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin on Monday set aside the January 6, 2021 judgment of the Edo State High Court which annulled the candidacy of the flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osagie Ize-Iyamu and his running mate, Gani Audu, in the September 19, 2020 governorship election on the…
Justice Ngwuta, Supreme Court Justice, Dies Three Weeks to Retirement
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta, the third most senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, is dead. Justice Ogwuta died in his sleep Sunday morning, about three weeks to his 70th birthday on March 30 when he would be due to retire. Spokesman of the apex court, Ahuraka Isah, who confirmed Ngwuta’s demise,…
COVID-19 Vaccine: I Will Not Take and Will Not Make Kogi People Guinea Pig – Gov. Yahaya Bello
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Debunks ₦4.75 billion Compensation Claim by Northern Traders, Cattle Dealers. Adamant Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday insisted that COVID-19 was the least of the problems confronting the state and so he would neither take the COVID-19 vaccine that is being distributed, neither would he make his people guinea pigs by making…
Stop Removing Manhole Covers on Roads, Walkways or Risk Arrest, Edo Govt Warns Criminals
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Edo State government has directed men of the state police command to arrest and prosecute anyone caught removing manhole covers on major roads and walkways. The government also urged members of the public to report such persons to the nearest security agency or to the Ministry of Environment and Sustainability. In a statement…
Zamfara Abduction: GGSS Watchman Sold Students Out to Bandits – Gov. Matawalle
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] Alleges Sabotage by APC. Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle has alleged sabotage against his government by the opposition political party, the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state in last Friday’s kidnap of 286 students of the Government Science Secondary School, Jangebe. The governor also disclosed that the watch man in the school…
Edo APC Rejects Obaseki’s Sole Administratorship Three Months After Second Term Inauguration
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The Caretaker Committee Chairman, of the All Progressive Congress, APC in Edo State, David Imuse, a medical doctor and retired army colonel, has called out the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, for failure to appoint commissioners and other political aides three months after assumption of office for a second term, stating that “Edo people…
Setting Record Straight: 286 Girls, Not 317 Abducted from Zamfara GGSS
[responsivevoice] Freed Students Recount Ordeal as President Buhari Celebrates Development. It has now been ascertained that 286 students were indeed abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS Jangebe, Zamfara State last Friday against the 317 figure that had been bandied since the abduction. The picture became clear following the release in the early hours…
LAPO Disburses ₦12 billion to 152,000 Farmers, Intervened in Maternal Health of Over One Million Nigerians in 2020
[responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] The Lift Above Poverty Organisation, LAPO said it had made a disbursement of ₦12.2billion to 152,446 rural farmers in its 253 branches across 21 states during the financial year 2020. LAPO said this was geared towards improving the nation’s food security. This figure represents 12% growth over the sum of 10.9 billion disbursed…
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