Day: May 26, 2022
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen Orji Kalu has described children as the nation’s most valuable asset.Kalu in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja in commemoration of 2022 children’s day, also advocated severe punishment for violators of children’s…
The Edo State Government is ramping up efforts to contain the spread of Lassa fever across communities in the state, with a charge to environmental health officers in various local government areas to ensure zero incidence in their localities.The Edo S…
Riding on the back of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s investment drive, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Zenith Bank, Suntrust Bank, among other investors have made commitments to the development of a 1,590-hectare oil palm plantation operated by Raedial F…
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, said his government is kicking off an enumeration exercise to collate the data for centres of learning across the state.Obaseki, who disclosed this during an education stakeholders’ workshop, at…
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has advocated the use of technology in the collection of revenue across the 18 local government areas of the State.Obaseki made the case during a courtesy visit by the leadership of the Edo State chapter of N…
As the global demand for oil palm grows to new levels amid embargo on export by leading producers, there is excitement in Edo State among players in the sector as investors in the State’s palm oil estates have commenced land preparation activity for nu…
“On Sunday, April 17, 2022, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria received an official confirmation from the Saudi Arabian Ministry for Hajj that there will be Hajj 2022. We also received the 2022 Hajj allocation to Nigeria which is 43,008.’’(Zikrull…
The CBN says online media reports purporting the sacking of the bank’s governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, is untrue.Head of Corporate Communications at the CBN, Osita Nwanisiobi, made the rebuttal on Wednesday in Abuja when he spoke with the News Agency of …
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye has said that there was need to deploy more technology that would help to reduce opportunity for crime.Owasanoye said this at the 2-day joi…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, has been elected the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta.Omo-Agege, who polled a total of 1,190 votes, was returned unopposed by a total of 1,235 accredited del…