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SENATOR OPEYEMI BAMIDELE On June 13, precisely 44 days away from today, the tenth National Assembly – the Senate and House of Representatives – will mark its first anniversary. The anniversary will take place only a day after Democracy Day, a truly historic national day statutorily set aside to commemorate the restoration of democracy to ..read more
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9h ago
ABUJA – The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has tasked the State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) on delivering quality education to Nigerians. Hamid Bobboyi, the Executive Secretary UBEC, made this call at a meeting with UBEC and SUBEBs quality assurance officers. “As professionals, you need no convincing that quality assurance is an important component ..read more
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10h ago
The convener of Owan/Akoko-Edo Alliance, Mr Sunny Ifijen has attributed the political marginalization of the area by successive government of the state as reason for the underdevelopment of the three Local Government Areas in Edo North senatorial district of the state. Ifijen alleged that successive government completely allaniated the council areas in terms of key ..read more
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10h ago
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, on Monday inspected the renovated chambers of the House ahead of lawmakers’ resumption on Tuesday. Speaker Abbas inspected the chambers in company with the immediate past Speaker and Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, and the Deputy ..read more
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16h ago
PORT HARCOURT – Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that his administration would deploy artificial intelligence in driving development, as well as tackle the political crisis in the State The Governor added that artificial intelligence (AI) has the capacity to significantly enhance operational efficiency and transform citizen experiences. Sir Fubara stated that it ..read more
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16h ago
The governors under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have congratulated Governor Seyi Makinde as the party clinched total victory at the 2024 Oyo state Local Government elections. The governors under the platform of the PDP Governors Forum, said that they are proud of the successes so far recorded by the Makinde-led administration ..read more
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16h ago
ABUJA – A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday dismissed a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress seeking the removal of former Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, from office as a result of his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party. The trial judge, Inyang Ekwo in a judgment on the matter, held ..read more
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16h ago
Lord Osas Osunde a former Labour Party gubernatorial aspirant and Edo Obidient Movement Pioneer Leader has joined the African Action Congress (AAC) with over 10,000 of his supporters. Osunde who had earlier resigned from the Labour Party, along with his teaming supporters and loyalists across the state, declared that his resignation from the labour party ..read more
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18h ago
Many Kogi youths who were at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja on Monday, to protest the political persecution of the immediate past Governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, were attacked by operatives of the Commission. According to the pro- Yahaya Bello group, there were two protests at the EFCC ..read more
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1d ago
BOLU-OLU ESHO The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary was purportedly held in Ondo State penultimate Saturday and Sunday, but the crisis engendered by the manner the poll was conducted may be the beginning of the end of the reign of the party in the state. Senator Ovie Omo-Agege had on the eve of the ..read more