No fewer than 2,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Etsako West Local Government are set to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). They said on Monday in Benin that with the focused governorship candidate of APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and his running mate, Mallam Gani Audu, an eminent son of Etsako […]

The online portal for the recruitment of the third batch of N-Power enrolees has received 4.48 million applications. The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development started the enrolment process on June 26, 2020. Sixteen days after the portal was opened for application, the ministry said it had received over 4 million […]

Teachers in Edo State have described as unprecedented, the achievements of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the education sector. They said he would be re-elected on September 19. The teachers described Obaseki’s administration as responsive, people-centred and knowledge-driven, noting that his government’s reforms in education had received national and international commendation. The teachers, under the aegis […]

Some detectives yesterday combed the office of Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as part of the ongoing investigation by the Justice Ayo Salami Investigative panel. It was learnt that a vital computer was retrieved by the investigators. Also, more EFCC officials, including the acting Director of […]

Economic Sustainability Plan which a lot of Nigerians will benefit from, Laolu Akande, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, has said Akande, who spoke in an Instagram live session with Dele Momodu of Ovation Magazine on Monday night, noted that the Vice-President will not be distracted by recent campaign of calumny by some […]

Although 14 political parties nominated candidates for the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, the contest is essentially a rematch between Governor Godwin Obaseki and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu who faced each other in a fierce contest four years ago. But, they have now swapped platforms, with Ize-Iyamu’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is basking in the euphoria of “mass defection” from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to its fold, ahead of the Edo governorship election. In a statement on Monday by the spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said the alleged mass defection marked the end-of-the-road for the APC and […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has approved a major shakeup in the Nigerian Army with the redeployment and posting of 34 Generals and five Colonels. The postings in a statement by Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa, take effect from July 20. According to the statement, the postings were […]

The embattled former acting chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, yesterday, in Abuja, appeared before the Justice Ayo Salami panel investigating him for sundry graft charges. He arrived at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa venue of the sitting a few minutes past nine in the morning. The ex-anti corruption czar […]

The Lagos State Government has urged striking doctors under its employment to suspend their three days warning strike and return to work. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, made the plea in a statement in Lagos released on Monday night. Omotoso said that the call became necessary after a joint meeting […]

Mass dropping out of school by kids in nine African countries, including Nigeria, is imminent going by a report released yesterday by the Save the Children International. In the document, the COVID-19 pandemic is creating a fresh gap of $6.2 billion in education investment in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next 18 months. The rights group […]

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has approved new postings/deployment and appointments of 37 Generals and five Colonels to different formations and units in his effort to rekindle the spirit of professionalism in the Nigerian Army (NA). The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday […]