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Dr. Junaid Mohammed, elderstatesman and Second Republic lawmaker on Thursday said the defeat suffered by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the Edo governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu shouldn’t be seen as a humiliation of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s National Leader. The election was won by …

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State worsened on Friday, September 25, as a faction of the party led by Senator Tony Adeniyi, suspended Governor Kayode Fayemi over alleged anti-party activities. This is coming barely 24 hours after another faction loyal to the governor suspended Senator …

Primary and secondary education in Lano is free and compulsory.

Earlier today, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, inaugurated the remodeled, re-equipped and fully digitized Immanuel Hospital in Eket Local Government Area, as part of activities marking the 33rd Anniversary of the State. The Governor was accompanied by his wife, Martha, the Deputy Governor, Mr. Moses Ekpo and other …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday locked horns over the failure of the Federal Government to restructure the country since the return of democratic governance in 1999. Firing the first salvo, the PDP, through Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged real estate practitioners and investors to work with the Government to create a homeownership model that will help her address the deficits observed in the housing market in the State. The Governor raised concern over the huge gap observed in the provision of mass housing …

It is a huge traffic relief for residents and road users around Iru and Victoria Island axes of Lagos State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, commissioned Victoria Island-Lekki Traffic Circulation Project in which seven gridlock-prone roads were completely re-designed and re-constructed with concrete slabs. The improved roads are within the commercial areas of …

The meeting between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, the Trade Union Congress, Nigeria Labour Congress and members of the Nigerian Governors Forum to avert the proposed strike slated for September 28, has just ended on an inconclusive note. After much deliberations, both arms of Labour agreed that …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, visited his Cross River State counterpart, Prof. Ben Ayade, at the Cross River Government House, in Calabar. The visit is coming exactly 4 days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Obaseki as the winner of the September 19 Edo …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday met with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor however told State House correspondents at the end of the meeting that it would be immoral for him to return to the All Progressives Congress. Obaseki of …