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The Senate has directed the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to return 594 million naira illegal vehicle allowances to the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federal Government....

The Federal Executive Council has approved the establishment of 36 new private universities across the country....

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma Chapter, has condemned the alarm of a two billion naira tax fraud in the University and other allegations of anomalies raised by the Special Intervention Team ...

No fewer than 1,690 corps members posted to Edo State are set to benefit from the federal government's free health insurance through the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Program, GIFSGIP-N....

A four man syndicate parading itself as Environmental Taskforce Officers in Benin City and extorting money from unsuspecting members of the public have landed in the net of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)....

The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare the Second, has voided the unauthorized installation of Pa Godwin Efosa Usiomoifo as Odionwere of Iguomo in Ovia Northeast Local Government of Edo State, for breach of Benin custom and tradition....

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to approve any study leave or whatever kind of leave for any officer critical to the take-off of the incoming administration of Bola Tinubu....

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a five-day warning strike....

The Federal Government says it is not in support of the National Assembly bill proposing to deny Nigeria-trained medical or dental practitioners from being granted full licences until they have worked for a minimum of five years in the country....

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged World Bank President, David Malpass, to suspend any disbursement of 800 million dollars loan to the Federal Government....