Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has described as education a veritable tool for the building of a developed society. The Governor who said this during a Thanksgiving Mass held at the St Paul’s Catholic Church, in Benin City, to celebrate the 2019 Children’s Day, disclosed that his administration is currently undertaking a holistic review […]
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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and incumbent governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has been declared winner of the governorship election in the state. Wike, who is the incumbent governor of the state, was declared re-elected for a second term by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday after he won […]
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged state governments in the South-south region to make judicious use of resources to drive socio-economic development. The Governor who made the submission during a visit of executives of the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), lamented that there was little to show that the […]
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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has not been recognised as a senator-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The stance of the electoral umpire was reflected in the list of senators published on its website on Monday. Okorocha’s name was conspicuously missing in Box 47, where his name ought to have been printed. Instead, […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Monday ordered the arrest of officials of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) for allegedly removing a transformer bought and installed by members of Ihovbor Community in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the State. The Governor gave the order while receiving members of Ihovbor Community led by Chief Tony Otakpolor, […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has charged Corps members deployed to the State to join forces in the fight against economic crimes, women and child trafficking and other vices. Obaseki gave the charge on Thursday at the occasion of the swearing-in ceremony of the 2018 batch “C” Corps members held at the National Youth […]
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A staunch supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari for re-election in 2019 and Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje has appeared in a video allegedly receiving bribe amounting to about $5million from contractors in the state. The video which was released by online investigative media, Daily Nigerian was a sting operation that captured the governor […]
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Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, has accepted his loss of the gubernatorial primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), congratulating Babajide Sanwo-Olu, winner of the exercise. Sanwo-Olu polled 970,851 votes ahead of the governor who secured 72,901 votes. In his address, Ambode said APC is a great party, appealing to residents of the […]
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Hajia Aisha Alhassan, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, has resigned her appointment and also withdrawn her membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In separate letters to the Presidency and her Sarkin-Dawaki ward of the APC in Jalingo, Taraba State, Alhassan attributed her action to “the unfair treatment and grave injustice” meted […]
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Ademola Adeleke, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun state, has declared himself the governor-elect. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the election inconclusive, saying the margin between the two leading candidates was not significant enough to declare a winner. Adeleke had polled 254,699 votes ahead of Isiaka Oyetola of […]
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