House Committee directs NNPC to disclose cost of imported petrol
Lagos – The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Review of Pump Price of Petrol has directed the NNPC and its subsidiaries to make public the true cost of imported petrol. The Chairman of the...
View Article2017 UTME: Candidates decry poor internet at CBT centres, others laud JAMB
Abuja – As the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) began its 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), candidates commended JAMB as others lamented the irregularities...
View ArticleOkpekpe: AAU students run 10km against cultism
Students of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma-Edo State on Saturday participated in the 5th edition of the Okpekpe 10km race to draw attention to the evil of cultism. The institution’s Vice...
View ArticleUnguarded Statements: Evaluating Hon. Yusuff Psychology
If the track records of lawmakers are relevant in Nigeria and the laws correctly enforced, Hon Lasun would have been either in the farm or motor park at the time he was contesting for the position of...
View ArticleIllegal mining: Ministry arrests 15 companies
BENIN-CITY: The Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has arrested over 15 companies operating illegally in Edo State with yet another one, Update Industrial Trading Company Limited, alleged...
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Wives want justice in killing of lawyer, policeman in Benin
BENIN CITY- The wives of a lawyer and a police sergeant shot dead by gunmen in Benin, last Monday have called on the police to unmask and prosecute the killers of their husbands. The widows Mrs...
View ArticleEdo State Govt Set To Build Central Park …Move To Recover Govt Land
BENIN CITY: Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki has assured the people of the state that the present hardship faced by transporters and passengers in the city center due to the commencement of...
View ArticleIn Support of ‘Edo Clean-up’ project
Cleanliness, they say is next to godliness. This truism appears to be the drive of Governor Godwin Obaseki who recently assured the people of his administration’s determination to make Edo the cleanest...
View ArticleGod Sent Foundation, Changing Lives with Kindness
WORRIED by the increasing rate of poverty in the country, a non governmental organization, God sent Foundation has embarked on a mission of changing lives with random acts of kindness in Benin City. On...
View ArticleOkpekpe Race: Edo Govt to roll out 3-yr programme, as organizers appreciate govt
Edo state government is to set up a technical committee to plan a three year development programme for the Okpekpe 10 kilometer road race ahead of the May 12 date already set aside for next year’s...
View ArticleMoney laundering: EFCC re-arraigns Fani-Kayode, Nenadi Usman
Lagos – Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode was on Monday re-arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos, over charges bordering on laundering N4.6 billion. Fani-Kayode was re-arraigned...
View ArticleEdo begins screening for traffic management
The government of Edo State, yesterday, began the screening and verification process of prospective officers of the State Traffic Control and Management Agency in the state, who had erstwhile...
View ArticleSenate to pass Whistle-Blower Protection Bill in July
Abuja – President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said that the Senate will pass the Whistle Blower Protection Bill in July, 2017. He made this known at the launch of “Antidotes for Corruption:...
View ArticleOshiomhole’s wife, 334 other foreigners get Nigerian citizenship
Abuja – A total of 335 foreign nationals were on Tuesday in Abuja granted citizenship by the Federal Government after statutory clearance and due diligence by the relevant security agencies. The...
View ArticleObaseki urges NDDC on resource management, to repair major road
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has urged the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to help in the management of resources for the Niger Delta states, adding that individual member states...
View ArticleEFCC arraigns 2 whistle blowers for giving false information
Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned two whistle blowers in a Federal High Court in Maiduguri for alleged false information. The Spokesman of the commission,...
View Article“WannaCry“ Ransomeware: NCC issues protective measures
Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has assured all operators and their subscribers of the security of national telecommunications network due to the recent outbreak of a Ransomware...
View ArticleJTF rescues 2 kidnap victims, recovers arms in Bayelsa
Yenagoa -The Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to the Niger Delta on Wednesday said its troops had rescued two kidnap victims in an operation conducted at Brass and Ekeremor local government areas of...
View ArticleSenate directs NNPC, others to stop further capital expenditure
Abuja – The Senate has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other revenue generating agencies to stop further capital expenditure until they comply with the Fiscal...
View ArticleBoko Haram” Army rescues 30,000 women, children from in 14 months- GOC
Maiduguri – The Nigeria Army on Wednesday said it had rescued 30,000 women and children held by Boko Haram in Sambisa Forest in the last 14 months. Brig.-Gen. Victor Ezugwu, the outgoing Acting General...
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