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The Concerned Ekpoma Eminent Stakeholders Forum hascondemned the failure to commence work on the Ekpomasection of the Benin-Abuja highways despite claims that fundshad been released to the contracting firm Dantata and Sowae.The Forum noted that the Federal Government revealed to itsdelegation during a recent visit to the Federal Ministry ofWorks that the contractor had been mobilized to resume workon the road.The Gr...

The Labour Party (LP) has raised the alarm over allege plansby opposition parties to destabilize the conduct of the nationaland state assembly supplementary elections scheduled tohold on Saturday, April 15 across various wards in Edo state.The supplementary elections will hold in some wards andunits in Orhionmwon/Uhunmwonde federal constituency;Oredo East, Ovia South West and Egor for the house ofassembly.The party,...

Barring any last minute change in schedule, the Edo StateHouse of Assembly is expected to meet with representativesof Seplat Petroleum Company PLC and Orogho CommunityLeaders today.The house had resolved at Tuesday plenary to invite bothgroups after a presentation of its standing committee oncommunity and chieftaincy affairs.The committee had confirmed through its findings that thedisputed community land was indeed ...

The Edo State Government has set up a committee to checkcases of homicide in the state.Governor Godwin Obaseki made this known after the monthlySecurity Council meeting held at the Government House,Benin City.He told journalists that the government was working inpartnership with security agencies to address the menace.According to the governor, the State Security Council has alsomandated the National Drug...

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba,has met with some former IGPs, including the Chairman ofthe Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, to review theperformance of the force.The meeting which was held behind closed doors at theheadquarters of the PSC in Abuja was aimed at strengtheningactivities of the Nigeria Police.At the end of the meeting, a former IGP Sunday Ehinderocommended the Usman fo...

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The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) says that its National Executive Council will communicate its position on the ongoing debate over the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum after its NEC meeting.However, another major union in the sector – Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has kicked against subsidy removal, stressing that the move should be suspended, because the present administration did not provide the r...

To fast-track the development of the Benin Port Project, the Project Delivery Team has completed the Request for Qualification, which sets actions in motion to accelerate the realization of the project.In a statement, the Chairman, Benin Port Project, Engineer Greg Ogbeifun, said following the due process earlier initiated Governor Godwin Obaseki, the Minister of Transportation had set up the Project Steering Committee and Project Delivery Team to ensure realization of the p...

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Aviation, has acquired RPA-200MC mobile 3D primary radars for the aviation sector.The first of the nine primary radars procured arrived in the country at the weekend.The primary 3D radar supplied by IN-VAP is the first export of its kind between Argentina and any African country.Maiduguri will receive the first radar, while the other eight radars will be located to Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt,...