Governor Obaseki hosts 3-day agribusiness workshop Thursday
No fewer than 50 agric-based entrepreneurs including investors, will on Thursday, arrive Benin for a 3-day agriculture/investment workshop. This announcement is contained in a statement by Mr. John...
View ArticleObaseki commends retiring CJ for stabilizing judiciary
BENIN CITY – Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has commended the state out-going Chief Judge, Justice Cromwell Idahosa, for stabilizing the state Judiciary. Obaseki gave this commendation when he...
View Article2017 Appropriation bill to pass second reading today.
Abuja – The House of Representatives yesterday concluded debate on the general principles of the N7.298 trillion budget proposal during the plenary session, in which the speaker Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara...
View ArticleEconomists say retaining high interest rate negates economic growth
Lagos – Financial experts on Wednesday expressed disappointment at the retention of the Benchmark interest rate by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying that the decision was antithetical to...
View ArticleNLC, TUC picket ministry, HoS in Calabar over 8 months salaries
Calabar – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Cross River on Wednesday picketed the state`s Ministry of Local Government Affairs and the Office of the Head of Service...
View ArticleBSO warns against arrest of General Overseer, Suleiman
Benin – The Buhari Support Organisations (BSO) has warned against the arrest of Apostle Johnson Suleiman, the Founder and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry. The organisation said in a press...
View ArticlePolice say I-G in London to interface with metropolitan police
Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday said that the Inspector-General of police (I-G),Mr Ibrahim Idris’s visit to London was to interface with the London Metropolitan Police Service, contrary...
View ArticlePeace Talks: Osinbajo returns to Niger Delta in February – Boroh
Abuja – The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbanjo, would return to the Niger Delta in Feb. to continue negotiation with stakeholders aimed restoring normalcy in the oil rich region. The Coordinator,...
View ArticleFG to deal with subversive rumour mongers on President Buhari’s health
Abuja – The Federal Government says the full wrath of the law will be brought to bear on the authors of subversive messages being circulated on the health of President Muhammadu Buhari. The government...
View ArticleObaseki increases judiciary’s capital expenditure …To establish Industrial...
BENIN CITY – Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki has revealed that his administration has orchestrated an increase in capital expenditure of the judiciary from 280 million last year to 1.8 billion...
View ArticleKogi APC crisis deepens as protesters flay Dino, Faleke
Lokoja – The crisis rocking the Kogi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new turn on Friday when some members protest against the activities of Sen.Dino Melaye and Rep. Abiodun...
View ArticlePresidency clarifies letter to the Senate on SGF
Abuja – The Presidency has given a clarification on the letter written to the Senate by President Muhammadu Buhari concerning the report of their investigation of allegations against the secretary to...
View ArticleRumoured Death: NLC denies call on Mr President to address nation
Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has denied calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to address the nation on his rumoured death. Mr Ayuba Wabba, the President of NLC, said this in a statement...
View ArticleBayelsa Govt. drags Agip to court, demands N1.6trn compensation for 2013 oil...
Yenagoa – Bayelsa Government has dragged Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt over an oil spillage from the company’s SBM Sirius, in Brass Local Government Area of...
View ArticleFemale suicide bombers now strap babies on back to evade detection – DHQ
Abuja – The Defence Headquarters says female suicide bombers in the North East are now evading detection from security operatives by carrying babies on their back, that ordinarily passes them for...
View ArticleAbuja airport runway, disaster waiting to happen, Minister warns
Abuja – The Minister of State, Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has warned that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, runway has totally failed and is a disaster waiting to happen. Sirika gave...
View Article2017 AFCON: Burkina Faso zoom into semis with 2-0 defeat of Tunisia
Lagos – Burkina Faso on Saturday scored a late brace to beat Tunisia 2-0 and reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. Substitute Aristide Bance scored with a low drive from a free-kick only five...
View Article2017 UTME: JAMB, NSCDC arrest more UTME form fraudsters
Lagos – Barely two days after the arrest of a syndicate of four men specialized in printing and selling of fake UTME forms to prospective candidates at Ekiti, two more were on Saturday arrested at...
View ArticleCalifornia announces proposal to exit U.S.
New York – California has announced a proposal, called “Calexit” that would establish it as a separate nation from the U.S., officials have said. The proposal for California to secede from the U.S. was...
View ArticleEtsako Federal Constituency by-election records low turnout
Auchi (Edo) – The by-election for Etsako Federal Constituency in Edo has recorded low turnout of voters across the affected three local governments areas of the constituency. The NIGERIAN OBSERVER...
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