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 …

THE United Nations has condemned the Iraq Parliament’s bill that aims to reduce the marriage age for girls from 18 to 9 years. The Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Amina Mohammed, described the bill as an assault on childhood. Mohammed warned that “Girls are not spouses“, stressing that they are children …

SOME farmers in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been left in deep sorrow after suspected bandits stormed their farms and set ablaze harvested maize. Newsextra24 revealed that the assailants invaded about six farms in Kwaga village and Unguwar Zako and lit up the harvested crops. The …

NIGERIA Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, has apprehended five persons for alleged illegal mining in the state and one other for alleged stealing. NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr Igbalawole Sotiyo, while parading the suspects on Tuesday in Osogbo, said the suspected illegal miners were arrested on Nov. …

Delta House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Film and Video Censor’s Board Bill to boost the economy of the state. The passage of the bill during plenary in Asaba followed the consideration of a report by the Chairman, House Committee on Arts, Culture and Tourism, Mr Bernard Odior. Odior …

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 …

THE Federal Government on Tuesday launched the National Occupational Health and Safety Five-Year Strategic Plan of Action to protect the health of Nigerian workers. The plan was launched in Abuja by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate. Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Daju Kachollom, Pate …