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The Senate has passed the bill seeking to establish the Nigerian Education Bank, which will provide loans to students of tertiary institutions. The bill which was sponsored by the Speaker of the House of Representatives FEMI GBAJABIAMILA aims to enable Nigerian students in higher institutions of learning have access to financial assistance. The House had passed the bill earlier th...

The Edo State Government has launched the 2022 dry season farming with the distribution of irrigation equipment to over 500 farmers in the state to enhance year-round food production....

Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has been conferred with the Pontifical Honourary Degree by the School of Faith and Leadership (Vatican Accredited Institute of the Catholic Archdiocese of Benin City). ...

The Federal Government says it does not intend to make public the report of investigation into the July 5 brutal attack on the Kuje Prison by terrorists....

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to unveil newly designed 1,000, 500 and 200 naira notes on Wednesday, November 23, 2022....

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria has voted to increase the benchmark interest rate (MPR) by 100 basis points to 16.5 percent, the highest level since 2001. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved 134.7 billion naira for the payment of Security Debarment Allowance to all military veterans....

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has presented a 320.35 billion naira budget to the State House of Assembly for the 2023 fiscal year, representing a 69.3 percent increase from the budgeted for the year 2022....

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 65,699 uncollected Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) have been destroyed by hoodlums who attacked two of its offices in Ogun and Osun states. According to Chairman, INEC Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, 904 ball...

Suspected hoodlums have set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located at Iyana Mortuary area, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Reports said that hoodlums scaled the fence of the commission and entered the premises, soaking some items into the premium motor spirit before sett...