Government

Monday Okpebholo has been sworn in as the Governor of Edo State, thus ending the eight-year administration of Mr Godwin Obaseki The ceremony took place on Tuesday at around 1 pm in Benin, the state capital. Okpebholo took his oath of office with his running mate, Dennis Idahosa. Okpebholo, representing …

GOVERNOR Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has announced the setting up of a committee to investigate the immediate-past administration of Godwin Obaseki for its failure to inaugurate 14 Edo Assembly lawmakers-elect into the 7th Assembly. Okpebholo made this known while giving his inaugural speech as the new governor of the …

    The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged Nigerians to pray for divine intervention in the face of efforts by unscrupulous oil marketers to thwart the operations of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, following the previous sabotage of Nigeria’s four state-owned …

THE Federal Government has secured a $1.2 billion investment deal for the revival of the dormant 135MMscfd Gas Processing Plant, in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State. The Minister of State for Petroleum (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, announced this investment deal on Tuesday. He said the investment agreement between BFI and CNCEC International …

Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun is expected to present the 2025 budget before the state House of Assembly on Wednesday. The Speaker of the House, Mr Adewale Egbedun, disclosed this on Tuesday during plenary. According to Egbedun, the governor forwarded a letter dated Nov. 11, with a title “Laying of …

OUTGOING Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has granted pardon to a 77-year-old man and 15 others on death row in the Nigerian Correctional Service as his administration winds down. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Benin, by Mr Aminu Suleman, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Nigeria Correction Service …

THE Federal Government has honored Abibat Mogaji, President Bola Tinubu’s late mother, by naming the ICT block at the Maryam Babangida National Centre for Women Development (MBNCWD) after her. Minister of Women Affairs Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, at the unveiling ceremony on Tuesday in Abuja, described Mogaji as a resilient matriarch …

A former Minister of Interior and former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, has emphatically backed calls for Nigeria to ditch the presidential system of government and return to the parliamentary system. He said this at a National Dialogue on Home-Grown Parliamentary System in Abuja. The immediate past Minister of …

THE Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has called for violence-free Ondo State gubernatorial election. The Institute said as the preparations for the conduct of the election had reached an advanced stage with the date fixed and logistical arrangements concluded, there’s need for a robust sensitization campaign focused on …

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a vote of confidence on Speaker Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, affirming their satisfaction with his leadership of the House. The motion of confidence coincided with the Speaker’s 52nd birthday, during which lawmakers praised his significant contributions to the nation’s democracy …