By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has formally commissioned the Benue State Public Service Institute, Makurdi. Governor Alia also flagged off a training workshop for Government House staff by the Institute. Performing the ceremony at the premises of the Institute on Thursday, the governor...
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By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The troops of Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State on Saturday arrested two additional gunrunners who were engaged in negotiations to sell ammunition worth N5 million in the Bokkos Local Government Area of the state. This development follows the arrest of five notorious gunrunners,...
The governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC ) candidate, Monday okpebholo has just cast his vote at polling unit 1, Ward 2 in Udomi Primary School, Udomi, Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State. He described the exercise as well coordinated, commending the electoral umpire...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its operatives to all Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Edo State to tackle voters’ inducement in the Saturday’s governorship election. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, in a statement, quoted Ola Olukoyede, the commission’s chairman as saying that...
Eligible Voters in Ewohimi, particularly in Okaegben ward one, polling 3 and 15, were yet to exercise their franchise as at 10.30am at the ongoing Edo governorship election. The unit is the polling centre of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo where he is...
Scores of voters in Edo Central on Saturday trooped out to participate in the off-cycle governorship election in the state amidst a downpour. Voting commenced at exactly 8:40 a.m. at the Eguare Primary School, Ujiogba in Esan West Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, which hosts three polling...
Security has been tightened at the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), ahead of Saturday’s Local Government Areas elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that elections will be conducted in the 18 LGAs of the state to elect their chairmen and councillors. A NAN correspondent, who went...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Abuja- The sons of Nigeria’s President, Seyi Tinubu and Yinka Tinubu on Friday evening stormed Maiduguri city together with some youths to sympathize with the people and government of Borno State over the devastating flood disaster. Mr. Tinubu, who was accompanied by his brother, friends and...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Sen. Monday Okpebholo remains its governorship candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo. The National Publicity Secretary of APC, Mr Felix Morka, made the party’s position clear in a statement issued in Abuja. Morka said the clarification became necessary following fake news...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia is part of the delegation led by Vice President, Kassim Shettima to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The Nigerian delegation on Friday departed from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for New York, to attend the 79th...
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, has said the Federal Government has procured 12 aircrafts for Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in the last one year. Air Marshal Abubakar stated this at the Air War Course 10/2024 graduation ceremony of the Air Force War College...
Commuters and motorists trying to beat Saturday’s Edo governorship election movement restriction got stranded at the Jattu junction on Benin-Auchi-Okene highway of Etsako West Local Government Area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected persons had anticipated that enforcement of the order would start from 8...
Security personnel were seen mounting roadblocks on roads in Benin as early as 6:00 a.m., ahead of the Edo governorship election, which is set to begin at 8:00 a.m. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that security personnel in the wee hours of the day began stopping and...
The Federal Government has condemned the terrorist attack on the military airport in Bamako, Mali. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, disclosed the Nigerian government’s position in a statement on Saturday. Eche said, “The Federal Republic of Nigeria strongly condemns the abominable terrorist attack that...
Some residents of Benin City, Edo, have expressed worry over the heavy presence of security personnel particularly in the state capital, ahead of the Saturday governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who went round town on Friday to feel the pulse among Benin residents reports that...
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State have rescued a 59-year-old man from committing suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge. RRS made this known in a post it shared on its official X handle, @rrsLagos767, on Friday. According to the squad, the...
Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo, Mrs Mary Mbanugo, has said officers of the NSCDC are ready for deployment to cover the Edo governorship and Imo council elections. This is contained in a statement signed by the NSCDC’s Public Relations Officer in Imo,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has denied the rumours circulating in the social media which claim that he is planning to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor denied the rumour in a statement by Mr Gyang...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted claims made by Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, that they are responsible for the lingering leadership crisis within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, made this statement on Friday in Abuja...