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The Federal Government has spent over 1.5 billion dollars from 2020 to date to protect the nation’s oil installations and curb crude oil theft....

Two weeks after the Supreme Court granted financial autonomy to local governments in Nigeria, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has declared that the electoral umpire is capable of successful...

The Department of State Services (DSS) is asking persons and groups yet to identify themselves in the public as leaders of the plot to stage a nationwide protest to shelve their plans and eschew any form of proposed rage, anarchy, and spoliation....

The Senate has revealed plans to summon the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria Port Authority, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Dangote Group, and Minister of State for Petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri among others, for questioning ...

Traditional rulers have called for calm over the planned nationwide protest to demonstrate against the prevailing economic hardship in Nigeria. ...

President Bola Tinubu has allayed fears of manipulation by any interest group in the ongoing economic reforms, saying his campaign was self-sponsored, without strings, or indebtedness to any individual or institution....

Ahead of the planned nationwide protest over economic hardship in the country, the military has warned organizers of the protest against any form of violence....

By Israel Adebiyi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the period of the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise in Edo and Ondo States. The Commission approved the extension of the exercise from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th June 2024 to enable more eligible persons to register following appeals by stakeholders. The electoral umpire ...

By Israel AdebiyiThe Edo State Government has said no fewer than 150 persons have been lost to cult-related activities and homicide in the last five months in the state.Governor Godwin Obaseki disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a closed-door meeting with security chiefs at the Government House in Benin City.Obaseki also announced the ban on the activities of Okaigheles (Youth Leaders) in Edo South Senatorial District of the State, as ...

The Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the allegation of the state government as an attempt to turn the truth on its head and safe face....