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Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo has constituted a 14-man state Assets Verification Committee to probe the administration of his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki. A statement by the chief press secretary to the governor, Fred Itua on Sunday in Benin, said the committee would be inaugurated on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Itua listed …

GOVERNOR Douye Diri, of Bayelsa, has approved the payment of N300,000 each to students from the state in all the law school campuses in Nigeria. Diri said this at a meeting with representatives of the Bayelsa State Law Graduates Forum on Saturday in Yenagoa. The governor was represented at the …

GOVERNOR Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, has approved the payment of N70,000 new minimum wage for civil servants in the state. Buni, in a statement by his Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, in Damaturu on Saturday, said the payment would take effect from December. According to Mohammed, …

THE National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Friday says Nigerians would have to pay for the new multipurpose national Identity card due to limited government revenue. The NIMC  Head of Card Management Services, Dr Peter Iwegbu, said this during a two-day round table event organised for online editors in Lagos. …

THE Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has pledged its support for the ongoing amendment of the country’s constitution. The forum, under the leadership of Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, made the commitment in a communiqué issued at the end of its 7th physical meeting on Wednesday night in Abuja. Gov. Uba …

AMID ongoing internal disputes within the Peoples Democratic Party, governors on the platform of the party will meet in Jos, Plateau State, on Saturday, to discuss internal matters and the current state of the nation. The meeting was in preparation for the 99th National Executive Committee meeting of the party …

…declares open 2nd Africa Military Games after two-decade hiatus By Kunle Sanni PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for greater unity among African militaries to confront the continent’s shared security challenges. He made the appeal on Wednesday during the official opening of the second edition of the Africa Military Games …

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has dissolved the Governing Councils of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday by the Chief Press Secretary to Edo State Governor, Fred Itua. Itua said Okpebholo also dissolved the Councils of all state-owned tertiary institutions. He said the governor …

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a Certificate of Return to Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa and his deputy, Adelami Olayide, following their victory in the Ondo governorship election. The certificate was presented by INEC National Commissioner supervising Ondo, Prof. Kunle Ajayi, at the INEC headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. …

THE Senate suspended the House rules on Tuesday to admit family members and close relatives of the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah for the commencement of a valedictory session in his honour. During the service, President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio began by zeroing in attention to the seat of their …