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Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has appointed Andrew Okungbowa as his Chief Press Secretary....

The policy-setting committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has raised the monetary policy rate (MPR), which measures interest rate, from 18.5 percent to 18.75 percent....

The Edo State House of Assembly has approved the request by Governor Godwin Obaseki to obtain a loan of 1.5 billion naira to finance the maintenance and rehabilitation of internal roads across the state....

The Edo State House of Assembly has issued fresh summon to the Controller, Federal Ministry of Works asking him to appear before the hallowed Chambers next Tuesday....

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has urged Nigerian students to avoid the temptation of being used to incite violence in the country. ...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has asked the Federal Government to direct the Department of State Services (DSS) to obey court orders....

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared a “total and indefinite strike action”....

Officials of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) has started a monitoring exercise for the 2023 Placement Test in the state. According to the Board, this is to ensure a hitch-free conduct of the test by Continuous Assessment Scores at designated school centres. The placement test is an annual transition examination for primary six pupils of public and private schools across Lagos State. The Secretary, LASUBEB, HAKE...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, TAJUDEEN ABBAS, will meet with President BOLA TINUBU as part of efforts to avert the planned industrial action by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). ABBAS noted that his meeting with the President would be to intimate him of the pending issues raised by NARD and appeal to the President on how to resolve them. At a meeting with the national leadership of NARD yesterday in his office in Abuja, t...

The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, GODWIN EMEFIELE, was granted bail in the sum of 20 million naira with one surety in like sum by the Federal High Court in Lagos State. He was granted bail after pleading not guilty to the two counts bordering on the alleged illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. EMEFIELE is facing two counts of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition preferred against him by the Federal Ministry of Justi...