For triumphing in all the 38 court cases filed against him by his political opponents before and after the 2023 election climaxing with the final victory at the Supreme Court, Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has expressed appreciation to church leaders for their prayers. Speaking on Saturday at the Light of Christ Ministry, Sapele, where…
Okpebholo Defeats Idahosa as Edo APC Concludes Guber Primary
The hitherto suspended gubernatorial primary of the Edo State All Progressives Congress, APC, was concluded on Friday with the senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District, Monday Okpebholo, declared the winner. The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, who replaced Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State as Chairman of Edo APC’s shadow poll, made…
Olu Akpata, Ex-NBA President, Clinches Edo LP Guber Ticket
…Vows ‘We must enter Osadebe Avenue.’ Immediate past President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata has emerged the candidate of the Labour Party, LP for the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State. Akpata was elected at a tension-soaked primary election of the party held at the Bishop Kelly Pastoral Centre,…
Erratic Power Supply: Succour is Close, Power Minister Assures Nigerians
Nigeria’s Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu, has raised the hope of Nigerians of an imminent end to epileptic power supply in the country, assuring that all the problems bedeviling the sector would soon be a thing of the past. Adelabu, who spoke on Friday when he paid a working visit to Edo State to inspect the…
Edo 2024: Ighodalo Scales First Hurdle, Wins PDP Guber Ticket
…. As Shaibu emerges factional candidate Asue Ighodalo, a lawyer and former chairman of Sterling Bank and Nigerian Breweries Limited, who had been tipped to win the ticket of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP for the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, on Thursday proved bookmakers right, emerging winner of the primary…
FG Provides Incentives to Farmers to Deal with Galloping Inflation
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, said the federal government has put enough measures in place to rein in escalating food inflation in the country. He explained on Wednesday at the maiden Ministerial Press Briefing Series (MPBS) organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation that the galloping food…
I Will Transform Edo in Three Years – Tom Iseghohi
Tom Iseghohi, economic and transformation expert is one of the people running to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki at the election scheduled for September this year. You may not have heard his name in any of the political parties prior to this time. No, he had not been a card-carrying member of any of the political…
Things Are Not Okay In Nigeria – Sultan of Sokoto, Laments Increasing Poverty and Insecurity
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, Wednesday, February 14, lamented the increasing poverty and insecurity in the Northern Region of Nigeria. He warned that traditional and political leaders must urgently find solutions to the twin problems because many people in the country are deeply frustrated, hungry, and resentful.At the meeting of the Northern Traditional Rulers’…
FCT Is Under Threat, Says Nigerian Senate
The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is worried about the worsening insecurity in the country. So, the Senate summoned security managers, including the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Chief of Defense Staff, to appear before it on Thursday, February 8 to explain the measures being taken to curb it. Though…
UN Women Nigeria Intensifies Media Action for Women, Girls Empowerment
The UN Women Nigeria’s campaign against gender-based violence, GBV, was further intensified on Monday, December 4, 2023, at the 2023 Media Partners Conference at the UN House, Abuja, to increase media action for women’s empowerment and ending violence against women and girls. It was part of activities for the 2023 edition of the United Nations’16…
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