Government

A  legal Consultant in Edo state, Samson Osagie, has rated the performances of the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, poorly over the seven years. Osagie, a guest at “Let’s Talk Show”, a talk programme organized by The Standard Gazette in London, United Kingdom, alleged that most of the projects executed by …

Sen. Monday Okpebholo, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Sept. 21 election in Edo State, has pledged to prioritise security, education, health and economy, if elected. Okpebholo disclosed this during an interactive session with the members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), …

AS Nigerian youths prepare for the nationwide protest tagged ‘End Bad Governance’, Yobe state Government has ordered the closure of schools. The Yobe State Government has announced the closure of all primary and secondary schools in the state in anticipation of the nationwide hardship protests scheduled for August 1, 2024. …

A former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Iyame has claimed that the planned nationwide protest on August 1 is a plot to remove the democratically elected government through the back door. Iyame made the claim on Sunday while addressing a gathering of Yoro youths and community leaders at the Catholic Pastoral Centre …

THE Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised concerns about the alleged partisanship of the police ahead of the September 21 governorship election. Tony Aziegbemi, the Edo PDP Chairman, addressed journalists in Benin on Sunday, expressing the party’s discomfort with the police’s disposition. Aziegbemi cited instances where …

  OGUN State Government has invested massively in security architecture by providing security agencies with modern crime-fighting tools to secure life and property in the State, the state Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Dapo Okubadejo said on Friday. Okubadejo, who is also Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to Governor Dapo Abiodun, stated …

Governor Bassey Otu had previously set up a committee to review the payroll of retired civil and public servants in an effort to combat pension fraud. On Friday, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Otu revealed that the committee had uncovered over 2,000 ghost pensioners. While the identities of those …

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu may sign the Minimum Wage Bill into law next week, following the passage of the bill by the National Assembly. Multiple sources within the National Assembly revealed that the bill was finalized on Wednesday and transmitted to the President on Thursday (yesterday) after its expeditious passage by …

Newsextra24 reports that the presidency has confirmed that the new national minimum wage is expected to take effect in April 2024. The Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, who confirmed this in a post via X on Tuesday, added that workers will be paid arrears …

THE 11th  International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) Pre- Mission team, has expressed delight that Ebonyi government has release N200 million counterpart fund for the programme’s implementation. The Team Leader of the pre-mission team, Mr Babatunde Adebayo said this on Thursday when he spoke newsmen in …